Learn to forget. The only way to deal with unsolvable problems is to forget them. Related:Do Nothing Manual... Read All

People can be divided into two groups based on their approach to life as a whole: thinkers and imitators. As their names suggest, thinkers use their reasoning for everything, while imitators choose imitation as their strategy in all matters. The problem arises from the very nature of these approa... Read All

A relationship with a victim A friendship with a narcissist Working at a company with a sadistic boss Any one of these is enough to ruin your life. If you’re stuck in one of them, out of respect for yourself and for the health of your body and mind, run.... Read All

Two shots of espresso, dark chocolate, instrumental music, talking with someone who inspires you. A walk with no destination, just to tire out your body and mind. Meditation. A hot or ice-cold shower. Changing the scent of your surroundings with an unfamiliar cologne.... Read All

When September arrives, a sweet and strange feeling takes over me. I don’t have a name for it, so I just call it the September feeling. This sensation is amplified by other things too, like this Yanni song performed in Las Vegas, especially that amazing violin part. Or country music and the sweet vi... Read All

- I can’t bear the loneliness and alienation; I go to my own city and become my own king. + Even in your own city, you weren’t exactly special.... Read All

No matter how much you try to escape the vague dimensions of your relationship, those dimensions will eventually catch up with you somewhere, demanding answers. "It's not binary. You can be decent and gifted at the same time." - Steve Wozniak ... Read All

At what point or time in life do you realize that chasing obsession is enough? At what point or time do you understand that you need to give up the ideal you were pursuing because you’re turning into the old painter that a little girl visits from time to time? Related:Old Painter and the Little ... Read All

Depression: A lack of interest in your current life situation and inactivity within that situation. Treating Depression: Restoring interest in your current life situation and creating movement within it while maintaining your current life circumstances.... Read All

Today, while climbing the company stairs, I encountered a very familiar smell coming from the storage room under the stairs. The scent of Baldirghan, a plant I remembered from trips to my ancestral lands in Arasbaran, made me once again ask myself: what am I even doing here? Postscript: Baldirgh... Read All

Today, the investor of a company I collaborate with came for a visit, and it reminded me of this passage from one of Derek Sivers’ writings: “You need to learn how to read. Because if you don’t, you’ll always be standing behind a fool who can.”... Read All

People can be divided into those who have “read the Symphony of the Dead” and those who haven’t. And among those who have read it, they can be further divided into readers and non-readers of “The Sound and the Fury.”... Read All