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You're Wrong About The New Year

Why Does Every New Year Come With The Same Pressure To Reinvent Ourselves? Every time the calendar flips back to January, we start to feel the urge to “become better.” We write resolution lists, join gyms, pick up new hobbies—convinced that this will finally be the year everything changes. But by the time January ends, we’re nowhere closer to who we wanted to become. The gym memberships sit unused. The paintbrushes dry out, half-cleaned, forgotten. And somehow, we always blame ourselves for it. But maybe it isn’t a lack of discipline. Maybe it’s conditioning. Why Is The New Year The Only Time To Try? The new year arrives with a strange sense of permission. Promises of clean slates and fresh starts hang in the air. Wanting to grow, to change, to do better isn’t a flaw. That’s not a problem; that’s being human. The problem begins when we’re told that change has a deadline— that with the new year, all our dreams are supposed to come true overnight. What Do We Lose When Growth Become...
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The Milk Packet Thing

How Does A Little Step Towards Something Even Matter? Every time I open a milk packet, I cut off the corner. Just a tiny triangle of plastic. Almost nothing. The kind of thing you don’t even think about. But I always put it back inside the packet. And I don’t know why it matters so much to me. It’s just one tiny thing. But it feels like something. Why Do We Ignore The Little Things? The planet is literally drowning in plastic. It’s not even a metaphor anymore—it’s just the reality. We produce about 400 million tonnes of plastic every year. Over a third of that is used once and thrown away. Only 9% of it ever gets recycled. The rest? It ends up in landfills, in oceans, or just floating somewhere it shouldn’t be. And microplastics? They’re in our blood now. Literally. Scientists have found them in human lungs, in placenta, in bottled water. And still, we use more. Still, we keep pretending like it’s not that bad. Still, we treat eco-consciousness like a trend. Like something that comes a...
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Light Pollution: The Stars Have Vanished But We Can Bring Them Back

Where Did All the Stars Go? Why Can’t We See the Night Sky Anymore? When was the last time you looked up at the night sky and saw more than one star? If you're like most of us growing up in cities, the answer is probably never. We hear about constellations in textbooks. We see pictures of galaxies on Instagram. We watch movies where people gaze at the stars and feel connected to something bigger. But in real life? All we get is a dull, hazy sky—and maybe a plane pretending to be a star if we’re lucky. And yet, somehow, we’ve accepted this. We don’t talk about it. We don’t question it. We just… move on. But I want to ask: How are kids supposed to care about space if they’ve never really seen the stars? When We Steal the Sky from Children I had a space phase when I was younger. Maybe we all did. You know the kind—devouring books on black holes, sticking glow-in-the-dark stars on your ceiling, daydreaming about floating in zero gravity. But here’s the thing. It’s really hard to fall i...
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You Are Enough As You Are

Why Are We Always Trying to Improve Ourselves? Why does it feel like we’re constantly supposed to be bettering ourselves? It’s everywhere—fitness challenges, productivity tips, career success stories. We’re told that self-improvement is a lifelong journey, but is it necessary? Do we need to keep pushing ourselves to be “better,” or are we already enough? The pressure to constantly improve can be overwhelming. It’s like we’re never allowed to just exist; we always have to be striving for something more. But does that really lead to happiness, or does it just leave us exhausted and never fully satisfied? Why Can’t We Just Be “Okay”? There’s this societal expectation that we should always be doing something more, something bigger, something better. If we’re not constantly improving, we feel like we’re falling behind. It’s hard to shake the feeling that we’re not enough just as we are. But here’s a thought: what if being “okay” is actually enough? In a world that constantly pushes for perf...
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The Unfortunate Rise Of Unrealistic Beauty Standards

Why Don’t I Look Like That? Have you ever scrolled through Instagram, TikTok, or Pinterest and thought, Why don’t I look like that? You know, the flawless skin, perfect waist-to-hip ratio, toned abs, and ethereal glow that seems impossible to achieve? Yeah, me too. And the worst part? It’s not even real. Social media has completely rewritten what we think is "normal" when it comes to beauty. What used to be the airbrushed magazine models of the early 2000s have now transformed into a never-ending, algorithm-fueled stream of impossible standards. And whether we like it or not, it’s messing with our heads. Body Dysmorphia Existed Before, But Not Like This Body image issues aren’t new. Back in the 2000s, body dysmorphia was already a thing—magazines were filled with size-zero celebrities, diet culture was everywhere, and paparazzi photos shamed women for gaining even a little weight. But back then, the damage was somewhat contained. You had to go out of your way to buy a magazin...
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Crash Course To Activism (And Why It Matters)

