Journal

I'm rediscovering Leonard Cohen: The Partisan, yes, but also "Who by Fire" which speaks to me quite a bit in these times of Zen exploration. Read →

For 48 hours, whenever I felt like doing something unnecessary, I didn't. A Stoic experiment in observing how the brain reacts under pressure. Read →

My song of the moment. I like it because it has no real chorus, the lyrics are nostalgic and it ends in a climax. It's not recent - 2007 - but I discovered it recently when it came after This is the life which I have always loved. Read →

Going to see the plays of my actor buddies when I was in acting school disgusted me with broke theater, or even theater altogether. Now, I either go to the Comédie Française to see classics, or screw it: I watch Netflix. Read →

Of course, you've known about this song for ages. Because you guys are cool. But did you know that Dan Klein, the lead singer of The Frightnrs, died of Charcot's disease? Read →

I type faster when I focus on accuracy instead of speed. How many areas of life suffer because we try to go too fast? Read →

Change the world, maybe not. But you'll stop bugging me. 1. No more "bon appétit" at every turn At the table, with your family, with your friends: have a blast. Read →

A quick word on how I make my websites because my method is: Extremely slow, Very tedious, Not secure at all, Unable to share/scale, A huge waste of time in my life. If you want to do the same thing, here's how. Read →

Distance walked this morning: 8.9km Number of children dropped off at daycare: 1 Desire to work: 0 Diary entries: 1231 words (7287 characters) Money spent on coffee and drinks: €11. Read →

We internalize certain external gazes and spend our lives reacting for someone who isn't there. Recognizing this is the first step to freedom. Read →

Yes, it's a cliché, but I've recently experienced it in a very personal way. Read →

I stopped watching the first episode of Wednesday half way through. (I tried to go to the end, I promise, I even stopped then resumed it). But I want to take this opportunity to tell you what I really liked about Barry Sonnenfeld's The Addams Family. Read →

Our habits are a boon and a curse. A boon because we don't have to reinvent the wheel every time. We can rely on the routine we've built for ourselves: the same actions, performed in the same order, produce the same results. Read →

Not so much resolutions as general principles that I've discovered and explored in the past years: Read →

Two bad reasons not to act, yet the two main causes of our inaction. When about to give up on something, I ask: is it fear or comfort holding me back? Read →

You can imagine that a pagan like me is not particularly concerned with the birth of Jesus Christ. As for New Year's Eve on the 31st, I'm too much of a snob to want to celebrate at the same time as everyone else. Yet, I really like the holidays. Read →

In meditation, progress means recognizing more and more of our inner contents as thoughts. Even the ones so familiar we mistook them for reality. Read →