A few days ago I was catching up with a friend, and our conversation drifted to focus. We both agreed that staying focused feels harder than ever.
Everyone I talk to seems to be fighting the same battle. Even when we’ve cut down on social media and turned off notifications, our minds wander.
That chat stuck with me. I wondered why focus remains elusive even when we avoid obvious distractions.
I pulled out my journal and asked: “Why can’t we focus?”
In 1946, George Orwell wrote an essay called Politics and the English Language. He was tired of how people used vague, bloated language to hide weak ideas. He said: “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” Orwell wasn’t just talking about politicians. He […]
So you’re telling me that I can come up with ideas, tell it to my computer, and poof… it will give me a fully written article with perfectly articulated ideas. That’s what most of us think about AI. And unfortunately, a lot of people are […]
The first time I heard about manifesting was when that documentary The Secret came out. I always thought it was kind of silly. Just visualize success, and it will happen by itself? Yeah right. Meanwhile, the real world was full of gatekeepers, job interviews, unpaid internships, and […]