Tag: writing
-
Why You Can’t Stop Scrolling Even When You Know It’s Bad for You
One of the stranger things about social media is that awareness of your addiction to it doesn’t help much. You know you’ve been scrolling too long, you know you should be sleeping, and you know the work is still waiting. You might even delete the app. Then, somehow, you find yourself doomscrolling again. A recent…
-
Build a Career You Can Leave Behind
Understanding that your career was never the real goal is already an achievement. The real goal, if you allow yourself to remember, was always made of two things. First, your freedom. Second, giving something good to the world. For most people, however, that goal is not achievable in the short term. Building something of your…
-
Why Nobody Calls After You Send Your CV
You apply for a job. You wait. You get no call, no email, and no explanation. So you apply to another job, and then another job again, and again, and again. After a while, it starts to feel personal. Maybe your experience is not enough. Maybe the market is impossible. Maybe recruiters are ignoring you.…
