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Life Is Not a Solvable Problem
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Most people live as if life owes them coherence. They assume that if they behave sensibly, choose carefully, work hard, and avoid obvious mistakes, the world will respond in kind. This belief is rarely stated explicitly, but it sits beneath almost every private disappointment and public outrage. When effort fails to translate into outcome,…
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The Ritual of Formality: Why We Keep Wishing When We Don’t Mean It
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Every year, without fail, it happens. Calendars tick over. Notifications erupt. Phones vibrate with predictable precision. Birthdays. New Years. Festivals. Anniversaries. Entire social networks suddenly come alive—people who have been silent for months, sometimes years, re-emerge to send a message that looks uncannily similar to a hundred others. “Happy New Year.”“Many happy returns.”“Wishing you…
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We Don’t Lack Time. We Lack Honesty About Our Priorities.
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We like to believe we are principled people. We say things like “I can’t miss work,” “I don’t break commitments,” or “My health comes first.” These statements sound responsible. Mature. Final. They are none of those things. Because the truth is simpler and far less flattering: our priorities are elastic. They stretch generously for…
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Living Normally While the World Burns
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The Uneasy Coexistence We Can No Longer Ignore At almost any moment today, millions of people across the world are living under conditions that would be considered unthinkable elsewhere—constant fear, displacement, hunger, loss of family, and the daily uncertainty of survival. Ongoing conflicts in places such as Sudan, Palestine, Ukraine, Yemen, Syria, Myanmar, and…
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Just Start: The Power of Uncomplicating
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So often, what stops us is not the difficulty of the task itself but the way we complicate it in our heads. We overthink.We plan endlessly.We wait for the “perfect” moment, the perfect shoes, the perfect conditions. And in doing so, we create so much inertia that we never begin. Take exercise. We imagine…
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Journaling: A Simple Practice to Clear the Noise
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Some days my head feels like a crowded room. Thoughts competing for attention. Worries about the future. Leftover regrets or frustrations from the past. Endless to-do lists looping in the background. When this happens, I notice I’m not really present in the moment. I get distracted, drained, pulled away from what’s happening right now.…
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The Space Between Trigger and Response
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We all face them. Those situations — in personal life or at work — when tempers flare, voices rise, and egos compete. You feel the urge to “chew the other person’s head,” to win the argument at any cost, to prove you are right. In professional settings, these moments can ruin relationships. In personal…
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When Life Whispers, When Days Disappear
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At 45, if you live to 60, you have about 5,475 days left. That’s it.To 70, about 9,125 days.To 80, about 12,775. And yet, most of us live as if life were a race — each day measured by how much we achieved, how many boxes we ticked, how far we moved ahead of…
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Choosing a Quieter Path
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In a world that constantly urges us to be louder, faster, and busier, I’ve found myself drawn instead toward the quieter path. Not because ambition is wrong, but because peace feels right. “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” — Ram Dass I value quiet time. The kind where you can sit…