Life and Mindset

Have you ever stopped to consider what it is that makes someone a main character? We like to believe there must be something unmistakably extraordinary about them, something sharp and luminous...

It's widely believed that exhaustion comes from too much work, too many tasks, too many responsibilities, and too many demands pulling us in different directions. But more often than not, ...

We like to believe that failure is our greatest fear. That it's wired into us like an evolutionary stop sign that keeps us from risking too much, dreaming too boldly, or wanting too loudly...

Our emotions are raw, biological reactions like those sudden spikes of heartbeat, the tightness in the chest, or those butterflies that rise without our permission. Feelings, however, are...

Feelings, conscious or unconscious, drive our actions and shape our perspectives far more than reason ever could. Rationality might construct systems, but feelings give them color, movement, a...

A few years ago, in one of my old journals, I wrote: I’m no Stoic, but I deeply relate to being one. Back then, I don’t think I truly understood what those words mean...

Imposter syndrome is often assigned to self-doubt or fear of being exposed as a "fraud." But what if there's more to it than that? What if I tell you that imposter syndrome isn&#...

"I'm just a perfectionist. I want things to be the best they can be."

Doesn’t it sound noble? Responsible? Aristocratic, even? Like you care more th...

Confidence is often misunderstood as a fixed trait—something you either have or you don't. But confidence is a living, evolving process closely tied to the relationship you nurture e...

Individualism has become a kind of compass in my life.

Because if I’m not myself, then who am I? A mask? A performance? A watered-down version of someone else? I’ve been ...

Honesty isn't about facts. It's not about factual truths, either, even though that's how we see honesty in our day-to-day life. But if you look deeper, you'll see that fun...

This feeling is known to many. It's the feeling of perpetual repetition, where the rich color palette of your life fades and you feel stuck in your everyday routine. Days seem to fuse into...

Life is all about perspective. It's our perspective that defines our view and understanding of the world around us. And so, by changing perspective we can, in a way, change the world. Not ...

Life is complex but so are we, human beings, in both our design and manifestation. We think. We feel. We react. Moreover, we're the carriers of the footprints of our experiences from the p...

We all feel—that’s what makes us humans. But in cases when feelings overdrive us, when they become the sole definition of our worth, of who we are, that’s also what makes us ...

Some of us know that climate change is real. Others, even though believing the same, are still rather skeptical about the idea that we, humans, are the cause of it. But the truth stays. There ...

If you think that motivation or inspiration is the boost you need to start doing something—you’re wrong. Well, not entirely. Your brain does need a boost; you need energy to do thi...

It’s well-known that positive self-talk is a cognitive strategy that can help in maintaining focus, enhancing motivation, and coping with negative thoughts, emotions, and events. Talking...

What is time if not the most valuable thing we can spend? Time is also the most valuable resource that we have. But so often, in the flurry of tasks, responsibilities, and obligations we end u...

There is no single definition of what the world we all live in truly is about? Is it about love or is it about hate because the existence of both cannot be denied.

On one side of the...

First, I learned to read, and then I started learning to live, or something like that. But really, what can be more beneficial for your life than a good, wisdom-ish friend in the pocket of you...

Today is a very special day on my blog; I am officially in book reviewing and sharing my experience with the works of the best authors in the world.

My first blog post in this catego...

In Daoism, life is presented as a road which we have to follow. Sounds reasonable and kind of easy, does not it? But the older I get, the less visible this road of life appears to me.

Last year, in September, I started one of the most important journeys of my life – this blog.

Honestly, it reminded me a trip through a gigantic field covered from sk...

Everyone has their talents and gifts. No one is born without it.

However, looking back I remember a few people that I believed to be the most talented and gifted people I had ever me...

Burnout is real!

I know it after years of fighting and refusing to believe in its existence.

I was a solder in the army of my creative bits that drove a stake of pain throu...

Fear—it has been so hard to keep its teeth in the muzzle lately and I am not talking about fear of spiders, this kind of fear is a beast completely different in its nature.

It ...

My entire life is a product of rejection.

Hmm…

Would it be too much to say that my spin of rejections began at early age and had been dragging my subconscious throug...

Language is more than just a way of communication.

