What others say about us
I want to optimise my life, but most of the content in that space seems to assume the goal is to become a more efficient machine: cold plunges, meal replacements, sleep scores.
Euzoia is the opposite. It takes the good life seriously as something you actually enjoy living, not a set of metrics to grind up. The advice is practical and unpretentious, and the weekly rhythm means I get one idea at a time rather than a 40-point protocol.
It's the only newsletter I've kept reading for months. I look forward to it, which is more than I can say for most things in my inbox.
Supriya B, Founder
What is a life well lived? A good life?
There are two answers to this, both equally valid:
A) It’s a deep mystery, a dance, a journey that in itself is the goal.
B) It’s a subject of science, and by now we know a lot about it.
Euzoia.org is a project dedicated to B) without forgetting about A).
Euzoia - juːˈzɔɪə/ comes from from Greek εὖ (eu, “good”) + ζωή (zoē, “life”) and would probably translate to lifemaxxing these days. Euzoia is distilling the science of what makes a good life down to basic principles. Euzoia is then taking those principles and helps embedding those in day to day life. And one of those principles will probably related to A): To be curious, to wonder.
This substack will share these principles. One each week. And then repeat them, every year. Because we know these principles anyway already. But we need reminders to engage with them, to see how they fit in our lives, to take small actions each time.
This is our plan for the year
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Well said! I like how you think about this.