“Who then is invincible? The one who cannot be upset by anything outside their reasoned choice.” – Epictetus, Discourses, 1.18.21 Our thoughts control our mind, and our mind controls our emotions. As what we eat determines our physical health, what we think determines our mental health. But what is it to think well? We know how […]
I did in one month what most would take one day to do. I wanted to be a prodigy…what a step backward. In March, I reflected on and refined my learning process. I identified and corrected mistakes, I threw out wastes of time, and I added learning techniques, tactics, and strategies used by the learning […]
I want to be a polymath. Others want to learn something specific. I want to be able to learn many things. More specifically, I want the ability to learn anything, the ability to be prodigious at anything. I want to be a master learner. But my last learning challenge exposed the truth that I am […]
This is my first learning challenge, and it is my worst. I wanted to learn all the piano pieces in the Oscar-winning musical La La Land. I do not know how to play piano, and I have no teacher but myself and the internet. I posted my goal onto the Piano subreddit to see if it […]
Slowing Earth’s Orbit If the world stopped spinning, we’d fly sideways at 1,600km/hour and become blood smoothies. The world turns fast, evidently. That is true both literally and metaphorically. As you get older, time seems to speed up. One moment you’re writing college apps, next you’re graduating, then you’re thrown off to the real world. […]
It’s a common scenario that martial arts saves someone, but this isn’t about that. It isn’t even about having an undying passion for martial arts—I haven’t trained in more than a year. It’s about the perspective I gained looking through martial arts. My early encounters with martial arts birthed a curiosity and admiration. It was […]
