I spent much less time writing last year, and many of you kindly reminded me that it was not acceptable. I get it. And I have no excuse to shield my pride. I wrote little and this is lame, I … [Read more...]
Getting Old is More Than Just Getting Old
I have a problem. If you’re about forty, you have it too: you're getting old. And it sucks or at least a large part of it sucks. For the sake of journalistic integrity, I'll start with what sucks and … [Read more...]
How to blog when you’re broke, weird and enthusiastic
A million years have passed since I wrote my first post on this blog (in 2012). What started a generic self-help website slowly branched out and I ended up writing about drugs, sleep deprivation, … [Read more...]
“Until the soldiers of peace become as brave as the soldiers of war, little is going to change”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PuyYVVVkIM … [Read more...]
Highly conditioned
Ever spent more than 6 months abroad? If so, you’ve probably noticed that wherever you go, people have a particular mindset in common, distinctive quirks, strange habits…And then you go back home … [Read more...]
I’m Back, Are We Still Friends?
Hi Everyone. I’m back to writing, it’s time for me to reconnect with you guys, and I’m actually excited about that. No, I wasn’t hibernating, I wasn’t busy surviving a crushing fit of … [Read more...]
How to meditate all the time
I don’t have time to meditate, do you? I make do with 15 minutes of sitting here and there: in the train, or before leaving for work. It's all I can to keep practicing, and that’s not nearly as … [Read more...]
Thank God, our life is a mess
There's a pile of clothes sitting by my bed. It's been there for a week, and chances are that heap of shame will build up for another three days. Stained T-shirts, moldy work-out outfits, ugh.... I … [Read more...]
On being lonely
I need to quit wondering if I'm a regular guy: the answers I come up with are never too reassuring. Fitting in is a common concern for humans, I'm no exception. During cold winters, in the … [Read more...]
Treating your mind right
Plants grow, that’s what they do, you don’t need to talk wheat into growing, hence organic farmers don’t kick sprouts out of the ground, they just let them do their job. Farmers provide the right … [Read more...]
What really happens when you delete your Facebook account
Today, I deleted my Facebook account. Again (I already took a FB sabbatical, years ago). For the second time my neurotic brain came up with the same insecure drivel : "What if I lose touch with … [Read more...]
Changing the world? Are you serious?
From the individual point of view, solving worldwide issues is not going to do you any good. It's not going to help me either (I'm already busy enough paying the IRS back). Let's face it, … [Read more...]
Getting old is not what you think
They took him out of the car. The man was a wreck, he was barely able to lift his head and his deformed legs lied in a wheelchair. Two monks carried him slowly, with extreme care, as if he would fall … [Read more...]
Hating yourself a little less
If you're black, you're the usual suspect, they'll call you nigger or just "person of color" and you'll get the evil eye in the bus and the restaurant. It's easy to be rejected, all it takes is to … [Read more...]
5 Tough Questions
Since I started gr0wing.com, I've been receiving emails from every parts of the earth: India, the UK, France, Denmark, the USA. The Internet has delivered its promise as a global conversation … [Read more...]
10 crappiest myths about depression
Of all the statements I heard about depression, the dumbest ones came out of my own mouth. Yet, overtime I had to soften up: most of my family suffers from depression and I was diagnosed with it too, … [Read more...]
5 things to do if you want to become a Buddhist monk
A couple of years have passed since I wrote "4 things you should know if you want to be a Buddhist monk". I was not aware this post would be read by 33000 people, many of whom subsequently emailed me … [Read more...]