Life, Uncertainty & Cynicism
For a long time I had no idea who I was. Or supposed to be. The eternal question of “Who am I?” was always somewhere on my mind. Sometimes front and centre, sometimes laying dormant in the back but never gone completely. Sure, I had a few ideas about what I enjoyed doing and how [...]
In normal times, I refrain from voicing too many of my own political opinions on this blog. This wasn’t always the case. In fact, my personal playground you are currently visiting, started out as a very political space; many, many years ago. With time, my focus and interests changed and I rebranded myself. Concentrated more [...]
I was eleven years old when I wanted to kill myself for the first time. Now, two decades later, I don’t feel that same burning despair in me anymore. But the fact that I even made it so far, was more a matter of lucky coincidences and the combined help of some wonderful people, rather [...]
"Look at the stars", the old man said, “tiny beacons of light inside a beautiful ocean of emptiness. Breathtaking and completely pointless.” He looked at me and smiled. “None of them matters. Not a single one. They are as insignificant as you and I. But buried beneath this irrelevance lies power. Your power. One day [...]
Life is a cynical comedy. Not all the time but it tends to punch you in the gut when you least expect it. Here I was, thinking I made so much progress. Refined my thoughts over the past months and years. Created new mental frameworks I felt comfortable living with. On a solid trajectory towards [...]
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