am i actually autistic?
Recently I chanced upon a tweet stating that highly sensitive persons (HSPs) are basically autistic without admitting it. It surprised me, since the traits of HSPs as I know it seem to be the…
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on leading a purposeless life
Last week I wrote a post about nothingness. I get well-intentioned responses every time I write a seemingly depressing post like this. That one day I will find meaning in all of…
working with seasons
Jerry Seinfield, apart from being famous for his sitcom, is also well known for popularising the concept of the “habit chain“: you complete one thing you really want to accomplish for the…
changing the way I write and publish
Lately I’ve been noticing an internal reluctance to write and publish. I don’t think if it is a sign of ageing – that my cognitive performance is getting slower, or that the…
tending to my garden
on cultivating gardens in our lives
Chronic patterns
on the repetition of unhealthy patterns
Understanding mental health with systems thinking
a simple holistic perspective on the complexity and importance of mental health
Getting healthy is really hard
When I first started on my year of experiment, a large part of it was health motivated. I was having painful dry eyes, chronic migraines and anxiety attacks. I would lie awake at…
I am leaving, because I can
on agency and self-love
Piecing myself together after burnout
The process of finding the root cause and addressing it