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I am a big fan of Stoicism — an ancient philosophy and a kind of map or guide posts to living your life to the best of your ability — whatever that means to you. And because I’m a big fan of Stoicism, I subscribe to The Daily Stoic newsletter…

A question about relationships — I’ve started a new series where I’m going to answer a variety of different questions, posed in the Reference at the bottom of this article. Here’s question #1 around love and relationships: Who do you trust most? Why? This is a tough question because…I have trust issues that go both…

But we don’t have to — The Covid 19 pandemic. Roe v. Wade. The war in Ukraine. Insane gas/petrol prices. The increased cost of living/housing. The world is a bit of a shit-show at the moment. The last few years have been hard to wrap our heads around. Basically, things suck, right now. Obviously. But just…

A Concrete and Glass Poetry Collection poem — This is the second part of a 2 part poetry collection. Part 1 which is all about beauty and nature, can be found in my poetry section on Inkslinger Magazine. This collection is the flipside of the coin and is all about the darker, scarier aspects of humanity, life and…

Doesn’t seem to be a shadow — Summer arrived, the day after the summer solstice. Prior to the 22nd, our June so far has been cool, and mostly cloudy, with even some rain. The weather people predicted that and I read it was to be a cooler June than normal. It even felt more like Fall on…

Is it even relevant in today’s world? — The Sufi poet and mystic Rumi (who you may know by his well-known poem The Guest House) came up with the 3 Gates of Speech. Before you say anything you should ask yourself these 3 basic/simple questions: Is It True? Is it Necessary? Is it Kind? Now, in today’s culture…

Why? Because you’re unique — I’ve been listening/watching a lot of astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk podcast recently (and have recently listened to the audiobook version of his book Cosmic Queries). I’m also currently reading Ryan Holiday’s Courage is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave, and listening to Sasha Sagan’s book For Small Creatures Such As…

Finding words that speak to me — I have 3 tattoos already but would love more. Problem is, I’m very indecisive! This means I have lots of ideas for things but can’t seem to settle on one thing. But I recently had a potential idea for a new tattoo. I came across again, a picture online that…