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Running, Purpose, and Bears (Oh, my!)

The Happy Philosopher — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:38:49 +0000

As my feet rhythmically hit the belt of the treadmill, it briefly occurred to me this was perhaps the weirdest time to start my journey back to some sort or reasonable physical fitness. The treadmill was gently rocking side to side and I was looking out at an endless expanse of blue. I was running …

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You Are Probably Wrong About Everything

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 16:28:05 +0000

One day, back when I was relatively young and naïve, I was watching an episode of 60 minutes. I’m sure you have probably seen this show at least once, but in case you haven’t it is a news program that does relatively in depth stories on various topics. I used to watch these kinds of …

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Keeping Score

The Happy Philosopher — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:42:40 +0000

I was watching my daughter play a soccer game. It was indoor soccer, as outdoor soccer is moderately miserable to completely impossible in the winter or early spring. The games are quick and everyone has a lot of fun. Someone scored a goal and everyone cheered. As I was taking a sip of beer a …

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If We All Stop Buying Stuff Will We Destroy the World?

The Happy Philosopher — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 03:21:26 +0000

I recently started a buy nothing experiment. Minimalism is one of the unintentional themes of this blog, and as I move through life I find myself drifting towards it more and more. I’m an advocate of cutting out unnecessary things from our lives. After all, most of the stuff around us doesn’t really make us …

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Get the Big Things Right

The Happy Philosopher — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:02:51 +0000

The other day I was chatting with a friend who was passing through town. He, his wife and toddler were currently homeless. Not in the cardboard box under the bridge sense, but simply chronic nomads. It was a wonderful life of travel and adventure, but with another child on the way they were thinking of …

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The Messy Truth About Privilege

The Happy Philosopher — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:33:25 +0000

Privilege I typed a single word onto the page. Privilege. It sat on my screen for several days. I tried to start an article several times, but I simply couldn’t write, which is odd because usually I can get something out, even if it is complete garbage. This time was different though. Maybe …

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The Happy Philosopher Visits the ChooseFI Podcast

The Happy Philosopher — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 04:16:52 +0000

Shortly after I was on the Mad Fientist’s podcast, Brad and Jonathan from the Choose FI podcast reached out to me. You see, they also have a podcast exploring aspects of financial independence, and after listening to me and Brandon chat for a bit, they still had questions. They wanted to dive into some of …

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That Time I Didn’t Buy the Shoes

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 23:40:18 +0000

That Time I didn’t Buy the Shoes I try to limit the amount of new things that come into my life. Blame it on minimalism, laziness, environmentalism, dementia or maybe a combination. This is a deep seated philosophy that has slowly developed over time, and as usual, it is based on happiness. It …

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Eliminating Clutter: Measure Once, Cut Twice

The Happy Philosopher — Mon, 08 May 2017 00:08:29 +0000

Measure once, cut twice. I’ve written quite a bit about clutter recently. Clutter is on my mind. My brain has been cluttered with thoughts of clutter, and yes, I do appreciate the irony. Clutter limits our freedom and happiness by stealing our time, money, energy and maybe more importantly, our attention. Recently I’ve been …

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Life is a Single Player Game

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 19:09:08 +0000

Single player game Life is a single player game. You’re born alone. You’re going to die alone. All of your interpretations are alone. All your memories are alone. You’re gone in three generations and no one cares. Before you showed up nobody cared. It’s all single player. Naval Ravikant I stumbled upon this …

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