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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Why Perfect Forgetting Would Destroy Happiness

Because a life fully lived will never be spotless: the ache, the scar, the contrast - they are what prevent your heart from becoming its own eternal sunshine of the…

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March 7, 2026
The Screen

Frieren and the Friction of Forever: Why a Short Life is the Only One Worth Living

If a sunset lasted for a thousand years, you wouldn’t bother looking up from your phone. If you had five hundred years to tell someone you loved them, you would…

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April 25, 2026
The Mirror

Why Doomscrolling Feels So Draining – And How I Stopped Without Quitting Social Media

At one point, opening Instagram was muscle memory. Flick. Scroll. Double tap. A few reels. Some stories. And yet I would close the app with a strange aftertaste - I…

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February 27, 2026
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    The Screen

    Severance: Who Is Really Living the Life?

    August 28, 2026 /

    At first glance, the arrangement seems wonderfully simple. You still earn a salary, and go home to your family or friends. You just never have to experience the unpleasant bit in between.

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    Why Does Work Reward the Performance of Performance?

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    The cover becomes part of the assessment. Eventually, it can become difficult to tell whether someone is being recognised for what they did or for how convincingly they made it look important.

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    Why Being Kind Doesn’t Make Life Easier (And Why It’s Still Worth It)

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    Have You Ever Thought, “I’m Done Being Nice”?

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    One thing I started noticing was the greetings. For the last few years, I'd make a point of saying good morning to the receptionist and the admin ladies every morning. Sometimes they'd answer, sometimes they wouldn't. Like sometimes I exist, sometimes I don't...

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    Have You Ever Been Embarrassed by Your Father? What Big Fish and I Am Sam Reveal About Understanding Our Fathers

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    Many father-child relationships probably follow a similar path. As children, we want someone to look up to. Then we reach our teenage years and become critics. But when we become adults, some of us eventually learn to become observers.

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    What Losing Friends Taught Me About Friendship

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    I used to see "You can never have too many friends" as an unquestionable truth. But eventually I discovered a more practical one: we only have so much time. Losing friendships is not something I'm particularly sad about anymore...

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