My 41st, time to make a change
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...
read moreThe end of 2020
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...
read moreSelf-mastery
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...
read moreMy current world in a few words
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...
read moreThe Sumerians, Babylonians and Gilgamesh
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...
read more12 Rules for life: Rule 1 is stand up straight with your shoulders back
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...
read moreLockdownSA: Day 42
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...
read moreLockdownSA: Day 38
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....
read more12 Rules for life
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...
read moreLockdownSA: Be thankful
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...
read moreMy Tolkien books collection
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...
read moreTolkien lesson of the day: The best Tolkien books reading order
This is my own preferred order in which I read Tolkien's plethora of Middle Earth related books. It also came to my attention that my reading order is very similar to the guys over at TolkienLibrary. So head over there for a more detailed explanation on why, what and...
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