Reflections

Most of my posts are reflections on life and my experiences living it, with the intent to understand why we do the things we do and whether we can improve upon them. These cover many various topics, but

The average novel is around 90,000 words. That means that in my almost ten years here on Hive and its predecessor, I have written in articles alone just over 77 average-length novels worth of words. I

While it was a small sample size of a few thousand, it was pretty interesting to hear that 20% of Gen-Zers have given up on relationships with humans in favour of relationships with AIs. I don't know how

This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk crap about whatever happens

When I was still living in Australia, a friend of mine was doing a project for her marketing course and was interviewing arrivals at the Cairns airport in the morning, to ask them about their travel plans

De·​ci·​sion The act or process of deciding. Seems so simple. Yet, a lot of us seem to struggle with making decisions, especially when it will require self-change. Familiarity feels safe and the unknown

Hello Hive Fam! I hope everyone is doing well today! I’d like to share a little reflection about a place that once felt like my second home : Starmall EDSA‑Shaw in Mandaluyong, Philippines.

Anyone who knows me in real life knows that I’m someone who fears cognitive changes, limitations, and, to a certain extent, the “normal” aging process. I have a degenerative disease that can, directly

You can’t expect to harvest tomatoes if you plant potatoes.

Lately, I catch a thought in the midst of my day and think, I need to write about this. Then, something else happens that puts them in my backburner. Now, I felt like I need to process them. Is this real

The economy on consumption with supply produced to meet demand. But I think we are heading into an increasingly precarious position because what is demanded and supplied is no longer as it was earlier

A few days ago, we heard about yet another executive order from President Donald Trump. And this was yet another addition to the previous orders regarding the names of places, straits, countries, and

We Talk Friday (WTF) This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might

I dunno if I'm the only one who has ever felt like they are not likeable or didn't just click with people. For the longest time I thought I was not likeable, that I was off-putting, I just had this feeling

The difference is in what you do next. If fear leads you to act better, it's functional. If he leads you not to act, he has already stopped taking care of you. Sit him down, look at him every time he comes

It is a very broad topic, but respect for others is non-negotiable... Criticism and judgments are just an extension of the unresolved wounds of the people who issue them. We live in an age where many confuse

I read something that might be called interesting (or perhaps insane) today, where Trump is "promising" (his promises and deals are worthless) to give $5000 dollar handouts to "every American

Last night I finished up what I was doing and decided to log into the blue app, then I stumbled upon a post of one of my favorites celebrity, it wasn't long, I saw another one then all of a sudden I saw

I had an interesting conversation about fairness, decisions, consequences and responsibility today, and realised that many people seem to have a conflict in them. Essentially, every action is going to