Category: Self-Reflection
-
Touching the Eternal: Mystical and Scientific Perspectives
After losing someone close, the question of what we really are starts to haunt you. Are we just biological machines—neurons firing, cells decaying, nothing more? Or is there something deeper at play—something beyond the physical, something eternal? Grief has a way of cracking open the surface-level answers. It forces you to ask: when life is…
-
When Everything Falls Apart, Who’s Still There?
When my relationship ended, I found myself in a dark place—lost, emotionally wrecked, and alone. I had prioritized my girlfriend over my friendships, and when she was gone, I had no one left to turn to. But Paul was there. He didn’t hold my absence against me. He reached out, checked in, and asked me…
-
Essence Over Time: The Friendships That Endure
People say that time changes everything. That friendships fade, that people outgrow each other, that life moves us in different directions. But I don’t think that’s always true. Some connections don’t weaken with time. Some people don’t become strangers just because years pass. I’ve realized that the friendships that last aren’t the ones built on…
-
Escaping the Fire: What I Learned from My Most Toxic Relationship
Some relationships don’t shape you through love, but through the scars they leave behind. My first serious girlfriend, S, was one of those. What started as intoxicating passion soon turned into psychological warfare—manipulation, volatility, and cycles of abuse I couldn’t break free from. I stayed, not because I loved her, but because I didn’t love…
-
Understanding Creativity and Myself: Reflections Inspired by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s “Creativity”
After being fired for the third time, I asked myself why I feel so trapped in corporate environments and whether my creativity was being overlooked. Inspired by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book Creativity, I reflect on the struggle to align my true creative nature with the demands of the working world, and what it means to find…
-
Cringe and Growth: A Reflection on Self-Perception
Cringe—the discomfort we feel looking back at our awkward moments, and how it reflects our growth. This post dives into the paradox of cringe and nostalgia, explores the rise of internet cringe culture, and asks: how can we embrace the discomfort of our past selves while navigating the world of social media?