Diana Demco

Essays

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  • John Vervaeke: Marrying Science & Spirituality

    My disparate worlds were unified when I found John Vervaeke. For many years, I felt like my existence was split in two, as if there were two sides battling in me. One…

  • The Era of Small Creators

    Gone are the days when someone’s follower count… counted. Credibility isn’t tied to celebrity anymore. It’s no longer the case that you need to be a Harvard-educated, mustache-twirling intellectual, or to have…

  • Wellness Overload: The Stress of Always Being Well

    Prelude 6 am, alarm rings. Amy promptly raises her head from the silk pillowcase and with a choreographed move, one that would make even a Russian ballerina jealous, she stops the jingle…

  • In Defense of Getting Attached To Material Things

    “Let me show you something,” she said, as if she was going to let me in on a secret. Brimming with excitement, her eyes alight with anticipation, my mom opened an overhead…

  • What Makes a Great Sentence?

    Just like our life is measured in days, our writing is measured in sentences. And just like our days, to make it count, you must have good ones. A manuscript will only…

  • Reading Fiction: What You Lose If You Don’t

    Reading fiction usually doesn’t make the list for “[insert number] things you need to do to get your life around,” but maybe it should. If you spend enough time in some corners…

  • Is Liberal Education A Waste Of Time?

    If you don’t think a liberal education would be of value to you, you’re precisely the person who needs it the most. It is said that one of the greatest displays of…

  • Productive Procrastination

    Productive procrastination is when you delay important tasks or responsibilities while still engaging in other tasks that are considered productive, but less essential. In essence, it involves avoiding one task by working…

  • How To Reread A Book (A Quick Guide)

    Good books are like friends. You don’t meet with a good friend only once. There are conversations to have over coffee, when waiting for the subway or after a glass of wine.…