UPDATE as of 3 May 2020: This moving to Portugal page needs a thorough review and necessary updates. I’ve started the review process, which will take a while, and although some points may be no longer relevant, most still are. As with anything on the internet,...
In my last post where I announced my move to Portugal, I also said that I would attempt to explain why I moved to Portugal (and why Portugal, specifically) in my next post. This is that post. So, why did I move to Portugal? Excellent question and one I have to step...
It’s been pretty quiet around these parts, so if you’ve been wondering where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to, well… I moved to Portugal! Just over a month ago I packed up three suitcases, one dog, and my dear friend, Sophia (expert handler),...
We should take wandering outdoor walks, so that the mind might be nourished and refreshed by the open air and deep breathing. The quote (Seneca, On Tranquility of Mind, 17.8), above, is part of the daily meditation for June 21st from The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations...
I haven’t had a job in more than thirteen years, and I couldn’t be happier—or feel more secure. While people far and wide, from one end of the political spectrum to the other, worry about who will create jobs and whose fault it is that there are few choice...
This passage from Olivia Lang’s book The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone, has me thinking about my relationship to loneliness and being alone: Loneliness is difficult to confess; difficult too to categorise. Like depression, a state with which it...
