Quiet Luxury And Its Problematic Roots
I don’t have a TikTok account and I don’t keep up with all the ridiculous trends that are unraveling on that platform. But inevitably, the tidal wave of the internet washes the…
Essays
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15 Non-Trivial Ways To Simplify Your Life (Without Being A Minimalist)
The messiness of life is part of its charm. As much as we’d like to tame the erratic flow of events and have it under control, we can’t guarantee a smooth sailing.…
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Spiritual Bypassing: The Elusive Trap Mindfulness Advocates Fall Into
A person boasting about how he doesn’t even notice other people’s skin color. Another one proposing that all we need for a better world is love. And finally someone claiming that we…
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The Magic of the Unoptimized Life
Over 2 millennia ago, Socrates declared that the unexamined life is not worth living. If we were to adapt this maxim for the 21st century, a good candidate would be “the unoptimized…
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The Lost Art of Commonplace Books: How a Commonplace Book Can Help You Learn and Create
I recently stumbled upon the practice of keeping a commonplace book and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since. I was struck by how it seems to…
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The Timeless Art of Keeping a Notebook
The most important relationship you will ever have is with yourself. But sometimes, you need a companion. Another person won’t do. Although a good friend is one of life’s blessings, you can’t…
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Why You Should Write
The American novelist Flannery O’Connor once said “I write to discover what I know.” I think if you need a reason to write, you can’t do better than this. Our thoughts always…
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Maybe We Should Stop Calling People “Self-Made”
As Sartre said, “Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.” We create ourselves. We have the capacity to tap into our potential and actualize it. Like a sculptor who…
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Meditation In The Age of Neoliberal Reason
In recent decades, meditation has captured the imaginations of western citizens. In the last 10 years alone, the number of Americans who practice meditation has tripled. And the pandemic has brought even…
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24 Mind-expanding Things I Learned in 2022
Here’s a collection of what I learned in 2022: 24 amazing things that caught my attention this year. I chose them based on one simple criterion: all of them made me go…