I just wondered if it’s possible having no or low expectations (about others). Perhaps, having low expectations about yourself will result in low expectations about others - and vice versa. Hence, expectations and reciprocity seem quite related. The aforementioned may explain my "issue" in life: I have high expectations about myself, and lowering my expectations...
Ingredients vs mix

Unexpectedness vs human need for Control
Sometimes, something unexpected happens in your life that shakes your feeling of being and/or having (self) Control. Such changes can either be negative or positive. I suppose that we refer to surprises in case of positive changes. Negative changes have several nicknames (eg, shock). In my view, Change is the default in Life, Nature & the Universe, and its...
When will American debt become a tipping point?
Intro LO: The recent warning of Janet Yellen (b.1946), economist and former US Treasury Secretary (2021-2025), has been on my mind for quite some time. I suppose this quote is essential for any country, and especially USA: "a state with increasingly expensive obligations and a very limited appetite for taxes." (Fortune) Note LO: markings in quote by me. Most likely,...

Ideological beliefs and the Fall of Nations (7)
Almost a decade ago, I published several blogs on the Rise and Fall of Civilisations (+ part-2), and on the Rise and Fall of Nations (ie, part-3, part-4, part-5, part-6). This 2026 blog is part-7. Back then, my main questions were the why and what (ie, the ingredients) for a Rise and for a Fall. My 2017, 2018, and 2021 diagrams (below) reflect the progress in my...

Theory of Everything (5)
Early 2023, I had a brainwave and published my favourite diagram on the Theory of Everything (below left). My diagram represents its ingredients, in the shape of a house (mix). Today, my 2025 diagram (below right) has a scientific approach, following my blog The definition of Life vs the Universe. Source: my 2023 blog Theory of Everything (3) Source: my October 2025...

Connections: how, what, when, where, who & why
Some people have deep connections. Others have not. Deep connections survive about everything. Other connections will (ultimately) fail. My diagram is about the ingredients of such connections, like the how, what, when, where, & who. The presence of ingredients will provide a (good or bad) mix. Most ingredients are from my 2022 blog The 7 elements that define...

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