Newsletters
The One Thing You Always Have With You (Newsletter 006)
Let us therefore set our minds in order that we may desire whatever is demanded of us by circumstances.
James Bellerjeau
Moral Letters
012 - On Aging - Moral Letters for Modern Times
There is no greater pleasure than being able to look back on a life of proper thoughts and actions.
My Two Cents
You’re On Double Secret Probation!
Go ahead, live your life. Ignore cancel culture so it can die the ignoble death it deserves.
My Two Cents
Dean Wormer Was Right! (We’re All Flounder Now)
Rather than living in our bubbles of personal truth and wish fulfillment, let’s grow up and interact with the world as it is, in all its complexity.
Moral Letters
011 - On Introverts - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Introversion is not something that is remedied by exposure. If anything, repeated forays out of comfortable seclusion only strengthen the desire to return to safety.
Newsletters
No, The Stoics Were Not Joyless Grouches (Newsletter 005)
Knowing the difference between wanting something, even wanting it badly, and needing it in order to feel happy, is useful in life.
Moral Letters
010 - On Attending To Yourself - Moral Letters for Modern Times
There is no one with whom you more profitably spend time than yourself.
Better...
The Stoic Career Path
We are ambitious because we think this will bring us happiness, but we make ourselves unhappy in the pursuit of our ambitions.
Better...
James's Rules for Personal and Professional Success
To perform at a high level, you need self-awareness and emotional intelligence, which includes knowing how you interact with others. Ask for feedback, and take it seriously but not personally.
Moral Letters
009 - On Friendship And Philosophy - Moral Letters for Modern Times
You are sufficient in yourself if you do not need friends for your happiness, but you need not go so far as to not want them.
Newsletters
Things We Wish Were True (Newsletter 004)
Just because you find something on the internet doesn't make it true.
Moral Letters
008 - On The Teacher’s Duty - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Just because I am alone does not mean I am wasting my hours away.