Developing Self-Control
Self-control may be developed in precisely the same manner as we tone up a weak muscle,—by little exercises day by day. Let us each day do, as mere exercises of discipline in moral gymnastics, a few acts that are disagreeable to us, the doing of which will help us in instant action in our hour […]
Thoughts on Manvotionals, Chapter 1
I haven’t written a whole lot about reading yet because, frankly, I don’t know how to. I don’t know what form this post will take, nor do I know whether or not it will change as time goes on. Either way, we’re just going to roll with it and see what happens. What Chapter One […]
Poems I Like: “Invictus”
This poem popped up in my Manvotionals reading and, while it is well known to most people, I hadn’t really taken the time to read it before. I’ve had a rough week, and this was exactly what I needed to scrape myself off the ground and get back to kicking butt: Invictus by William Ernest Henley […]
Make Reading Easy on Yourself
This week, I’m focusing on the act of reading, which is one of the major points of this blog for myself. Yesterday, I talked about how I fell out of love with reading (and why you probably did, too). Today, I talk about falling back in love with reading. After losing the “fire” for reading, […]
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Why I Ditched “The Brothers Karamazov” for “Manvotionals”
I’ve done a few rants now on this site, and I talk about writing, but one thing I mentioned is that I want to use this space to learn more about reading: I want to challenge myself to read new things, old things, and everything in between to help myself become more literary and self-educated. […]