Notes on Teaching Yourself in a Broken System
Learning Outside the Official Script Why is teaching yourself necessary? At some point, you realize that the educational system is not designed for you to think independently, but to fit in. You complete assignments, memorize information, pass exams. That’s it. Rarely are you taught how to learn on your own, or how to pursue what […]
Why Creating Beats Consuming in the Long Run
Why Consuming Feels Like Progress Consuming is easy. Even more now, with so much content across all social platforms. It doesn’t require much friction. You can learn something new in minutes, feel like you understand the topic, and move on to the next piece of content. But be careful there. That feeling is dangerous because […]
The Cost of Learning Too Late (and How to Catch Up)
When You Finally Understand… But It’s Late Learning always felt easy to me. At least that’s what I used to say ten years ago. Now I see it differently. There are moments when clarity arrives, but it arrives too late. You understand the importance of saving when you’re already in debt. Understand the value of […]
Why Convenience Is Making Us Mentally Lazy
When Convenience Replaces Mental Effort To be honest, I used to see convenience as a form of progress. Less effort, more speed, better tools. Everything optimized. Sounds great, right? But there is a cost that is not always obvious. And in our case, even if it sounds exaggerated, it has consequences. Still, I don’t think […]
What I Learned After Doing Everything the “Right” Way and Still Failing
When Doing Everything “Right” Isn’t Enough There’s an uncomfortable moment when you do everything the way you’re supposed to… and still fail. You follow the process, make the “right” decisions, do what you were told would work. And it doesn’t. That kind of failure is different. Because you can’t blame a lack of effort or […]
Unlearning: The Hardest Part of Learning
Unlearning Hurts More Than Learning Unlearning, well… what can I say. For a long time, I thought learning meant adding new things. More information, more ideas, more techniques. But over time, I realized that what was holding me back the most wasn’t what I didn’t know, but everything I thought I knew and no longer […]
Why Failure Feels Worse Than It Actually Is
Why Failure Feels So Heavy Failure often feels worse than it actually is. The short answer? Yes, it does feel worse. Not because the event itself is necessarily that serious, but because our minds amplify its meaning. When something goes wrong, we tend to see it as a sign of incapability rather than as part […]