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Comment author: Danny_Hintze 30 November 2012 08:24:53AM 1 point [-]

The 6th. Major kudos for catching that.

Meetup : Phoenix, AZ: Stoicism and Visitors: 6 December 6:00PM

1 Danny_Hintze 23 November 2012 07:08PM

Discussion article for the meetup : Phoenix, AZ: Stoicism and Visitors: 5 December 6:00PM

WHEN: 06 December 2012 06:00:00PM (-0700)

WHERE: 1038 South Mill Avenue, Tempe, AZ

Jay will give a brief presentation on Stoicism and we will get to see some friends from Australia! The meeting will be at the Chipotle near Gammage Theater.

Discussion article for the meetup : Phoenix, AZ: Stoicism and Visitors: 5 December 6:00PM

Comment author: Danny_Hintze 21 November 2012 10:53:00PM 9 points [-]

Taken!

Comment author: Danny_Hintze 14 June 2012 05:07:03AM 2 points [-]

I successfully held a lotus pose! I put it on a daily to do list that I would have to check off, and I got myself to do it by using the idea of actions as policies. There were a few days where I forgot, but I just accepted that I couldn't do anything about that and continued on. This has led to almost a month of daily stretching for 18 minutes a day. I have previously tried to regularly hold the necessary stretch many times in the past and failed! Now working to make the pose easier and be able to do it both ways. :)

Comment author: Danny_Hintze 05 June 2012 01:58:07AM 0 points [-]

I do. Trying to ensure that interest turns into attendance!

Comment author: Danny_Hintze 05 June 2012 01:57:13AM 0 points [-]

Sorry, just saw this. This location is actually right next to my house, but I have some friends at ASU who also might be coming if your ride doesn't turn out!

Comment author: Danny_Hintze 22 May 2012 02:39:13AM 3 points [-]

I'm working to be able to do a full lotus meditation pose. I have some weird stuff with the way my hips work and am generally inflexible, so this is not trivial for me. There is a certain stretch that several sources online say will allow me to do it if I stick to doing it for 5-6 weeks every day. The problem is that holding the pose isn't easy, and I've tried in the past and been unable to reliably stick to it. I've been using personal TDT in order to get myself to do it every day, even when tired and ready to go to sleep. So far this has worked wonderfully. I'm also realizing that keeping a streak has its own very strong motivational value for some reason. I'm not sure whether this is particular to me or not. Additionally, I've been trying to use as much positive reinforcement as possible. I don't think that has been quite as successful though. I'm going to focus on finding ways to remedy this.

Comment author: Danny_Hintze 19 May 2012 03:26:48AM 1 point [-]

I will be there!

Comment author: Danny_Hintze 02 August 2011 01:57:52AM 0 points [-]

I am actually running a little late myself. Will be there soon.

Comment author: Danny_Hintze 02 August 2011 01:05:22AM 0 points [-]

I'll be there.

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