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A Scholar not a Follower 1

A Scholar not a Follower

One of the greatest lesson that I’ve learned throughout the year is to never put anyone on a pedestal. It’s so easy to come across very charming and brilliant individuals both online and in real life, people with a natural Read more

By Xiao, ago
Digital isn't forever 2

Digital isn’t forever

This is a PSA for all of you with prescious digital memories. We’re all convinced that what’s on the internet is forever that we forget how fragile our whole system is. While is it true that once you upload something, Read more

By Xiao, ago
Starting over at 30 4

Starting over at 30

Hitting 30 was such a curve ball, one that I could have never predicted at the start of my 20s. For some obscure reason, I imagined myself getting serious at 28, having already met my life partner, planning some little Read more

By Xiao, ago
Life checks 5

Life checks

I remember growing up hearing from my parents about distant relatives suddenly going crazy, and wondered, how does that even happen? I mean, if you are a regular person with a regular life it seems really hard to lose your Read more

By Xiao, ago
Dealing with Gaslighting

Dealing with Gaslighting

There is something about showers that makes your brain go into creative mode, maybe it’s the gentle feeling of water droplets falling on your skin, or maybe it’s one of the few moments when we’re genuinely in the moment with Read more

By Xiao, ago
A letter to the future 6

A letter to the future

A few years ago, I followed a middle-aged man on YouTube that realized he probably won’t be around by the time his son would turn 20. A fragile age for every young man, when we need a father figure more Read more

By Xiao, ago
Systems for a better Self 8

Systems for a better Self

Sometimes I feel that there is more than one you, like you act differently on different occasions, almost to the point as if you were a different person. One of my recurring thoughts has been for the longest time “why Read more

By Xiao, ago