by JGD | Jan 15, 2012 | Observations
Some say happiness is a choice. Clearly it isn’t. Not if you’re clinically depressed, not if you’re a child that’s starving, not if you’ve suffered a bereavement. Luckily none of these apply to me, so happiness is perhaps a choice for me....
by JGD | Dec 27, 2011 | Observations
‘Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning, but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us’ (Hal Borland) I came across this quote in a card that I received a few years ago, that I’ve kept for personal reasons. At the...
by JGD | Nov 18, 2011 | Observations
They say you should never go back. I know that this truism probably relates to relationships, but I think the same can be said of places too, especially if you revisit them with high expectations. Well that’s exactly what I did for the last 10 days, revisited...
by JGD | Oct 19, 2011 | Observations
At times, like most I guess, I question whether my life has any real meaning or purpose. I get up, go to work, come home, pursue some vicarious pleasure then go to bed, only to repeat it all the next day. Sure I earn money, more than enough to live on, eat well and...
by JGD | Sep 2, 2011 | Observations
It’s rare for me to experience a day so perfect that your whole body relaxes and your heart embraces the world in all its beauty, but here was one such day. I remember the day that we sat on the beach in Beaulieu-Sur-Mer eating cold garlicky tagliatelle with...
by JGD | Jun 1, 2011 | Observations
Post written by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits I love reading about other people’s work setups, I really do. It’s one of my guilty pleasures. I’ll read about another blogger’s computer setup, or what kind of notebook and pen he uses, or how he works standing up or on a...
