The quiet power of 10 minutes Every night, before I close my eyes, there is a ritual I never skip. After journaling, I pick up a book and spend just 10 minutes reading. Nothing fancy. No marathon chapters. Just a pocket of time for my mind to wander into another world. Lately, it has been […]
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Sep
Sep
A quiet pause that changes everything It was just a normal evening. I was walking home after training, headphones in, the city buzzing around me. Then suddenly, I looked up. The sky was painted in soft shades of pink and purple, and for a moment, everything slowed down. I stopped in my tracks. No rush, […]
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Sep
Sep
A quiet page, a noisy mind The other night I sat down with my notebook, exhausted from training and buzzing with a hundred unfinished thoughts. Work tasks, triathlon schedules, messages I hadn’t replied to, it all felt like a noisy room in my head. I opened a blank page, wrote “Okay, what’s bothering me right […]
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Sep
Sep
It was a Monday night, around 10:23. The kind of night where the rain had been pouring for hours, the air felt cooler than usual, and all I craved was a bowl of hot soup. That’s exactly what I did after work – gathered with colleagues at a small local spot, laughing and sharing dumplings […]
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Aug
Aug
The First Time I Picked Up Frankl’s Book I still remember the moment I first opened Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. I was curled up in the corner of a library, one of those quiet afternoons when you’re just looking for something to inspire you. Honestly, I thought it was going to be just […]
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Aug
Aug
That night with the book on my desk It was one of those nights when my brain felt like a messy desk. I had assignments piling up, emails unanswered, and a mind that refused to switch off. Out of habit, I grabbed a book from the stack beside my bed. I told myself, “Just a […]
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Aug
Aug
The Morning That Began in Shadows The first thing I noticed when I woke up was the heaviness in my chest. The night had been restless – coughs breaking my sleep, leaving me foggy and worn out. Most people would have chosen to rest a little longer, to delay the alarm, to give in. But […]
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Jul
Jul
There’s a moment during every long bike ride, every solo run, every cold night away from home when the thought creeps in:“This is too hard. Maybe I should stop.” And for a long time, I used to think that struggle meant I was failing. That if something wasn’t flowing easily, maybe it just wasn’t meant […]
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Apr
Apr
As I celebrate another trip around the sun, I find myself reflecting on the journey I’ve taken over the past year—a year filled with discovery, creativity, and personal growth. What started as a vague idea has slowly taken shape into something real and meaningful. This is the story of how Sunny Valley, a platform dedicated […]