It’s not a satisfying answer, but it depends on the person — In the past two weeks, I’ve spent over 25 hours playing video games. I haven’t played that much in a very long time, and I’ve had hours at a time pass me by as I play Fire Emblem: Three Houses (it’s so addicting, and I’m not saying it lightly). Four…

It’s a lot more controversial to say that in 2022 than 2018 — but I still believe it — It makes me feel like a terrible person for saying this. But there’s a guy I know who I align with politically more often than not — he leans very left and has a lot of the right opinions (in my view), even if he takes it too far. Unfortunately…

We want a clear hero and villain in the West — and this conflict is anything but — At the 2022 Track and Field World Championships, an Ethiopian man named Mearg Mekonnen jumped over the stands and past security. His fellow compatriot, Gudaf Tsegay, just won the gold medal in the women’s 5,000 meters, and he ran on the track to congratulate her and the fifth-place Ethiopian finisher…

It’s important to focus on effort rather than pace when the conditions are horrible — For me, it’s a trend every summer: running gets significantly more difficult and brutal. I’m a pretty good runner and can withstand cold conditions, running outside through New York winters. And then I become a significantly worse runner in the summer. The heat, however, is my kryptonite. Running in super…

I have achieved eternal peace and nirvana right here, in the hotel room — Now that I’m in Miami and on the vacation I’ve been bragging about all year, let me tell you about all the really terrific things I’ve been doing on vacation. No, I haven’t been going to the beach. No, I haven’t gone to the mall. No, I haven’t gone out…

It’s the Atlantis of Russia, and the sunken city has never been found since — Atlantis is a mythical island that sank into the ocean. It’s been the subject of a Disney movie, and is well known because of its mentions in Plato’s Timaeus and Critias. …

We need to live our lives. We need to allow ourselves to be human. — “Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.” — James Clear, Atomic Habits I’m very skeptical of self-help and the self-improvement…

I write because it’s my passion. I write for fun. — I previously wrote about how I write for a client and had to write almost 5,000 words a day. It was pretty well-paid and was nice cash on the side, but I slowly began to resent the work more and more. It was incredibly soul-draining work where I wrote about…

He sucked blood out of Temujin’s neck after he suffered an arrow wound — Genghis Khan is one of the most notorious emperors and warlords in human history. He presided over the expansion of the Mongol Empire into the largest empire in all of Eurasia, conquering land throughout modern-day Russia, China, and the Middle East with sheer terror and brutality. But what most people…