I think naturally built into our psyche is the need for human connection. Ultimately, existential loneliness is a universal experience. It’s the thought that reminds us we are alone– no one understands us. Some get closer than others. But we are, and will never be, fully understood. It’s the nature of the human condition. With … Read more
When I was little, I took an intelligence test and scored very high. But I still managed to screw everything up. It started when I threw off my performance at school so that everyone would stop identifying me solely by my grades. It kept going when I had my own weird methods of doing things … Read more
If you look at the life I’ve lived until today, you’d probably sum it up with one word: smart. One of my clearest memories from elementary school was a project we did in fourth grade. We wrote a list of everyone in the class and had to write one nice thing about every student. Then, … Read more
