Comments on: How should we live?

By: Ragged Clown

Ragged Clown — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:14:29 +0000

We just watched the movie of The Salt Path. Marvellous! I recommend it.

By: Ragged Clown

Ragged Clown — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 09:59:41 +0000

They just started filming a movie of The Salt Path. Mrs Clown is hoping to get chosen as an extra.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:51:14 +0000

Oh no ! another. Addition to my reading list. Aristotle’s Way.

Loved the review. I bought The Salt Path ages ago but something else always ends up ahead of it. I see I really need to bump it up the list though.

By: Ragged Clown

Ragged Clown — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 22:26:55 +0000

In reply to Janet. Aristotle book is a quick and easy read. I gave it a rare five stars.

By: Janet

Janet — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:39:32 +0000

That’s cool, will look up OCEAN. Meyers-Briggs I took 32 yrs ago after I’d been off work for 5 years and didn’t want to do what I had done before. It helped me accept that a job opp I had but was resisting might actually be a good fit, and that there were good reasons I couldn’t get excited about another opp. Mostly though it helped me understand situations at home with more insight—husband did not even take it the test, but once I saw the breakdown of types and combos of letters, I knew immediately who he is and understood just as immediately that we’d made a serious mistake hooking up. Not really. I’m kidding, but we wouldn’t win any prizes for natural and effortless compatibility throughout a lifelong partnership. But it allowed me to get on with things instead of spending valuable time and energy trying to figure out how to change them/him/me. I love those kinds of tests, always have. Not the FB ones though lol. Do I need to read the Aristotle book? Sounds like it might be a good one.

By: Ragged Clown

Ragged Clown — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:40:20 +0000

In reply to Janet. There’s another, more credible, personality test called The Big Five (or, sometimes, OCEAN). The O in OCEAN is Openness to Experience and it explains a lot about who stays in their hometown and who moves on to see the world (and who goes searching for American Food when in Rome or who complains about the toilets at the top of the volcano in Bali).

By: Ragged Clown

Ragged Clown — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:39:46 +0000

In reply to Claire ATX. I went camping (and windsurfing and canoeing) in the Lake District in my youth but haven't been back since. I should fix that.

By: Ragged Clown

Ragged Clown — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:37:13 +0000

In reply to Janet. I've taken a couple of those personality tests at a couple of employers (one was Myers-Briggs & another was DISC) that purported to tell you who you will and who you will not get on with. I'm sceptical of personality tests in general but they both pinpointed exactly the people who I would not get on with (I get on with most people) and gave me tips for how to get on with them (NARRATOR: they did not help).

By: Janet

Janet — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:29:38 +0000

Reading this, I am made aware that “how *shouldn’t* we live?” has influenced me and my decisions far more than “how *should* we live?” has. Maybe two sides of the same coin, but am going to take some time to ponder if that says anything significant about how my life has played out, or if it explains at all why I cannot relate to some people even a tiny bit no matter how hard I try. Maybe *all* descendants of Puritans live under the shadow of “thou shalt not”s. Much to contemplate! Interesting post, thanks.

By: Claire ATX

Claire ATX — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 06:56:37 +0000

I love to stay at Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel in the Great Langdales, Lake District, Cumbria. I arrive by train and then bus. Endless, spectacular walking routes for a day starting from the hotel front door. Return to the Hotel in each evening. Other options for lodging are New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel and a lovely campground across the road. Logistics are simplified because no need to change lodging. Campground has a small grocery store. Low-level and high-level trails abundant. Breath-taking views. Lots of history. Ambleside is 30-minutes away by bus. See Wainwright walking guides for trails in the fells. I love the Old Dungeon Ghyll because it is not surrounded by any other buildings or a village, a solitary retreat out there in Great Langdale Valley.