For a while now I've been thinking about the philosophy of minimizing how many material possessions you have. The problem seems to be where you're supposed to draw the line between what you can get rid of and what's actually good to hang on to ( Read more... )

sometimes you tell yourself, "it is okay, there is not a problem", and it sort of feels okay and reassuring, but not entirely, because you are not actually sure, and you are lying to yourself. sometimes you say, "it is okay, there is not a problem", and you are flooded with a tremendous feeling of peace and serenity, because you know that ( Read more... )

for the first time in a few months, i have working headphones (with much thanks to j4cbo ). not having headphones means i haven't been able to properly listen to music regularly - currently idling and receiving aural stimulation, and I can feel my energy levels increasing faster than is perhaps healthy. combined with housecleaning, soon i will be ( Read more... )

It snowed today. It snowed all across the east coast, apparently. Pittsburgh added its own typical flavour to the weather, of course, and there wasn't an appreciable amount of snow on the ground. Instead, you should go outside sometime soon and appreciate something else in life - it will make you happier, and also encourage the snow to show up ( Read more... )

I have developed a way of thinking that is extremely soothing in situations where you've done something silly. Let's suppose for lack of a less embarrassing example that I just made a batch of cookie dough, but accidentally set the oven for 500 degrees instead of 350, thereby botching the ingredients. I would then think, "oh, that batch of dough ( Read more... )

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today, after going climbing with several mans from cohort 2.0, we went to the east end food co-op to acquire deliciousness. our house being nearly out of peanut butter, I went to get some more: they had none of the regular-size containers, so I used a large one. there was something immensely satisfying about spooning huge quantities of a viscous ( Read more... )

for those of you who do not follow asofterworld

Long have I been wrestling with the question of "what do I want to do this summer?" - or, more accurately, been dodging and hiding from said question. The options at this point seem to be either go for an internship in industry [again], or look for some sort of research job [probably on campus?]. For me, the simultaneously best and easiest option ( Read more... )

generally, it seems that life wants to keep finding new things to worry about each time you figure out how to be happy about the previous thing, but in the end there never is anything actually worth worrying about. i believe that it must be possible to be unconditionally happy about everything no matter what life throws at you. it is my goal to get ( Read more... )