How a Budget Trip Turned into a Memorable Holiday — November 2021 I am sitting in a local airport in Lappeenranta, Finland, waiting to board my flight back to Berlin. If you don’t know where Lappeenranta is, you’re not alone. When asking several passengers about to board this flight why they had chosen this freezing destination just thirty kilometers from…

I am a fan of simplicity and you’ll like this article if you are, too. If I were to examine the habits in my repertoire, such as writing, reading, and exercising, they all share one thing: they’re simple to do. It’s not that they aren’t challenging. It’s just that I…

I had my first emo phase at twenty-eight. — I was down in the dumps at the end of August, and I felt like no matter how hard I tried to push, the friction of getting back into my old routine was too strong. So, despite my efforts, I got nowhere. Below is a reflection of how unmotivated, uninspired…

You may not have a choice over what you do, but you can certainly choose how you do it. For as long as I can remember, I have employed a victim mentality when tackling the routine and high-priority tasks on my plate. …

I’ve grown weary of self-deception at my “mature” age of twenty-six. The act of lying to myself is exhausting–both mentally and emotionally–and I now realize that it is also completely unnecessary and unsustainable. I have called myself a perfectionist, but claiming this title is effectively acquiescing to mediocrity. …

I have reached a new stage in my life where I am trying to overcome the flaws that are detrimental to my long-term success. Here are the shortcomings I struggle with the most: giving up losing interest in things making excuses not pushing myself further perfectionism (fear) finishing But I…