Miah Learns to Write

Photo by Moon Bhuyan on Unsplash Being vulnerable takes a lot of courage. We fear being judged, or being hurt when we take off all the embellishments in our life, and everything is laid bare. We fear that once we remove all of the pretense we show other people in order for them to like us, or at the very least, to not be offended, nothing will be left but an empty shell. It's a difficult thing, to open ourselves to others. But life as humans living in a society, we find won't be as fulfilling if it were to be lived in solitary confinement, not in the legal sense of the term, but in a metaphorical sense. If we live secluded from the world, like a hermit, I don't think we'll be able to enjoy life as it was meant to be lived. Because humans seek companionship. We seek community and connections with others. That's just how we were designed. No matter how much we try to hide or bury the feeling of loneliness or longing, if we are truly honest with ourselves, we'd muc...

Photo by Nick Chong on Unsplash About six years ago, I took a course on investments and stock trading which was fun for some parts but really complicated for the rest. However, we had this group activity that became part of our project in a way in which we went on this virtual trading platform and invested money on stocks. My friends and I were quite stressed because we didn't really understand the principles that well, so we lost some money at first, and then later on, one of my friends discovered a means of getting quick profits on short trades, so we ended up winning the virtual trading game. And here are some of the lessons and insights I learned from that time: 1. Don't get too obsessed on a particular path, be flexible and move on If you think that you are on the wrong path, no matter how much costs or losses you have incurred, do not prolong the torment. Get out of that sticky situation while you still can and simply try to recover what you have lost by making the right,...

Photo by Magnet.me on Unsplash How can I overcome procrastination? Many people who procrastinate usually do so because they worry about something or have this innate fear. It's possible that you have a fear of failure, or very high standards of performance. You may be a perfectionist, and don't want to make a mistake because it'll ruin what you have started, so you would rather put it off until you feel "ready" to do it, or than when you do so it will be a success. However, you will always have an excuse to not feel "ready". There will always be some other distraction or reason that will make you put off what you were supposed to do. That's why a lot of people who procrastinate do so, because they think they have enough time to accomplish what they have set out to do even though in reality, they will probably just keep delaying until they have wasted a lot of time focusing on other things without accomplishing their priorities. That's why they cr...