https://treatthompson.com/writing/Treat Thompson is a writer in Toronto. Essays and newsletter issues on living well, a drawing practice, and a record of things worth paying attention to.https://treatthompson.com/writing/why-do-we-write-our-names-in-the-sand/https://treatthompson.com/writing/why-do-we-write-our-names-in-the-sand/Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000What’s with all these sounds, scribbles, and stories?https://treatthompson.com/writing/when-a-laugh-is-cheap/https://treatthompson.com/writing/when-a-laugh-is-cheap/Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000When a laugh is cheap, I know I’ve got it good.https://treatthompson.com/writing/youth-is-falsely-romanticized/https://treatthompson.com/writing/youth-is-falsely-romanticized/Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000You have nothing when your whole life is ahead of you.https://treatthompson.com/writing/we-dont-grow-up-we-just-grow-old/https://treatthompson.com/writing/we-dont-grow-up-we-just-grow-old/Sat, 30 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000We’ll always be the kids we think we used to be.https://treatthompson.com/writing/we-are-the-tools-of-our-tools/https://treatthompson.com/writing/we-are-the-tools-of-our-tools/Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000The means of getting by has become our end goal.https://treatthompson.com/writing/dont-wait-to-live/https://treatthompson.com/writing/dont-wait-to-live/Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000At our peak mastery of life, our bodies can’t take advantage of our earned experience.https://treatthompson.com/writing/the-world-and-a-body-to-enjoy-it/https://treatthompson.com/writing/the-world-and-a-body-to-enjoy-it/Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000We can make experiencing life, our life.https://treatthompson.com/writing/our-big-little-white-lies/https://treatthompson.com/writing/our-big-little-white-lies/Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000Our delusion disconnects us from reality. And thank god for that.https://treatthompson.com/writing/we-dont-fall-in-love/https://treatthompson.com/writing/we-dont-fall-in-love/Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000Everybody wants it; we’re starving for it, but we’re also our own deprivers of it.https://treatthompson.com/writing/getting-old-is-great/https://treatthompson.com/writing/getting-old-is-great/Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000Now I want to be old as young as possible.https://treatthompson.com/writing/meaning-is-a-myth/https://treatthompson.com/writing/meaning-is-a-myth/Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000Everybody wonders about the meaning of their lives at some point.https://treatthompson.com/writing/meaning-makes-life-bearable/https://treatthompson.com/writing/meaning-makes-life-bearable/Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000The most strong-willed people always have something to look forward to.https://treatthompson.com/writing/dont-die-with-all-your-music-inside-you/https://treatthompson.com/writing/dont-die-with-all-your-music-inside-you/Sun, 15 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000There’s art inside all of us waiting to come to life, if we never act on it, we rob the world of ourselves.https://treatthompson.com/writing/art-gives-us-access-to-our-lives/https://treatthompson.com/writing/art-gives-us-access-to-our-lives/Sun, 15 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000Art gives us the words to speak when we can't find them.https://treatthompson.com/writing/lifes-meaning-is-simple/https://treatthompson.com/writing/lifes-meaning-is-simple/Sun, 15 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000Life’s meaning comes down to one simple question.https://treatthompson.com/writing/open-this-when-youre-old/https://treatthompson.com/writing/open-this-when-youre-old/Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000I can’t imagine what time will do to me.https://treatthompson.com/writing/the-paradox-of-life/https://treatthompson.com/writing/the-paradox-of-life/Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000Being human is the ultimate irony.https://treatthompson.com/writing/find-the-miraculous-in-the-mundane/https://treatthompson.com/writing/find-the-miraculous-in-the-mundane/Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000What’s it take for you to be filled with joy? What about wonder?https://treatthompson.com/writing/were-not-special/https://treatthompson.com/writing/were-not-special/Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000The biggest transformation in life is understanding it's not about us.https://treatthompson.com/writing/you-will-lose-everything-you-love/https://treatthompson.com/writing/you-will-lose-everything-you-love/Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000Understanding the finality of everything helps you enjoy life's moments to the max.