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Perfecting Imperfection
When I picked up my first Jane Austen book, I was unsuspecting of what I was getting myself into. To set the scene, I was a clueless eighth-grader that discovered English 19th century literature after picking up “Jane Eyre” by chance in the children’s library two years prior. So, little did I understand of the…
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Be the change
“Change is the only constant in life” – this bit of ancient wisdom, which can just as easily be found on a motivational pinboard as in a philosophy textbook, bears some fundamental truths about the essentiality of change in life. In fact, it is not only the case that each individual life is shaped by…
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Feuilleton. In the Net of Novelist Fishermen
If you dive too deeply into the murky waters of everyday life’s troubles, you risk drowning; therefore, it’s better to grasp onto the nets of novelist fishermen. Phantom titles resemble that fattened worm that blindly tempts you to sink your teeth into the hook with all your might, as if tomorrow didn’t exist. Woven with…
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My body is my avatar
Three different people. Three completely different days. One thing in common… Sasha has just moved to a new city. Feeling lost without her friends, challenged by looking for a new job, she needs a boost of confidence more than ever. The solution comes to her while looking into a bathroom mirror. With hair falling to…
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In Macedonia don’t be a tourist…
…be a driver. Or better yet, a passenger princess like my friend who I drove around highways, narrow alleys, uphill serpentines and lawless town streets for five days. Because hidden gems of Macedonia are sometimes random stops along the road between set destinations. Coming to Macedonia, excluding Skopje, your first and possibly only stop is…
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Balancing the scales of life
Alone time vs. social time, overthinking vs. underthinking, and work vs. life… All these things require a certain balance in your life. In my view, life is a lot about finding balance: if it’s regarding spending time, thinking, features, or social interactions. For most people, none of the extremes work or are good for them.…
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How to be… wild again?
Primitive human – hunting and gathering We share 99% of DNA with monkeys and chimpanzees. Beginning from the first human (2,5 mln years ago), our needs haven’t changed that much. Primitive humans had to practice hunting and gathering to survive, it was their main life area. Along with slowly disappearing sexual dimorphism and increasing the…
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Public Transport needs looksmaxxing
Fastest Shinkansen line Nozomi takes two and a half hours to cover 515 kilometres from Tokyo to Osaka and departs around a hundred times a day. Fastest train connecting Slovakia’s two biggest cities takes about five hours to cover 443 kms on a good day leaving the station 17 times a day. If you want to…
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Maybe nostalgia is the only home you get
I’ve never liked the smell of spring. Maybe it’s because it reminds me of all the springs before. A sudden realization of how much time has passed, once again. A bittersweet sadness that hits me every year. This feeling has always confused me, because what can be better than warm rays of the sun on…
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The Secret Life of an Introvert
Being an introvert in today’s noisy world is like trying to meditate in a room full of toddlers. While the world celebrates loud, social interactions, introverts are often just trying to find a quiet corner. They’re not anti-social; they’re just pro-solitude. Let’s explore the life of an introvert, where silence is golden, and socializing is…
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Season of reflections
I am writing this article in the middle of December, a time when winter is just around the corner, the days are short, and nothing particularly eventful seems to be happening. This quiet season has given me a chance to reflect on what lies ahead and why it feels important. In December, most Christian denominations…
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