Category: English
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How to Know Yourself-48: Embrace Self-Actualization
Between Losing Yourself in the News and Finding Yourself Instead of a question in this post, I want to explore something deeper. I want to look at the connection between getting lost in the national agenda and self-actualization. There’s a story I love that perfectly captures this idea. In 1933, a young musician from Munich…
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How to Know Yourself-48: Overcoming Life’s Obstacles
We all encounter obstacles in every aspect of life—whether it’s relationships, career, or happiness. But do you have a special approach to navigating these challenges? One that helps you get better results across different areas of your life? Let’s pause for a moment and reflect: Understanding Our Obstacles Just like in every aspect of life,…
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How to Know Yourself-47: Steps to Personal Growth
At its core, growth is experience and knowledge.It’s about learning new things — about yourself and the world — and expanding your perspective.But what does a broader perspective actually bring you? More worries?Of course not. It increases your awareness. It helps you make better decisions about your life. It sharpens your emotional intelligence. And we’ve…
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Embracing Indifference: Reflections on Life and Writing
Note from me This post is a translation of something I originally wrote last month in Turkish. After writing it, I felt a shift — something inside nudged me to return to writing again. That’s when I decided to finally open this website and commit to writing more regularly. I am also more motivated these…
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How Modern Life Fragments Our Identity
We live in an age of infinite possibilities. Millions of choices. Endless complexity. And yet here we are — struggling with depression, anxiety, identity crises. Trying to find our way without getting swallowed by the chaos. Compared to those living in war zones or suffering from famine, we’re lucky. And when we compare ourselves to…
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Navigating AI’s Impact on Society
From Creation to Exile: Humanity’s Complicated Dance with Artificial Intelligence We first created artificial intelligence—now, it seems, it’s time to demonize it and cast it out of our own Garden of Eden. Just this week(this is the translation of my original post from 2023), Elon Musk, along with several AI experts and tech leaders, signed…
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Insights from Bogotá:
In February(2023), I traveled outside of Europe for the first time. The destination: Colombia—specifically, Bogotá and Medellín. After watching countless documentaries, films, and series about the country, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t excited. In this post, I’m taking a break from my usual focus on personal growth and instead sharing raw, real…
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How to Know Yourself-46: Balancing Inner Peace in Relationships
Balancing Inner Peace in Relationships: When is it Too Much? Maintaining a relationship—or being with someone you consider special—can sometimes make it difficult to preserve your inner peace. What would you do if you felt your happiness was being threatened by the very relationship you’re in? How long can you continue to prioritize your own…
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The Impact of Opportunity on Intelligence Growth in Society
Equal Opportunity and Intelligence: A Deep Connection Equal opportunity is an important issue. I’ve been meaning to write about it for a long time, but I keep postponing it. This time, I’ll just touch on the subject briefly. Governments of poorly managed countries that condemn their people to poverty not only steal their citizens’ current…
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Empathy vs. Division: The Future of Democracy
Introduction: Is Democracy Still the Least Bad Option? In one episode of Battlestar Galactica — if memory serves — a character answers the question, “Why democracy?”Their reply: “Because it’s the most tolerable among terrible systems.” In another scene, from Horace & Pete, a heated argument between a Republican and a Democrat is pierced by a…
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