and what you could do about it — Anxiety is a widespread debilitating mental illness that most of us are familiar with. As of 2017, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, 40 million people worldwide suffer from anxiety but only 37% seek help. Anxiety disorders are highly treatable, either through medication or lifestyle changes. …

I’ve been using my personal sources of comfort and it’s been helping so here is how to find your own and why you should. Throughout my battle with depression, anxiety, and chronic loneliness I’ve often had to fend for myself without the help of a professional, friends, or family. I…

The science behind improvement and 4 actionable tips to get better at anything — Every skill is learned through practice — repetition of an action with the goal of improvement. Practice allows us to perform the skill with more ease, confidence, speed, and attention to detail. As we practice, we notice the improvement in our abilities. What we cannot notice is that our bodies…

Today is my 25th birthday and I can’t help the contemplative mood mixed in with my intense need to party. Since partying to my fullest abilities is not an option, I'm spending the evening vibing to my favorite music, dancing in my seat, drinking, and writing about some of the…

“I think whatever your mindset about resolutions and goals and productivity is, try to add a healthy dose of gentleness and kindness to yourself to it.” — The resolutions mindset is one huge hoax designed to trick us into false hope and then swiftly crush our confidence substituting it with a cripplinh sense of failure and anxiety. I might be exaggerating New Year’s resolutions really have proven themselves useless and ess than ideal in terms of setting…

“I believe it is that unique amalgamation of moments that makes up our power to withstand when we stumble.” The feeling of staying still while everyone and everything else around me is moving is one of the most painful ones I know. The struggle to take a step forward yet…

Is there nothing else you can write? — Once upon a time, I could log in to Medium and add dozens of enticing posts about life, art, literature, philosophy, relationships, writing, etc. to my reading list and spend hours enjoying amazing writing. …

I’ve been studying Korean on my own for half a year. It’s become progressively easier to study despite the accumulation of material to memorize and grammar to assimilate. The reason? A good self-study setup and appropriate study resources. Learning a language as difficult as Korean sounds like a daunting endeavor…

Overcome the restlessness before it turns into writer’s block or burnout. — Settling down to focus on writing is near impossible when your mind is running around in circles. We all have those days (or weeks) when we feel restless; when our mind is buzzing with thoughts, ideas, tasks we want to get done, but instead of working on those things we…