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You have to think about how to be of service and also how to have fun and enjoy life yourself, which is also something that I, I, I don't historically do a good job of. Like, I want to have fun, I'm gonna do, you know, like I actually wrote about it and it's like, like how do fun, right? There's a whole chapter about this and I like, I have the story of this guy in the Netherlands named Jan who for like 30 years, every Wednesday he would go to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and book a flight somewhere within Europe, wherever was cheapest. He'd fly to Stockholm or Barcelona or somewhere and he would just kind of hang out and he would like walk around the terminal and he'd fly back and he never leave the airport. Never leave the airport. It's so interesting. This is what he liked to do. He just, like, he found it really peaceful, enjoyable, relaxing and so on. So it's so easy to criticize that, you know, be like, well, he never, he traveled so much and never traveled at all, right? But it's a small thing that made him happy, you know, And I think, you know, if we can all find like small things that make us happy, even if they seem weird to other people or strange or like, why would you do that? Then our lives are going to be better. And I was thinking about his story. One day when I went for a walk, I found this restaurant I wanted to go to that was like 17 miles from my house. I thought about it for maybe, like, a few days in advance, but not. Not too long. And I was like, I should walk there, you know? I was like, I should walk to this. You know? And so one day I was like, okay, what do I have this afternoon? Not that much. Nothing that I can't do. And so I did. I got it, like, right after lunch, I left and I walked, like, six or seven hours. And it's funny because I thought, well, I'm going to try to get some stuff done on the walk. I can make some phone calls or whatever. But then your phone battery dies. Cause you're on GPS the whole time tracking. And I was like, oh, this is not going to actually be a very productive experience. But of course, it was actually very meditative and kind of fun and also silly. But this is a thing I'm just doing for myself. And I'm not even going to blog about this. I'm not like, hey, everybody, I'm out on a walk for six hours. I'm just doing this thing. So I went to the restaurant and then went home. And then, like, for days afterwards, I'm like, what a cool thing. You know, What a fun thing that I did. It's a weird core memory.
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Alive.
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Yes, exactly. Yeah, exactly. And so there are things you can do to feel more alive. And I have been trying to lean into that myself, and I hope that other people will as well.
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Yeah. Instead of going, hey, I got across these 15 restaurants off a list. I got to do this. I'm sure you're not just. You probably felt alive because you were present. You were only doing that thing, however silly and inexplicable. That thing.
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That was the attraction.
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Yes.
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Right. That was the. That was the thing.
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Yeah. Did you walk back?
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No, I took an Uber back, and then the whole way.
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Fifteen minutes.
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Exactly. That's what's funny. I was like, this is f. But I'm passing all the way. All the places that I walked, you know? And I was like, oh, that's just fun.
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So that was probably. When you pass by those places now, you can tap into that feeling for even just a fleeting second.
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Yeah. And this is two years ago, and I still remember this weird memory. And it wasn't that. It wasn't that hard of a choice to make. And it's not like I was like, every Wednesday from now on, I'm going to walk 17 miles. I don't have to do that. I can just be like, what are things like that that I can respond to and say yes to?
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How was the food?
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The food was really good. It was really delicious. Cornbread. There's a cornbread appetizer that's usually, like, shared among people and I eat the whole thing.
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Sure.
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You just work out. Exactly.
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You could do whatever you wanted. Yeah. I think as you get older, you have less time and also tolerance for doing inexplicable things because they seem irresponsible or hard to justify or even just hard from a scheduling standpoint. But that's kind of what life is.
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Those are like.
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Those are the things that you remember.
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Foreign.
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BONUS | Not Everything Has To Be Productive (with Chris Guillebeau)
Date: June 12, 2026
Host: Daily Stoic (Ryan Holiday)
Guest: Chris Guillebeau
This bonus episode of The Daily Stoic centers on the liberating idea that not every action in life requires productivity or justification. Host Ryan Holiday and guest Chris Guillebeau explore the value of doing things simply for pleasure, presence, and aliveness—drawing on personal anecdotes and Stoic wisdom to reflect on resisting the pressure to be constantly “productive.” The conversation encourages listeners to embrace spontaneity, strange hobbies, and personal joy—even when others may not understand.
On finding joy in small, strange rituals:
On the meaning of his long walk:
On savoring memories: