We had a once in a generation opportunity to make remote work the global standard, and somehow we let it slip away. What happened? Why did so many companies abandon something that gave people more flexibility, less commuting, and a better work life balance?
the female body for some reason has tons of mechanisms to gain weight unrelated to consumption, the male body on the other hand has virtually none, meaning if you're fat as a man its entirely your own fault you hungry hungry hippo
People are often critical of Victoria Beckham but to see this outpouring of emotion here from her as England scores a goal shows her deep connection with both football and the team.
Give your mind a break. From people. From phones. From the constant hustle of life. Spend some alone time just with yourself. Do nothing. Be bored. Stare at a crack in the wall. Look out the window. Watch how shadows move. Listen to a piece of music that's 300 years old. Read Hegel. Read Aristotle. Read Dostoevsky. The minds that are still relevant today. Slow down enough to experience things deeply again. Don't consume something just because it's trending. Be loyal to your own curiosities. Your own interests. Your own idiosyncrasies. If you want to live a life that feels alive, protect the parts of yourself this world keeps trying to distract you from.
The more I travel, the more I realise every country sells a fantasy from the outside.
The West sells order, efficiency, privacy, personal space. And for a while, especially when you first begin travelling, it feels intoxicating. You start believing geography is the missing piece of happiness.
Then somewhere around day 10, the gloss wears off.
The streets are cleaner, yes. The systems work better, yes. But life can also feel strangely distant. Predictable. Quiet in a way that slowly starts feeling lonely instead of peaceful.
India, on the other hand, is overstimulating to the point of absurdity. We complain about the traffic, the noise, the chaos, the pollution, and often rightfully so. But underneath all of that is a kind of emotional density that is hard to replicate anywhere else in the world.
Nothing here is subtle. Not the love, not the interference, not the ambition, not the drama, not the joy.
I used to think I wanted to leave India permanently.
Now I think I just wanted access to the world. There’s a difference.
One thing nobody tells you about adulthood is how fun it is to become your own person. One day you randomly start liking jazz, olive green, expensive dark chocolate, documentaries about volcanoes, weird lamps, sparkling water, books about loneliness in Tokyo, silver jewelry and quiet cafés. Your personality keeps unfolding forever if you let it.