It’s a beautiful city with an interesting culture and nice people. Pictures by Author (Bryan Dijkhuizen) It’s October, and a new month starts here. This is a great moment to look back at one of my adventures from 6 months ago. We were in Italy at the time. Especially Venice. Once a powerful city-state, now slowly but inevitably sinking into the canals that are used instead of roads. Venice was famous for its art, like the glassmaking of Murano and the San Marco Basilica. Pictures by Author (Bryan Dijkhuizen): Murano on the Right, San Marco on the Left. We started our day in ..read more

It’s been a while. Photo: Lucas Allman / Pexels I don’t think anyone really noticed, but I haven’t really been around on Medium for a while. It feels like when you were off school for a week with the flu, and then you return expecting everyone to gasp and rush over. I kind of disappeared from this corner of the internet. I went from writing about six articles a month to none. Well, writing none over here, I’ve been writing for my job, for publications like Marie Claire, Betches and Screenshot. But nothing as personal as the kind of articles I share in this little corner. I went from ..read more

I like this little life Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash Sometimes even the thought of life exhausts me. Even sitting, in my pajamas, contemplating everything that the day has install for me — the planned stuff, the unplanned stuff, my aspirations and everything in between, it wipes me clean out before I’ve even had the pleasure of getting started. I’ve recently realized I’ve suffered an undiagnosed case of Treadmillsm, to the uneducated (which would be everyone because it’s a term I’ve literally just made up) it’s a disease that impacts the mind. Symptoms: Constantly ..read more

Escaping the romance of indecision. 2023 ADCC West Coast Trials — Photo by Nancy V Photography I saw a video online the other day that was one of those 5-second reels of some metro-sexual man nodding in agreement to the statement: “Can we normalize being in your 30s and still not knowing what you want to do?” Then, the man made a heart with his hands, and the video played over again. I don’t like to take social media content as truth, but I got kind of mad when I saw this video. It made me think about the world that we live in. It made me think about the way that I used to think abou ..read more

History’s most celebrated athlete believes he was destined for greatness Michael Jordan is widely considered to be history’s greatest athlete. (Image on Flickr)I. Success Leaves Clues Because success leaves clues, I’m a history buff. After all, the more I read hers- and history, the more I’m convinced of this: Life deals the cards and we merely play ’em. Mozart and Beethoven are the peanut butter and jelly of classical music. They also share common backgrounds. After all, both musical prodigies were taught by their fathers, who were fine musicians in their own right… …Would ..read more

VALLEY OF MINDS You are what you eat, therefore, you are what you think Photo by Boxed Water Is Better on Unsplash What you put into your body affects its well-being. That’s why dieticians recommend a well-balanced diet of carbs, protein, vitamins, etc., which means you need to eat your meat, vegetables, and fruits accordingly. It is also not recommended to consume too much processed food or junk food as your body will be unhealthy from them. This same concept applies to your mind as well. Just like how our body reacts to the type of food that we put in it, so does the ..read more

Recent scientific studies support his claim too Image by Freepik One of the biggest shifts in Carl Jung’s life was the advancement of technology. He was born in 1875 and died in 1961, during which time the radio and TV were invented. Record players and speakers were becoming more widely used and as a result, the world listened to more music. “The constant flow of life again and again demands fresh adaptation. Adaptation is never achieved once and for all.” — Carl Jung I believe one of the reasons Carl Jung stated this is because psychology continues to evolve, so to evolve ..read more

And what I want to do about it. Image by Maria Teneva on Unsplash What if everyone thinks I’m a fraud? That’s something that comes up in my mind quite a lot. Do you recognize this? Welcome to the club of overthinkers and self-doubters. You’re not alone. In this article, I’ll show you 3 habits that make me feel bad about myself. 1 — Doubting my own ability Commonly known as “imposter syndrome” This psychological condition makes people wonder if they are good enough at something they’ve been doing objectively well enough. You’re basically afraid of being expose ..read more

Photo by Taylor Deas-Melesh on Unsplash When was the last time you left your living room completely disorganized just to get back home and find it all back in its place on its own? Unless you have hired a cleaning service that shows up unannounced, chances are… never. And just like our houses get messy, so do our human lives, at multiple levels: unhealthy bodies, emotional turmoils, and anxious minds. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that we humans can get highly scattered. Like Russian Dolls, we are multidimensional beings, with bodies, emotions, thoughts, and souls that, w ..read more

Do it so you have time to build your business Image by the author I started writing 1,460 days ago. Since then, I’ve published over 300 articles and thousands of tweets. But I’d say I’ve written my best work over the past 3 months. What changed? I was writing about anything that came to mind: Happiness Personal finance Social media news But I wasn’t growing at all. So I took a long, hard look at my writing habits and I tried something I never thought possible: Writing in the mornings before work. I used to write after working 9–5, lifting weights ..read more