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    The Screen

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

    April 25, 2026 /

    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 probably just wait until another tomorrow...

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    Soul: Do We Really Need to Find Our Purpose?

    March 18, 2026
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    Severance: Who Is Really Living the Life?

    August 28, 2026

    About Time: Why Growing Up is Something Even Superpowers Can’t Fix

    March 2, 2026
  • The Mirror

    Time Feels Faster as We Age? Why Our Brains Start Losing Track of the Years

    April 6, 2026 /

    Even COVID has started producing this feeling. Sometimes somebody casually mentions lockdowns, mask mandates, or working from home. An event that completely disrupted human life across the entire planet somehow already feels both emotionally close and strangely distant at the same time...

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

    February 27, 2026
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    What Losing Friends Taught Me About Friendship

    June 8, 2026
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    Why Do Adult Friendships End Without a Breakup?

    May 22, 2026
  • The Hearth

    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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    Passed Over for Promotion: The Silent Frustration of Being an Overlooked Employee

    April 27, 2026
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    Some Friendships End the Moment Fake Peace Surfaces

    May 20, 2026
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    Have You Ever Thought, “I’m Done Being Nice”?

    July 30, 2026
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