Tag: life

How much money is the ideal amount of wealthy?

24 November 2015

We're taught that annual salary/'the amount of wealth' we have is something that matters, so if we're going to devote our lives towards working towards something, it makes sense to think about it carefully. If you say "Would you like to be richer?" to people, most people will easily answer "yes". Ask people – "How […]

Describing the monsters under my bed.

10 March 2015

I want to describe one of the monsters under my bed – one of the things that keeps me awake at night. I don't believe describing the monster will make it disappear, but I hope it may help you understand how I'm feeling about something I've barely mentioned. In 2007, I wrote this article about […]

Death: a free trial, but no one cancels.

2 November 2012

Warning: Brutally frank words. If you've recently suffered from tragic loss, you may prefer to read something else. I consider myself very lucky; I think that's largely because I'm young, and because I'm alive. Those two things are a pretty winning combination in themselves – generally people who are alive, have some time to enjoy […]

A story for tomorrow

2 April 2012

I saw this the other day on reddit and was really moved by it: a story for tomorrow. from gnarly bay productions, Inc. on Vimeo. This video was written and produced while traveling through Chile & Patagonia with my girlfriend. We spent 5 weeks exploring this amazing country, and this is how we chose to […]

The Philosophy Professor

23 December 2011

Stolen from Justine Hall though googleage suggests it's been a viral doing the rounds for a long time… A Professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf […]

A Life Changing Experience

26 April 2009

What could be more typically British than having a dog? Even the Romans exported our hunting dogs to the rest of the empire, in the early years of the first century. You know every school boy's favourite song about “One Man and his Dog” going to mow a meadow? It's not one man and his […]