In 4 days I will be 41 years old. This is about to be one of my most candid posts ever. This will be the third consecutive birthday where my relationship is in such a state that I don't even want to celebrate my birthday. This is the beginning of the 4th year where we...

Many people will be glad this year is over. But I am afraid not much is going to change going into 2021. With COVID-19 sweeping again across the country and the world I cannot see things go back to "normal" anytime soon. What is normal anyway? The new normal of...

I was blown away by this talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-079YIasck   5 Hindrances: - Sensual desire: From senses, as you climb you get distracted, hunger, etc. - Ill will/aversion - negative emotions, dislike against something/ situation / person. In climbing...

It's day one hundred and fifty something of lockdown. Will we ever get out of this? Will liitf ever get back to normal? Is this the new normal? Here's the things that have been consuming my life the last 4 months: Work My Son Sleep Star Craft 2 Studying Home DIY What...

I've been reading about the Sumerians and the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic tale (or poem) that is found on a tablet that is the second oldest surviving piece of "literature" in the world. The tale of Gilgamesh was discovered in 1849 CE by the archaeologist Austin Henry...

In my journey to start to follow the 12 rules for life by Jordan B. Peterson I am going to focus on this one for the next week: Stand up straight with your shoulders back Posture means a lot. Standing up straight, shoulders back does a lot more than we realize. It...

As the lockdown continues I start to make peace with the fact that this way of loving will be my life for the largest part of the rest of the year. I'm thinking maybe even September. It's now when you really start to think about things in a more permanent sense: I...

It's been 28 days of lockdown in South Africa. I would never have guessed that our me, my family, friends, work, country and the rest of the world would ever be in a situation such as this. Today is day 39 of the lockdown and we are all in a fixed new routine already....

I really like Jordan B. Peterson. He's aggressive yet composed stance on many controversial issues that plague humanity  today makes me take notice and empowers me to look at things in a new way. I kinda forgot about him for a while as things got really intense here...

As we wait for the President to address the nation, let's take a few minutes to reflect on the near 5 weeks of lockdown we've had. I realized that I should be extremely thankful for my job and the fact that I can work. Our family is coming out of this lockdown...

I finally had time to take photos of my Tolkien books collection. Check it out over here: http://namelessone.co.za/tolkien-books-collection/. Creating the list on here gave me some vigor and renewed enthusiasm to pick up this hobby again. Man I love collecting old...