After a short hiatus Stoic Sundays is back! This week I challenged myself to a feat of national proportions – applying for a work visa at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. I’ve alluded to traffic as being a great place to practice Stoic reflection, and crossing the border struck me as another excellent venue to practice … Continue reading Crossing the border
We are creatures of habit, as they say. One of the most habitual things is our tendency to choose a dominant hand for writing, eating, in general doing day to day things. Not everyone is ambidextrous! For our challenge this Sunday, we chose to use our non-dominant hand for all of our normal daily activities (special credit … Continue reading What breaking habits can do for you
Our Stoic challenge this week is… having the flu! Both Greg and I are under the weather today, so we haven’t had to come up with a particularly creative voluntary discomfort as nature has handed us this one on a platter. Nonetheless, being sick certainly makes you appreciate being healthy. We don’t recommend trying this … Continue reading Sick day
We all do it. Something doesn’t quite go the way we want it to, and we get frustrated. Frustration then leads to the next opportunity to complain to a friend, siblings, then even a stranger… Stoic philosophy says that negative emotions arise from expectations not being met. For example, you’re heading to work today as usual … Continue reading A week long challenge: calming expectations
For our Stoic Sundays challenge this week, we kicked off right at midnight deciding to do away with our bed for the night and sleep on the floor. Min got nostalgic, and Greg learned that older generation Koreans are pretty much naturals on this one. Min’s experience: For me, this was an interesting challenge … Continue reading School of Hard Floors