The Pointless Overthinking blog is going to write a downloadable book and offer it COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE to all readers. However, before we undertake this project, we would like to hear from you. What topic would you like to see us take on? (We are thinking a short book of between 30 and 50 … More Question of the Day: Number 549
Responsibility and ownership of one’s actions … More The Big Impact of Small Actions
Please note this is a partnered post and may contain affiliate links. Maintaining great mental health in the modern day is becoming more and more difficult. There are so many things that can cause extreme stress and anxiety, and it’s far too easy to get swept into the tide of chaos and confusion. Thankfully, it’s … More Maintaining The Best Mental Health: A Simple Guide
Nihilism is a dangerous belief. The inability to make sense of it all leads many to conclude that life is entirely pointless. This, in turn, can lead to the belief that there is little point in trying at anything. Now, I’m not here to debate the existence of a grand creator. (Thank God, I hear … More The Meaning of Meaninglessness
By Jack Canfora Ok, just to be clear, this isn’t a post debating the merits and debits of cancel culture. At all. So, let’s all take a cleansing breath to celebrate that. However, the recent passing of the peerless writer Joan Didion got me to thinking about what it takes to be a great writer … More Must Great Artists Act Like Bad People? Joan Didion Had Some Thoughts
Year ago I was writing a technical book with two business partners. It was a beast – 737 pages of dense and technical content. We divided up the chapters that each of us was going to write. I agreed to do more than the others because I’d written a technical book before. But it was … More Bemoaning our Fate
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Why nostalgia is important? Nostalgia is a shield against existential challenges. Evoking positive experiences and feelings from the past can help you cope better with the present and the future. January for me is the month to think about what happened the year before. To make a balance, to see what went well and what … More Why Nostalgia is Important?
Hi, all. Not long ago, I was contacted by “Ay,” a blogger who asked if I’d mind being interviewed. After we’d corresponded a bit, she sent a list of interesting questions that I responded to. The full interview can be found here. After checking out my responses, you should look at Ay’s piece about pointless … More I Was Recently Interviewed
The value of silence … More The Importance of Silence
I have a love-hate relationship with thinking. Sometimes, I get in these kinds of flow states where I follow my train of thought – connecting the dots along the way. When I follow my thoughts in this way, I find it euphoric. I often derive my best writing doing so. This is all well and … More Stuck in the Clouds: An Aviator’s Guide to Pointless Overthinking
By Jack Canfora Happy 2022! Well, let’s not put too much pressure on ourselves: happy 2022. Better. Punctuation makes such a difference. I’m a little late this week for my Thursday post, but I figure, it’s five o’clock on Thursday somewhere, right? Actually, I just googled this. Turns out that’s wrong. Still. Here are some … More 2022: Some Hopes and Predictions
Yesterday, the first full day that both of my kids were back at school, I just sat in my empty house in silence. No tv or music, my cell phone turned to vibrate, computer off. Just the hum of the refrigerator and the sound of the rain on the window. It felt like a whole … More Silence
I have been thinking for a while about the word of the year 2021. The word of the year 2021 I believe is vaccine. How many times have you heard it said? Sometimes, an old and very well known word is renewed, launched again and then it takes over. I definitely think that the word … More Word of the Year 2021
Imagine that you were given an antique Alladin lamp for Christmas. A couple of days after receiving the gift, you decide, just for fun, to give the lamp a rub. Lo and behold, much to your amazement, a genie materializes and asks, “Thank you for conjuring me. You are now eligible to ask for three … More Question of the Day: Number 548
By Troy Headrick It’s that time of year again when people think about the new year and how they’d like to make changes in their lives going forward. We often refer to these proposed life modifications as “new year’s resolutions.” The other day, while stepping out of the shower, the idea hit me—insights come as … More The Importance of Language When Making New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope this is year is the best year of all our lives so far! We talk about resolutions at the beginning of years, right? We set goals for ourselves. I had a few of these in previous years too. But I am in a different kind of mood this year. … More New Year, No Resolutions
Happy New Year to my fellow bloggers and blog-lovers. Let’s commend ourselves for making it another year. You did it! 2021 was full of mountains and valleys. Lovely and lamentable times. The New Year invites us to write the first page of a new chapter. Whether you believe in resolutions or not, this is the … More Notes from Nietzsche on the New Year
A field guide to wonder and awe … More The Awesomeness of Awe
“Trying is the first step to failure.” – HOMER SIMPSON I don’t care much for New Year’s Resolutions. The idea of sitting down to make a list of things I must or must not do. Frankly it makes me want to jam a pen in my eye. (Which would, incidentally, be less painful than watching … More A New Year’s Resolution You Might Actually Keep