Food For Thought #12 // Existential Questions Edition

Source: Oliver Emberton

I can't say if we stumble upon enlightening articles at the right moment - as if put on our way on purpose - or if we get to see, and click on these when we are already on a path of questioning. Point is, I'm in the turmoil of an existential crisis of sorts right now, and here are interesting articles that fuel the reflection.

Minimalism TAG

Minerals. Personal Picture (iPhone 4S 2014)

While I'm finalizing the Thailand travel pictures, here is a short tag post, yet again inspired by Youtuber Cathy. I find her six questions very interesting to think about and share on the topic of minimalism/simplicity. I hope you'll enjoy them.

A Few Floating Thoughts

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The end of year is always a tough one in the entertainment business, holiday gifts and all. Leaving me less time to think and blog, this also made me realize that sometimes, an idea needs time to silently  blossom into my mind before things actually start to make sense. I also happen to close this busy work period with an actual holiday travel, so here are a few floating thoughts I'd like to leave you with before I leave sans le laptop.

Food For Thought // #11

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I'm back with the latest food for thoughts post, quite limited today with two articles, and approaching from two very different angles, the idea of inner values and the importance they have in our lives.

The Health Files: Quality Ingredients

Personal Picture: Salmon sashimi, miso soup and Tomates-Mozza

After receiving a few questions and comments, I have decided to continue the "Health Files" series, posts mainly around sport and food habits, based on personal experience only as I am neither a nutritionist nor a coach. After the first post on global nutrition ideas, I'd like to dig deeper into the contents of our assiettes, and the importance of quality food, which is more affordable than one may think.

While I am away...

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I am flying to Ireland in a few hours for my cousin's wedding. Summers are weddings. Lates twenties and early thirties are weddings. Family reunions, feasts, meeting long lost cousins and fidgeting over what to wear as a guest. I'm counting on Irish beer too, for this one. Here are a few random bits and thoughts to leave you with while I am away for the rest of the week...

Food For Thought // #10

Artichoke Flower // Personal Picture

Here is the latest Food for Thought post, mainly focused on perspective and how changing our own view of the world can improve our situation and make us happier. My communications teacher used to say: it's like changing your camera lens - the situation itself doesn't change, but you approach it with a different angle.

The Health Files: Nutrition Basics

Thai Salad // Personal Picture

Today, I'd like to introduce a new post idea: the Health Files. As I chose the path of simplicity, I also started paying more attention to my health, researching various topics, and shifting my daily habits. Although I am not a health professional, and my notes are only the result of personal reads and experiments, I thought it may be interesting to share my findings with you.

Week-End Notes

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Before I leave on a business trip to Canada for most of next week, I wanted to share a few musings with you on this beautiful week-end of July. Quick ideas I find worth sharing, but not in a dedicated post each. I hope you'll enjoy these notes of the moment.

On Writing

Personal Picture // The Cat & the Diary

Last week, I have been kindly nominated by Lucent to answer some questions about my writing habits. Since I found the questions really interesting to ponder, and enjoyed reading Lucent's own answers as a reader of her blog, I decided to accept the invitation and share with you my own take on writing, as a blogger, writer and decade-long diary filler.

Food For Thought // #09

The Golden Sunset // Personal Picture

It seemed you liked the latest Food for Thought post, with less links but more explanation as to why I was inspired. I decided to adopt the same form for this latest iteration, questioning happiness versus contentment, and how to find the inner strength to weather life's more difficult moments.

Food For Thought // #08

La Chaîne des Puys, July 2011

Today, I'd like to present some Food for Thought links in a slightly different way - I have read, and watched, a few things that made me think, more deeply than usual, so I decided to explore these thoughts a bit with you. I hope this will be as interesting for you to read as it was for me to discover and share.

Simple Life: Myth Busting

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After years of thinking and talking about simplicity with my close ones, blogging, reading and commenting about the subject, I noticed there are a lot of ideas and preconceptions around the concept of minimalism and simple living. These myths tend to rebuke people, make simple living sound impossible for some, cold and boring for others. I am still learning, but here are a few of these myths I'd like to bust with you today.

Food For Thought // #07

Frost & the Morning Sun // Personal Photo

I believe this food for thought post has been sitting in my drafts for a couple of months now, as the publication date of the articles below show. Since the few post ideas I have mostly involve taking new pictures, why not share with you these discoveries in the meantime. I hope you enjoy these food for thought posts as much as I enjoy sharing them.

Bite-Size Update

Le Rouge et le Noir // Personal Picture

I have a few post ideas under my sleeve, on seasonal changes, psychological price, my latest reads... As they all require either time to write and edit, or pictures to be taken first, here is a mini interlude in the meantime, inspired by this post by Xandra from the great, newly discovered Fashionably Light blog. Yes, I obviously have been perusing the archives. Totally worth it, by the way.

Food For Thought // #06

Louis XIV, Enlightened - Lyon, 8/12/2013

As we approach the end of February, I realized I haven't even sorted my photographs from last December's Lyon Light Festival.  It seems there are only so many fields we can direct our energy at once, and photography has been on the back scene of my life lately. Accompanying this little preview picture, here are the lastest Food for Thought links (I believe these too date back over a month, though).

Beliefs, Assumptions & Communication

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"We all know the vast majority of French citizens are against Turkey joining EU", I heard on the radio last week, inspiring today's post. Really, do we all know that? "We all know that [insert pile of merde here]" is one of the most common phrasings to make unwary people believe facts which, usually, aren't facts at all. While I am not going to discuss EU politics today, I thought I could share a bit of my communication background to discuss our beliefs and opinions, and the reliability of information we hear and read every day.

Food For Thought // #05

Rempart Automnal // Personal photo

I initially planned to have about one "Food for Thought" post a month, but I have read so many interesting pieces lately, I already have 3 posts full of links in queue. So I decided to publish these posts as I find inspirations, rather than imposing a defined regularity. Without further ado, here is the Food for Thought, number 5.

Food For Thought // #04

A Cloudy Light // One for the Cloud Appreciation Society - personal photo

While I ponder about upcoming blog content, here are the latest Food For Thought links. Put together over one month ago, the post has been pushed back by the 2013 round-up and analysis posts. I am still considering which of my 2013 regular posts to continue, but Food for Thought is definitely a keeper, for as long as I have interesting reads to share.

2013

As the year 2013 bids us farewell, many fond memories will remain. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to travel, spend quality time with my family and friends, discover music that touched my heart, books and films which made me laugh, think and cry. Here is what I will remember of 2013, and think to be worth sharing.