Consider how writing poses a threat, and how experiencing that fear is essential if you want to produce worthwhile work. — Every person who has ever attempted to organize their thoughts on physical or electronic paper has experienced “writer’s block” and “blank page” narratives. These phenomena terrify, paralyze, weed out the weak, and test the tenacious. Writing so generously “rewards” us with feelings of inadequacy: “I’m stupid,” “my ideas are worthless,”…

I've experimented with different AI software available on the market. My findings are a mix of worrying and inspiring. — Have you tried AI writing software? You provide a prompt, and the software generates an article, email, verse, lyric, or even a short story within seconds. Such AI abilities are leaving many of us, who sweat over every word and strive to write logically and compellingly, in despair. Can we…

Making New Year’s resolutions can often hinder our success. If we want to follow through on our plans, here’s what we should do instead. — Our continued dissatisfaction with who we are and what we have often prompts us to make grandiose plans. In December, our enthusiasm for change is particularly high. Every point of contact — screens, headphones, friends — encourages us to reflect on the past year and set goals for the year…

Investing in Yourself and the World: Preparing for Economic Calamities — I’m in my late twenties. I don’t own a house or have a six-figure income, but I’m also debt-free and have enough cash. I have multiple sources of income and an investment portfolio, so I now work part-time by choice and spend the rest of my time doing what I…

Don’t delude yourself; there’s no way around this — Every time you see a beautifully-shaped body, listen to a catchy song, watch an engaging movie, or marvel at a new car model, and think “I want that too” and “I can do that too”, remember: behind all this excellence and superiority stands sacrifice. …

Dedicated to people who argue on the Internet. — It never ceases to amaze me how emotional we humans are. How easily a spark can start a fire. We have been looked at wrongly or spoken to in a certain tone, and we can choke on foam at the mouth or tears in the soul. We are sensitive creatures…

In this article, I offer a solution to the endless drafts and notes that overwhelm and paralyze us all. — If you are a writer, you probably have dozens or hundreds of unfinished documents. (I have about 200). Some of them are never meant to be finished — intimate scraps of emotion, no longer relevant thoughts, wrong turns and destinations. But there are other pieces, such as promising starting paragraphs…

To be perfectly blunt, my native languages (Ukrainian and Russian) are quite sexist. “Garage” is a he and “kitchen” is a she; “mind” is a he and “beauty” is a she. Such blatant misogyny and misandry should’ve shocked native speakers into rewriting offensive linguistic rules. (“How dare they keep reinforcing…

You tell yourself that today will be different. Today you’ll do something that will make a difference in your life. But you don’t. — You come up with excuses. You succumb to distractions. You give up on your ambitions. And that's how your today, the day of a possible change for the better, is over. The pile of broken promises you’ve made to yourself grows larger and the number of dreams you used to…