Welcome to Design Your Zen
Make the most of every day with practical Buddhist techniques. Design your life, fight back overwhelm.
Who’s Design Your Zen for?
Design Your Zen is for:
- People who don’t know what they want from life: You want to design a life that makes sense for you (even if it doesn’t make sense to other people).
- People who feel overwhelmed every day: You want to cut through the noise of your life and focus on what you need to do to live your dreams.
- People who have a sneaking suspicion something’s wrong – but they can’t name it: You want to master yourself and know what makes you tick.
Best articles
Here are some of my best – and most popular – articles. Check them out and subscribe if you dig them.
- The six parts of self-esteem (and how to build them). A simple look at self-esteem and how to foster your own, step by step.
- Changing your life takes more than just ideas. You build yourself with attention and action – not the things you tell yourself.
- Making peace with your inevitable death. Nothing lasts forever. That includes you. That means you can be anything.
Who am I?
Design Your Zen is written by Cory Zanoni.
I’ve spent the last 20 years managing depression. In the process, I’ve built a fantastic family and friend group, forged a fantastic career, and made a life I love.
I’ve used techniques and frameworks from Buddhism (and a few other schools of philosophy) to do that. Now, I want to share them with you.
My promise to you
Here are my promises to you, as a reader of Design Your Zen:
- I’ll deliver every week. You can count on me to deliver something worth your time on the regular.
- I’ll balance the philosophical and the practical. With Design Your Zen, you'll get actionable changes you can make to your life backed with theory to explain it all.
- I’ll keep things clear. Despite mentioning philosophy one second ago, don't fret: we won't be getting lost in the weeds. Everything will be plainly stated.
Acknowledgement of Country
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the Country on which I live and work – the Dja Dja Wurrung people of Djandak. I pay respect to their Elders, past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.