{"id":175,"date":"2026-04-13T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/?p=175"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:32:46","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">Welcome to Ataraxia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does the word mean?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ancient Greek philosophy, ataraxia (Greek: \u1f00\u03c4\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03be\u03af\u03b1, from &#8220;a-&#8220;, negation and tarach\u0113 &#8220;disturbance, trouble&#8221;)\u2014generally translated as &#8220;unperturbedness&#8221;, &#8220;imperturbability&#8221;, &#8220;equanimity&#8221;, or &#8220;tranquility&#8221; is a lucid state of robust equanimity characterized by ongoing freedom from distress and worry.<br>Source; \u2014 (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ataraxia#cite_note-1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ataraxia#cite_note-1<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Especially as an ongoing condition of soul-fulfilling attainment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unconditional tranquility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ataraxia is a journey to that goal, a way of learning to change the way we live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why are we here?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To enjoy a conversation on topics that I feel are important in these our modern times.<br>Life is &#8211; essentially &#8211; a journey. A magnificent, one-way journey filled with all the feelings, emotions and amazing beauty that life has to offer.<br><em>A caveat &#8211; although I am painfully aware of life&#8217;s suffering, negative experiences and trauma inherent in the journey. We are not here to discuss the negatives. We want to focus on the positive.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can you find here?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Storytelling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Podcasting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guitar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Golf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photography \/ Videography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zen principles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The journey we are all on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patience is a virtue.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>yet<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; a high frequency blog. I would love to build it up to the that but&nbsp;<em>time will tell.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retirement does not mean having an empty calendar.<br>If you check in and enjoy what you find here it is worth it for the two of us. Check back after awhile.<br>I will continue to work on this, making comments and email contact possible, writing as often as I can and dealing with my own discipline and craft of writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Above all, I do not wish to waste your time, I wish to give at least one of you something valuable. Then this work will not be in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since you&#8217;ve read this far, thank you for visiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~A.J~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Ataraxia What does the word mean? In Ancient Greek philosophy, ataraxia (Greek: \u1f00\u03c4\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03be\u03af\u03b1, from &#8220;a-&#8220;, negation and tarach\u0113 &#8220;disturbance, trouble&#8221;)\u2014generally translated as &#8220;unperturbedness&#8221;, &#8220;imperturbability&#8221;, &#8220;equanimity&#8221;, or &#8220;tranquility&#8221; is a lucid state of robust equanimity characterized by ongoing freedom from distress and worry.Source; \u2014 (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ataraxia#cite_note-1) Ataraxia is a journey to that goal, a way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-content"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176,"href":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aj-sc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}