Nothing beats preparation. That’s the mantra I adopted two months before my great adventure started. Maybe I adopted it a little too hard. What felt this the most was my wallet. If you go traveling, you also must look the part. At least that’s how I rationalized buying
I don’t know when it started exactly, but at some point in 2023, I started to hate my life. It’s not that I was ill. I was physically active every day. It wasn’t that I had financial troubles. I made good money working for an insurance company.
The sun is about to set, and the way out of the forest is nowhere near in sight. It will take at least half an hour to get back, and the sun will have set by then. But I'm not alone. By my side is a person I
Artificial intelligence is called the new electricity, but does it supercharge creativity or electrocute the improvement of your craft? The Dissent over the Creative Algorithm There seems to be this disagreement over the use of AI in creative (or any) pursuit at the moment. There are two major factions: the
Not just bad things come from the AI craze. It exposed what David’s slingshot is to the Goliaths of industry. A while back I was working for an insurance company. During my tenure I had the pleasure to work in the AI and workflow automation department. Not a perfect
It’s not the prowess of our problems keeping us from living our dream lives. It’s weakness of will. There’s this inherent human pursuit to overcome difficulties. Our ancestors were voyagers who discovered new lands, only having curiosity and malnourishment as their companions. We always had to overcome
The greatest enemy of creativity is not inability, but procrastination. I’m no stranger to procrastination. I’m so well acquainted with it because it shows up every single day. Yet it manages to slip by me. The major problem is that procrastination is stealthy. It hides in plain sight
There are some weeks as a creative when absolutely nothing gets done. That's when you're stuck and you don't really know where to go. Productivity equals zero. Or does it? Rick Rubin, the legendary music producer, has another opinion on the matter. In his
If you've ever been to the Design Museum Danmark in Copenhagen, you don't walk through a gallery – you walk through time. The exhibits lead you through the history of human design and ingenuity. If you look close enough, you can hear the story they tell. Because
I started writing online to kill boredom through creativity. But that wasn't the only reason. I love people as individuals (and sometimes struggle with groups of people). I'm in awe of the essence of a person. There are many ways in which one can penetrate to
The pearls of sweat slow as they reach the tense wrinkles above my eyes. My fingertips are ready. But every time they are about to jump into action, a sigh stops them in their tracks. The barrier is not physical – it’s mental. It’s not nervousness that stops me
I always walk the same way home, but this time is different. I’m walking at my normal pace, but tears are running down my face. I’m nine years old, on my way home from school, and I found out my teachers are murderers – they have just killed a