I Knew My Life Was a Failure When I Was 15

“A football player”. That was my answer as a child when people asked me what I wanted to be when an adult. I’m not a football player. I failed to achieve the biggest dream of my life.

“Hey, dad, you used to be happy, what happened?”

They used to have fun. A lot. I remember witnessing those two men dressed like women and dancing in front of more than a hundred people in some random party. I remember them smiling, laughing, making jokes. I remember them enjoying life. That’s only a memory. That doesn’t happen anymore. And that’s really sad. I …

The best question someone ever asked me

In the middle of a normal night at an English pub, a person I’d just known asked me one of the best questions I’ve ever heard in my life. The question itself was a normal one, but it was the fact that people normally use a different one when they want to ask the same …

Why thinking could be a symptom of lack of happiness?

I hate jogging because it makes me think too much. The same about going to the gym or waiting for the bus. When I find myself doing thinks I don’t like I tend to full my mind of thoughts about what I’m having for dinner, where I can go for my next holidays or whether …

Can we choose what we like?

What would happen if we had the power to choose what we like and what we don’t? Wouldn’t life be much easier? It is said that likes and dislikes are not a product of our personal choices. Instead, they are just there, they are part of us and they have no explanation. Is it really …