Crash Course To Activism (And Why It Matters) There’s this idea that activism is optional. That it’s something extra—something you do if you have time, if you care enough, if it personally affects you. But activism isn’t just about passion. It’s about responsibility. It’s about recognizing that the world is broken in ways we can’t afford to ignore. And yet, so many people do ignore it. Not because they don’t care, but because caring too much is exhausting. Because change is slow. Because no matter how much noise you make, there will always be people who don’t listen. So why do it? Why put yourself through the frustration? Because the alternative is doing nothing. And doing nothing is a choice, too. A choice to accept things as they are. A choice to let injustice stand. A choice to be okay with a world that should be better. So if you can’t be okay with it—if there’s something in you that refuses to look away—then you’re already halfway there. The next step is figuring out what to do ab...
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The Guilt of Privilege and the Weight of Expectations

H ow can someone who has everything still feel like they’re drowning? There’s an unspoken rule that having privilege means losing the right to struggle. A good life should mean an easy one—no real problems, no reason to feel overwhelmed. The moment exhaustion or frustration creeps in, guilt follows. What is there to complain about? Others have it worse. And just like that, any personal struggle becomes invalid. Rather than acknowledging feelings of stress, burnout, or uncertainty, it becomes easier to dismiss them. Gratitude is supposed to be the answer to everything. A roof overhead, food on the table, access to education—these things are enough, aren’t they? Admitting hardship might come across as ungrateful, as if struggling somehow means failing to appreciate what has been given. But privilege doesn’t just come with advantages—it comes with the pressure to justify them. Having resources or opportunities does not mean an automatic immunity to stress, pressure, or emotional exhaustio...
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The Problem With Today's Education

  Are We Learning or Just Memorizing? We spend years in school, sitting through lectures, taking notes, and cramming for tests. But when the exams are over, how much do we actually remember? More importantly, how much of it do we understand? It feels like education isn’t about learning anymore—it’s about memorisation. About how well you can absorb facts, regurgitate them on an exam, and then immediately forget them. We’re trained to focus on results, not knowledge. And the worst part? No one seems to care, as long as the grades look good. The System Prioritizes Scores Over Understanding Think about it: when was the last time you learned something in school just because you were genuinely interested? Most of the time, we don’t get that choice. We study for the grade, not because we care about the subject. This system has taught us to chase numbers instead of pursuing true knowledge.  We’re given pages of formulas to memorize, historical dates to remember, and essays to wri...
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Burnout Before We Begin

Why Are We All So Tired   All The Time? Teenagers joke about being exhausted. About running on caffeine, pulling all-nighters, and surviving on minimal sleep. It’s funny until it isn’t. Because deep down, we know that we're not just tired—we’re burnt out. We wake up exhausted, get through the day-surviving and not thriving, and collapse into bed at night only to do it all over again the next day. And all of it's for what? Good grades? A perfect resume? The slim chance of getting into a dream college? The world tells us that every little thing we do now will determine our entire future. So, we push harder, do more, take on everything we can—until we have nothing left to give. But when did it become normal to feel like this? Being a teenager is NOT supposed to feel like you're running a never-ending marathon that has no end in sight.  The Pressure to Always Be Doing More We hear it everywhere. “What are your plans for the future?” “What do you want to do with your life?” “Wha...
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Thinking About The Future

How Do We Prepare For The Future, And Enjoy Today?  Ambition is what drives us. It gives us something to look forward to, something to hope for. But what if you have no idea how to get there? And even further, what if you don't have any clear ambition at all?  To many of us, it feels like the end of the world to not know everything about everything at all times. I know I feel that way, more often than not. It feels dreadful and fills one with anxiety. Why is that? What can we do about it?  These days, the world has become more or less a rat race, with every single one of us rushing to reach the top. The thought that if we are not the best, someone else will be is suffocating. It feels like a tangible reminder of success slipping through our fingers. But there's no single way to achieve triumph-whatever that may personally mean to you. And if you don't have clear goals, it can feel even worse because everyone is always hounding you with questions about what you're planni...
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