Learn to STFU!!!!!! — TLDR; I may have ruined something beautiful because I couldn’t just shut my mouth. Anyone can tap into the lowest form of their stupidity by just acting in the presence of heightened emotions. It's not even hard to achieve. …

Philosophies for a good life. — Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things. Christians typically use this text from Philippians 4:8 to protect themselves from Satan’s influence. But the…

And it's getting worse — When I first joined Medium in 2020, publications were the most brilliant part of the platform in my opinion. First of all, they served as a way to organize different content, and most of the bigger ones published the best articles in each category. …

There is a lot happening between extremes — One of the Hermetic principles or philosophies mentioned in the Kybalion is the Principle of Polarity and it states thus; “Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature but different in degree; extremes meet; all…

Your Permission is an Illusion — From an early age, I was trained to avoid people and ideas that opposed the generally accepted truths and ways of life. For instance, coming from one of the most homophobic countries in the world, I embraced that training for a large part of my life, thinking of that aspect…

Solving our problems through avoidance — As of writing this article, it's been about a year and a few months since I deactivated all my social media accounts, except for TikTok (since it wouldn’t let me deactivate so I simply deleted the app). I want to believe that I was deeply unhappy when I was on…

You can have anything, but not everything — Paula Pant, the host of afford anything podcast, has some interesting approaches to thinking about money. Her advice is useful, not just in personal finance but also in other areas of our lives. Therefore it is the basis of this article. Life is an invitation to critical thinking. We can debate our purpose on earth and the…

Hopes, dreams, and reflections — Yesterday I got my work done in under an hour which gave me at least seven hours to just sit still and probe my brain for a worthwhile pastime. Had this been nine or ten years ago, sitting still would have been the least likely option for my free time…

Investing with what you have — One of the most common reasons people don’t start investing early is because they think they don’t have enough money. These people think that you should invest when you have extra cash lying around because investing is complicated and risky which could result in them losing their (barely enough) money. …