I’m very grateful to everyone at Barcelona for making my time here such a positive and memorable experience. I’ve enjoyed every moment and will take many special memories with me.
I wish the club and all its supporters the very best of luck and every success in the season ahead.
i’ve removed ego and shame from the experience of liking people. me liking someone is my personal decision, but that doesn’t mean they’re obligated to like me back, desire me or act according to my expectations. i don’t see rejection or lack of reciprocity as an attack on my self worth.
and by “shameless,” i mean i’m not carrying embarrassment on my head because i like someone. whether i text first, express interest or end up liking them more than they like me, it is what it is. i’m not going to start acting emotionally detached just to protect pride. i also think people who genuinely find mutual attraction, emotional alignment and timing at the same time are very lucky because it honestly doesn’t happen as easily as people make it seem.
Life hack:
It's good for your mental health to always have someone that is always happy to see you.
If you don't have someone, get a pet that is always excited to see you.
You need to feel what it means to matter.
I don’t care what social media standards dictate. I could never be with a woman I can’t split bills with. Your femininity should not be a burden on our cost of living.
I’ve realized that many people don’t actually love reading books. They love the identity of being someone who reads books. The aesthetic of it. The photos. The intellectual vibe. But the quiet discipline of reading slowly and thinking deeply? That part is very unpopular.
“Dude I have 10 agents running while I sleep. No one is prepared for AGI in 2 years man.”
“So what are you building?”
“Bro all my smartest friends are vibe coding until 3am every night. It’s all about agency. Intelligence is a commodity man.”
“So what are you building?”
“Do you even study exponentials? Have you seen the latest METR chart? You’re going to be stuck in the permanent underclass bro.”
“So what are you building?”
“Did you even setup OpenClaw? I’m maxing out my token budget everyday man.”
“So what are you building?”
“I promise you I’m 10x more productive bro! You just don’t understand! Please bro just…. I know you use this stuff everyday too, but you must not be prompting it right! Please broo…”
This needs to be reposted 1,000 times. Well said Vincent Kompany. What an eloquent and well delivered thought process in the Vini Jr vs Benfica situation.
Lots of nuanced perspectives that I didn’t even think about with this situation:
🗣️ Vincent Kompany: "Do you know what black players had to go through in the 1960s? Was he (Mourinho) there to travel with Eusebio to every away game?"
"Probably at the time the only option they had was to be quiet, to say nothing, be above it and to be 10 times better in order to get a little bit of credit for people to say 'actually, he is good'. That was Eusebio's life." @BBCSport
I’ll be walking down the street and the British public will be looking at me like I’m a thief.
Why?
Because the UK home office said they’re footing my bill.
My income tax falls in the 40% band. I pay annual IHS fees of over £1,000. I pay my rent, bills, etc. I’m no liability.
At 32, do not keep living like you are still 25.
This is not the age to drift, experiment endlessly, or delay responsibility. What felt like “exploring” a few years ago can quietly become stagnation now. Your choices are no longer isolated. They are patterns.
At 32, do not ignore your financial structure. Income is important, but structure is everything. If you are earning but not saving, investing, or planning, you are postponing stability.
At 32, do not neglect your health. Late nights, poor diet, and unmanaged stress begin to accumulate. Your body may still cooperate, but it is keeping score.
At 32, do not chase validation. Build quietly. Focus on depth, strengthen your skills. Position yourself for long-term leverage.
This is not a panic age. It is a positioning age. What you stabilize now determines how calm or chaotic your late 30s will be.