Category: Thoughts

Years have passed since I did it. Years have passed since I was someone I’m still ashamed of. There’s no point in naming the thing nor looking for forgiveness. Those who were involved back then, they are in different places now, as am I. I did it and I lived and then I did it…

I’m not sure how long this streak will last, but I really enjoy writing those. I do it during the day in different circumstances and I’m not editing them later.

Another mind dump. It doesn’t mean I will publish those daily. It means I have a lot to share now and I may be silent for weeks ahead. Time will show. I could have planned those and publish them for a few weeks, but I don’t have to. I don’t earn money on this blog…

I’m trying a new format here. It is probably not so new idea in general, but a new format for me. The reason I need a place to share my thoughts, I must do it regularly or my brain is going go explode. I’m not happy with the current state of social media. Including Mastodon,…

Intimacy is the best word I can find to describe the feeling I have when I see a letter from my friend. Intimacy that isn’t present in social media which are public by definition. Intimacy that I cannot find in instant messaging apps. This magical part of slow correspondence is something I miss everyday. But…

This is a translation of a text from my Polish blog from a few months ago. This text is more about the professional area of my life, but it is important to me, it is sincere and it is personal. Therefore, I would like you to read it as well. The statement that everyone makes…

There are a few different types of people when it comes to their approach to social media. Categorising people isn’t a good thing, but sometimes the simplification that comes from generalisation helps to describe the world. They are necessary and can be helpful if used with care and moderation. This is one of those simplifications.…

Mankind has chosen the path of self-destruction. It is clear now. We have given away our fate to those who believe in money. And nothing else. We have chosen comfort. We have chosen oblivion. We have chosen ignorance. Now it is too late. Now we have to deal with the world we helped build. It…

A few months ago I made a chart, a diagram that shows my whole life as a timeline. I did it to remind myself of how short things and events are compared to life as a whole. It helped me, and continues to help me, to keep things in perspective. Some people have asked me…

There are people who are sad. Sometimes they smile and they’re sad. There are moments when the sun is shining and the mind is dark. There are people who look normal, and they’re empty inside. And that cold emptiness is something that people cannot understand until they experience it. There is a sadness that cannot…

We need relationships. People need other people. We all desperately need friends. This is who we are. It is who we are. Friends help us grow, hold us accountable, pick us up when we fall. Sometimes being together is all that matters. How do you comfort someone who has just lost someone close to them?…

Someone told me once or twice that I’m old enough to know what I want to do with my life. They told me I have to decide who I want to be and what I’m going to do. It doesn’t matter if it’s my career or my personal life, I’m an adult and I have…

This is a translation of text from my Polish blog. I apologise in advance for the references to the 1990s and the fall of communism to all those who lived in Western countries, but these were our realities here and I cannot leave them out. I don’t know what the 1990s were like a moment…

One of my recent posts on Mastodon got me thinking about the current tech dramas. Then it got deeper and I’ve spent too much time thinking about values and what people really care about. My first thought was related to discussions I’ve seen about the current state of social media. There are people who argue…

There’s this great Stoic wisdom about worrying less. Or maybe not so much worrying less as not worrying about possible events. The whole concept is based on an easy to understand idea. If one worries about a future event and it will happen – one worries twice (now and when it happens). If it doesn’t…

This post is a translation from my Polish blog. It’s one of the few I’d like to publish here. The world was built by extroverts for extroverts.The pandemic isolation, the chaotic returns to offices, the changes in people’s behaviour, but also the way employees are valued and promoted in different companies – all of this…

It all started as a discussion on Mastodon. And it all was provoked by two blog posts written by Simone Silvestroni and Matthew Graybosch. Now it is time for me to add a few words. The main theme: job interviews and the current state of the labour market. With some additional words about peronal brand…