Over the years, several of my former friends (F+M) have changed boxes in my diagram below. Today, I'm wondering if empathy is an intermediate step towards indifference. Indifference can also be a blessing rather than a curse. Indifference clears the mind, including the bad memories. My inspiration urged me to make this diagram. I asked a few friends about our spot...
Since a few weeks, a new feeling has come over me. I have had trouble finding its "name". Its feeling is about the opposite of the fear of missing out (FOMO). The joy of missing out (JOMO) is misleading. I've dubbed my feeling as "done with USA". The less I hear, read or see about Trump's America, the better. I can afford my feelings because I do not live there. I...
Ageing was never an issue for me. I’m still wondering why that is changing. My mother turned 90 last year. My father died in 1994 at 61. Last week, I turned 65. In my view, ageing is a blessing in disguise, even despite declining health. I suppose that (my) ageing is more visible to me than before. Probably, my eyes “opened” after falling from an electric bike...
Intro LO: A recent Axios article on the U.S. rank in global healthy life expectancy caught my attention. The American healthcare system is a conundrum as it’s the best and the most expensive, while American life expectancy is only declining. The recent killing of an American healthcare CEO shows another, dark, industry feature because it’s “excellent” in denying...
In (legal) contracts and/or Service Level Agreements (SLA’s), an opt-out condition might well be its most overlooked feature. In our lives, others are responsible for our opt-in (eg, parents), and our opt-out (eg, euthanasia). In most countries, opting-out is (very) difficult - or just impossible - once you choose to follow the legal means (eg, euthanasia in the...
Several days ago, my girlfriend started saying to me: “Yes, but you …….”. I made a joke about her remark. However, I also realised that this common “yes, but” is quite an interesting blog topic. Actually, I prefer saying “yes, and ……”; also the Ariana Grande song below. I agree with this Kinetic remark: “"Yes, buts" [..] are conversation killers. They close the door...
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