Do you find yourself in the destructive cycle of working too hard? Are you worrying about work too often? Or have your endeavors become a rut and they’re making you feel bad? The Seventh Week Sabbatical may be the cure. Last year I’ve transitioned from my boring office job (with lovely colleagues though) into an […]
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Buddhism | The Cure for Anxiety? 📽️
In Buddhism, the main goal is the end of suffering. There is one form of suffering in particular that plagues most people at some point in their lives, which is called anxiety. In this video, I will explore what can we learn from Buddhism in regard to fighting this destructive emotion. Anxiety and panic disorders […]
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5 Philosophical Questions Without Satisfying Answers 📽️
Some questions have been keeping humanity busy since the dawn of time. Moreover, complete civilizations and religions have been built around these questions. No matter how much we have debated, researched and observed; there just doesn’t seem to be satisfying answers to these questions, and it’s unlikely that we’ll get them anytime soon. However, we […]
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The 3 Pillars of Stoicism 📽️
If we look at Stoicism as a philosophical system, we can divide it into three pillars: ethics, logic, and physics. Some scholars arrange these aspects of Stoicism in the form of an egg. The yolk represents the physics, the white the ethics and the shell the logic. According to these scholars, physics is at the […]
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8 Strengths Of Introverts 📽️
By many, being introverted is seen as a weakness. Introverts rather stay on the background, often hesitate to make a decision and get fatigued by social interaction. But these so-called weaknesses are easily compensated by a series of strengths that are generally overlooked, despite the fact that they are invaluable in many different settings. The […]
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Doomer, Boomer, Bloomer, Zoomer | Who are they? 📽️
As you might have noticed, I’m interested in personality types classified by the alphabet, like the alpha and sigma male. Only recently, new meme-based types have been showing up that are called doomer, boomer, bloomer, and zoomer. So, I thought it’s about time to have a chat about each of these types. Doomer According to […]
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The Power Of Discipline 📰
For many people ‘discipline’ is a dirty word. However, discipline is not just a way to be productive; it’s also a path to peace of mind.
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How to Deal With Insults 📽️
For a great part, Stoicism teaches you how to reach a peaceful state of mind and being unmoved by things that are not up to you. One of these things is insults, which often lead to the receiver getting hurt, angry and even resentful. The thing is: what other people say to us is beyond […]
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8 Benefits of Traveling Alone 📽️
The first time I truly traveled alone was around 5 years ago. I didn’t really know what to expect, and how it would be to face the world equipped with a small trolley and backpack. Well, it was one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had, so I did it again two years ago. However, […]
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The Powerful Effects of Cleaning 📽️
Krishnamurti said that you cannot reach a meditative state when your living environment is not in perfect order. This is debatable, of course, especially if you read the Stoic work Meditations, in which Marcus Aurelius states that we can take refuge in our minds, regardless of external circumstances. Psychiatrist Carl Jung states, however, that our […]
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