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    Soul: What If Life Was Never About Finding Your Purpose?

    March 18, 2026 /

    We often ask ourselves a familiar question: What is my purpose? But Soul nudges us toward a different one: Are you actually living the life in front of you?

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    Her: Why We Must All Face Our Own Loneliness Eventually

    April 4, 2026

    Never Let Me Go: The Quiet Tragedy of Being Human

    March 11, 2026
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    Project Hail Mary and the Friendships That Survive After the Mission Ends

    June 2, 2026
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    The Min/Max Trap: Why I’m Learning to Play Life Sub-Optimally

    March 14, 2026 /

    If life came with a cheat sheet - a definitive walkthrough showing the optimal setup for happiness, career, and even how to spend a Friday evening. Would you use it?

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    The Thirty-Minute Buffer: How Email Scheduling Helped Me Reclaim My Peace

    March 9, 2026
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    Why Being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Isn’t a Superpower – And Not a Curse Either

    March 30, 2026
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    Some Friendships End the Moment Fake Peace Surfaces

    May 20, 2026
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    About Time: Why Growing Up is Something Even Superpowers Can’t Fix

    March 2, 2026 /

    You cannot perfect life without reshaping it. And growing up begins when you realise perfection is not the goal. And even superpowers can’t exempt you from becoming an adult...

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

    March 7, 2026
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    Frieren and the Friction of Forever: Why a Short Life is the Only One Worth Living

    April 25, 2026

    Soul: What If Life Was Never About Finding Your Purpose?

    March 18, 2026
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    When Was the Last Time You Were Truly Happy? Rethinking Happiness in Adulthood

    February 24, 2026 /

    For me, my mind usually drifts back to Saturday mornings in my 20s. I might not have had any real plans yet, but even the air felt brighter somehow. Back then, 48 hours did not feel like “remaining free time”. It felt like life opening outward again...

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    The Saddest Friendships Are the Ones That Never Officially End

    May 27, 2026

    When Karma Doesn’t Come: How Do We Live with Unfairness?

    March 7, 2026
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    The Different Ways Adult Friendships End

    May 22, 2026
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