Weekly things
12 exercises, slowness and advice
Things to read
- (complement with on rushing through things from the archive)
On doing things the recommended way by David Cain
10x happiness increases are possible by
A thing to try
These 12 exercises — during the week, I decided to do these 12 exercises after lunch for a few reps each. I managed three days out of seven, and will aim for more this week.
A thing to ponder
Vinegar and Oil
by Jane Hirshfield
Wrong solitude vinegars the soul,
right solitude oils it.
How fragile we are, between the few good moments.
Coming and going unfinished,
puzzled by fate,
like the half-carved relief
of a fallen donkey, above a church door in Finland.
Things from the day
Monday 11 March
I’m in a yoga class, surrounded by the most sculpted and strong bodies in Bondi, and even though the advice is to ‘stay on your mat’ and not compare yourself, I couldn’t help but compare myself.
Then I realised I’m comparing myself to a very small and skewed sample size—what about all the people doing other …