Understanding Self-Awareness
Self-awareness is the ability to understand why you make the questionable choices you do, like reaching for that extra slice of pizza when you know damn well your stomach is already regretting the first three. Part of it is about knowing your triggers — those delightful little landmines that life so generously scatters in your […]
Music, My Magical Companion
Music is a magical extension of the human soul. Without it, we’d all just slowly wither away into the unbearable void of silence, or worse, be left alone with our thoughts. With it, however, we have the unparalleled power to transform our minds into a war zone of emotions. If you want to wallow in […]
Musings on Aesthetics
Today, we dive headfirst into the alluring, baffling, and often pretentious concept of aesthetics. After all, what could be more exhilarating than meticulously dissecting the very essence of beauty and taste with all the gusto of a sleep-deprived philosopher? Aesthetics are those tiny, nagging details that shape not just our tastes but our very sense […]
How the Five Paragraph Essay Almost Ruined My Writing
When I was in high school, students were often forced to write their essays in the dreaded five-paragraph format. Being a passive-aggressive rebel, I often neglected to write that way. Because of this, I’d often be graded poorly on many assignments. I just let my words flow without any regard for restrictions we were meant […]
It’s Not What You Know, It’s What You Share That Counts
“Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share.” – Ginni Rometty This quote was suggested to me yesterday by the Stoic journaling app I was suggested on the Apple App Store. It’s a great guided journal app, which is something I need lately, since I have a whirlwind constantly […]
How Society Has Normalized Bullying
A society that normalizes bullying is no society at all.But here we are, in the grand age of progress, where we’ve apparently decided that bullying suddenly isn’t that big of a problem—it’s just an edgy personality trait for future leaders of our nations. It’s as if we took all those anti-bullying campaigns from the early […]
What to Do With These Scattered and Orphaned Thoughts?
I’m quite the optimist when it comes to the potential of ideas. I feel like many of my best ideas haven’t been fully actualized in word form just yet. Within my hyperactive creative mind, unwritten thoughts often meander like untamed rivers, branching off into tributaries, eventually leading to a great ocean of inspiration. Sadly, most […]
How Ignored Monologues Can Become Engaging Conversation Starters
I once naively believed that each comment, blog post, or article I penned would seamlessly meld into the ceaseless discourse amidst the vast digital universe. Unfortunately, my words often seemed to dissolve into the ether, leaving me feeling like a monologuing actor performing to an empty theater, beseeching the indifferent shadows to lend their ears. […]