There’s an emptiness I often feel that makes it hard to find meaning in my life. A feeling of desolation. It’s not lack of energy, it can’t be. I have enough to eat. I want to do some work, I just don’t feel motivated to do anything. Also, I always seem to question and doubt […]
Book Review: At The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
As part of my suffering to overcome my anxiety. I looked at many fields, including that of philosophy. Years ago I read up on some ideas by the existentialists, and just recently I rediscovered these ideas in the book the At the Existentialist Cafe. I got back in touch with many of the authors I […]
Does it matter that I don’t have a dream?
Back years ago I was small, quiet, mediocre. The only thing you could have said about me was I wanted to live up to my potential. Taken from my own life one of the biggest obstacles I faced is the idea that I couldn’t be, nor did I deserve to be more than what I […]
Creative Destruction: how change takes place
Change is not easy is it? I like to try new things and grow just as much as anyone. I’ve started a business (which failed), started a blog, art, a meetup and more. You might say I’m doing alright, even call me brave. Yet despite all this, there are parts of my life where I […]
What does it mean to thrive, or what do I mean by it?
‘Not just to live, but to thrive’ That’s the motto here. But what does it mean? Although it may obvious, I ask the question because my ideas may not be the same as yours. To me, thriving is not about the materialistic growth of accumulation. It’s not about getting that more expensive car, upgrading to […]
Live! The passion and pain to be amazing
Sometime I wonder about myself. Why do I suffer so much for that pot of gold I imagine I will get when I succeed? It’s not just me. Our society has become a slave to excellence. We don’t simply want to succeed at a test, we want to crush it! It’s not enough to be […]