From my favourite Roncesvalles fruitier What are we seizing exactly? It’s hard not to be thrilled by the baby-faced Robin Williams inspiring the youth: “Seize the day, boys. Make your...

“Wrestle” by Scott Griffin. I keep this piece of art right by my desk The two hard things about making a choice The author Peter Block said that one of...

Me doing CBT “saw therapy” in my local hardware store Are you just acting? In my first year at high school, not only did we do the usual English, Math,...

You should trust Kaa from The Jungle Book Are you breeding snakes? We love machine metaphors. We wish life could be neat like that. Press a button, or pull a...

Photo courtesy of Brian Christian In my recent podcast interview with the author and muti-hyphenate Brian Christian, he mentioned an “origin story” moment. As a young man, he was caught...

Still from YouTube video Sometimes (admittedly not often, but sometimes) “don’t pet the warthog” is a helpful real-life tip. But let’s take it metaphorically this time around. A situation of...

That’s me looking up to the Milky Way in Canberra’s Botanic Gardens. Photo by @Arirex1. Heads Up Bertold Brecht’s poem “In Praise of Doubt” has a shining section midway through:...

I actually studied Latin for six years in high school. Even at the time, I could tell: this was an absolutely bananas choice. I was not only not very good...

Use the best of what you’ve got & who you are I’m sure we’re shaped by the books we read early. One of mine, along with a billion other people,...

A Distillation: A short and useful lesson Hey there. You may have wondered where I’ve been. Me too. In a nutshell: I sat with the questions above, mulled things over …...