modernity

I think having high standards can be a good filtering mechanism against the chaotic aspect of interpersonal relationships. For the most p...

It's magical of sorts to be living in an era with such rapid technological transformation unfolding before our eyes. Our hunter-gatherer ...

In some ways, I believe foresight is both a skill and a gift that's rare and deeply mysterious. The gift part makes sense when you think ...

Is time really moving fast or are we just caught up in a modern way of life that makes us think time is moving fast? First of all, how do...

At this point in time, I'm a bit far off from mastering the fundamentals in terms of the design curve. A good dose of creativity is embed...

Restless creatures in a hyper stimulated world. Give it more time, nothing comes easy. Easy come is just a hidden trap. Building sandcast...

As much as I love systems, in terms of having a pre-defined set of instructions to carry out, I'm also wary of defaulting too much on the...

Not that I've taken a break from the grind, but it does feel like getting back to the grind this time around is accompanied with feeling ...

How long do we spend checking if something is true? How often do we just go with our first thought? How many times do we actually look th...

Data guys and gals will quote "numbers don't lie!" as if slapping a statistic on something automatically makes it gospel. Numbe...

It's a very frustrating feeling when one moment you catch a sensible thought stream, ready to develop it and bring into reality, only for...

I seldom check my notifications first (or even second) thing in the morning. The moment my mind registers new information is when it star...

What's a modern reality that's overlooked, both in its immense benefit and subtle detriment? Is it the constant connectivity that blurs t...

I don't think future me will ever forgive present me if I unnecessarily sacrifice today for a tomorrow that may never arrive as imagined....

Opportunity will always be more abundant than what we can grasp. I think to a certain extent, this subconscious mind of ours has already ...

Having the luxury to even listen to those whispers of but what if? just as you're about to take a leap is probably a privilege in itself....

Matter of time versus a matter of practice. Matter of effort versus a matter of deliberate practice. In some ways, both time and effort a...

Most modern distractions merely serve as a Band-Aid for the discomfort of inactivity, driven by a culture that equates busyness with wort...

Good things come to those who wait, they say. I think being patient with the outcomes or rather outputs of one's efforts is a luxury not ...

The alarm rings. You silence it, check your phone, scroll through notifications, shower, commute, work, eat, scroll some more, sleep. Rep...

I don't feel lost in any way. Of course, there are days when I'm stuck in this state of uncertainty and doubt. But it doesn't take long b...

Nihil timendum est is a Latin phrase that can be translated as "fear nothing". I've never really forgotten about it ever since ...

Wandering isn't drifting, though the world might call it so. If wandering wasn't often associated with aimlessness or lack of purpose, th...

What makes you think that doing more is better? Is it an intuitive knowing that more is better or rather the bigger the better? In some w...

I think trying to understand a person is in some ways a miniature version of trying to understand the world. First, you try grasping basi...

When you come across the SMART goals strategy, the T stands for time-bound. This is a rather fixed variable that works to transform abstr...

Laying down on a couch. My mind nearly blank. What am I doing here? Attention moves back and forth with the sounds coming from the TV Spe...

Almost every time I have a discussion with the older generation on living standards, I get the impression that those of the newer generat...

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus." - Alexander Graham...

What are the second-order effects of information spread patterns? This can be loosely defined as the hidden mechanisms that transform how...