It is a form of identity. It is a wire that shapes your thoughts and helps you to express yourself to the world.

Language...

I love the world; this new world where my voice is promised to be heard and where my heart does not have to go through the tunnels of deceiving in order to survive the censured reality of outs...

If there was a conversation before the life on earth was created, I would imagine it be like that.

Nothing is perfect.

Fortunately!

Beauty has become a target for...

It always starts as joke till someone’s feelings get hurt.

I know, humor is much needed and highly appreciated thing in our society. But the problem with it is that so many peo...

Decisions!

Those are the movers to the best part of living which is action.

Standard formula of making a decision is quite simple: it relies on such mental processes as rea...

From time to time, my mind explodes with this thought.

They do not understand me!—something in me shouts.

And for next few days, I am upset, sad, and angry. All becau...

Science has always been my favorite kind of voice.

I love the way it talks about the brain, its plasticity, its limitations and other aspects of its functioning.

We all hav...

We are not Hansel, nor are we Gretel but so often our lives remind the German folklore tale by the Brothers Grimm.

Left with a fake promise, we wonder through the wild of the forest ...

Mad world—what are you doing to the creative minds that are your only salvation?

What, not dramatic enough?

I think this conversation is not going to be easy for both...

And I think about it all the time, are not you?

Really, what word out of millions existing would be good enough to describe what happiness is? Hard to say, is not it? At the sam...

I’ll tell you a story: once, there was a girl that believed she could do anything. But things she did at the end of the day were not the right things and so, her greatness started slowly...

It is not a secret — life can be overwhelming, hard, and challenging. Each of us has their own share of bitter and sour, and ironically, this is probably one of the most normal thin...

What happens in your mind is as real as what happens in your life, for the connection between what you think and what you see is stronger than you can imagine.

As a passive aggr...

It took me a while to reflect on this idea – you can be anyone and do anything you want, but for some reasons you keep replacing doors with walls and then cry ‘how unfair life is.&...

Unimaginable amount of possibilities and opportunities that exist in the world can easily cloud our minds, weaken us, and strip off our inborn greatness. And clarity is the only way to avoid i...

2020 started as a swift spin down. Many plans and goals, hopes and visions were forced to be put on hold. Time slipped through our fingers with the speed of waterfall and I know, many of us fe...

Living a life in isolation does not make you a better Artist!

The power of creative minds is the force that makes the Earth rotate, the Sun rise and the life on our planet evolve. Bu...

Have you ever seen a leafless tree in the middle of Spring? What would you think if you saw one?

Poor tree, it’s probably dying – this is what I would definitely...

How low is your bathtub?

People come into our lives with different attitudes, different world views, different goals. As a person who is ‘lucky’ to be born with overly fr...

Have you ever met a small person? I’m not talking about size, even though for some size is what really matters. I’m talking about emotional aspect of human presence that makes some...

I have too many flaws to live a passive life if such kind of life can be called a living.

All goes according to the plan!

I repeated this phrase so many times that...

I remember good days like a vague outline of the bridge which I enter on the days, dark like night sky.

It affects my writing. It affects me. It affects people, I care about. And eve...

Everyone has a view of what happiness is. Some manage to find happiness in mundane things, like taking a stroll outside in the morning; others search for happiness beyond things that can be to...

When I say the hardest and lowest-paying job, what do you imagine? Maybe a stiff office without air conditioning in the middle of a desert, or a hellish kitchen with Gordon Ramsay’s...

It’s always been the same, like a badly written story where one human being stands against another. Some use fists to defend their truths; others are sharp of tongue. Each is reluctant t...

A few months ago I took a very important decision. I decided to take my first in years month off writing and use the time to recharge my personal resources. It was not easy, especially the fir...

If you were an apple, there would be a need for two halves to make you whole. Well, in the case of us humans, two halves would not be enough to form your naturally multifaceted personality&nbs...

Self-acceptance is not a mythical creature everyone knows about but has never really seen. It’s real. And unlike a unicorn, whose absence is not that vital for our lives, self-acceptance...

2014 was a year of challenges for me. I had just finished high school and it was officially time to make big decisions for my future. At that time, it had already been around three years since...