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Don't Be Fooled That Life Is a Race

Siddhārtha Gautama, known as Buddha, once wisely said: “Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.” It’s wise, as we can expect from the enlightened one, but our society is absolutely against it — overly passionate about the future or the past but not the present. From the...

Don't Make Tattoos Out of Your Current Beliefs

Don’t hate me — I don’t mind the tattoos themselves, and I’ve even been planning on getting one or two recently. Ultimately, I gave up on this idea, but maybe someday I’ll return to it. Nevertheless, tattoos are a manifestation of one of the greatest human desires...

The Era of Endless Content and Overstimulation

Our modern world isn’t ideal, but never in the history of humanity have people — at least this many people, lived in such prosperity as today. We live minor tragedies compared to our ancestors, and most of us in developed countries don’t even think of basic needs — we take...

People Don't Care about You as Much as You Think

We tend to overestimate how much people care about us and our actions. I learned this lesson when I became a creator — if you ever posted anything on the internet, you know how hard it is to get eyes on your content. I worried about writing articles or posting my...

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