Welcome to my Blog. A blog in text form in 2024? Thatâs rightâold school but still a way to put down thoughts, inspiration, and document and share memories. Iâm consciously not calling it the best medium; I leave that for the reader to decide. You are getting 100% authentic, non-GPT-generated articles and content.
As this blog is being filled with life, this post serves as glue to piece together articles and make sense of them as a whole.
I believe in-person and near-person experiences will become increasingly valuable in the near future, as we see an increase of GPT-generated content everywhere. To speak for myself, Iâm tired of reading dull articles without depth that summarize whatâs already available on the internet. Humans are superior thinkers compared to generative language models; we can combine ideas with our experiences, culture, and surroundings. Therefore, Iâm inspired to create new ways to combine text and video content in a unique form, making stories more immersive and valuable to consumers.
Since I packed my things in Germany and left for good in 2022, I have become more aware of the choices that are mine to make, and how they influence my life significantly. The multitude of aspects affecting quality of life can create paralysis. I am trying to unpack these aspects to the best of my abilities and am on a lifelong journey of learning about them. The list is long, but here is a selection of my favorite topics:
- Place of residence: Is it enough to live in one place? Which place? How do you choose where to live? Are the people around you what makes a place?
- Vocation: Is your job fulfilling? Is being free the ability to live out what you are uniquely good at?
- Independence: What do you need to give up to be independent?
- Comfort/Luxury: Is too much still good? What do you really need?
- Mental models: Is how you frame your past the key to finding the best life anywhere? Are childhood experiences dictating our lifeâs path?
- Happiness: Is happiness a creation of big corporationsâ marketing campaigns? Happiness = Short-term, Satisfaction = Long-term? Reality - Expectation = Satisfaction?
- Security vs. Freedom: Security = Scarcity + Need, Freedom = Abundance + Want?
Our lives adhere to entropy; the only constant is change. Living day to day without taking control of oneâs life will inevitably lead to chaos. I intentionally chose the word âcraftingâ in this blogâs category âCrafting Your Best Life.â You hold the hammer to sculpt your life.*
Have you ever taken the time to write a list of the things you value and would like to have in your life? It takes considerable mental effort to create a comprehensive list. Some questions, especially those starting with Why, can be agonizing if they concern major aspects of your life. Why did you choose your job? Why do you live in this city and this apartment? Why do people even care and ask these questions? It can get quite uncomfortable! This doesnât have to be the case, I decided. I want all aspects of my life that are important to me to be the way I want them to beâwithout having to explain myself.
*Entropy: the tendency of things in the universe to become more disordered over time.
