I’m a health economist by profession, originally from Canada but with close cultural ties to my family’s homeland of France and my birthland Japan. I’m an inventive chef, overeducated degree-stacker (two bachelor’s + two master’s degrees, thinking about PhD), self-proclaimed relaxed gentleman traveler, and amateur saxophonist.
Some say I’m stoic because I tend to have a calm demeanor with a seemingly never-ending supply of patience, but the truth is I’m Not So Stoic.
I used to be a strong believer that to make the world harmonious, we needed to abide by rational principles: you change what you can change and have the courage to accept what you can’t change. Wisdom would lie ability to differentiate what you can change and what you can’t. The principles of Stoicism.
The problem? This mechanic view of the world feels denuded of purpose and meaning for one’s life, which, beyond the poetry, do animate our actions past our need for survival. Imposing a rationale to excuse how things are and ignoring how we feel about things, we lose a chance to let our mind escape the system of thoughts in which we grow, work and live.
Liberal? Conservative? Pro/against [insert binary label here]? Have you had a taste of the other side? Can you empathize or are you just pretending?
This blog is slightly organized platform for this. Open to guest submissions, just give me a shout.