ℹ️Information
This is general information about what to expect in my blog posts. Also who I am and and why I write it.
While this might be obvious, I recommend reading it first, before any other blog page/post.
👉Purpose
My blog’s purpose is to be helpful and about life style.
I think I have enough life experience (and gathered knowledge) to share useful advice.
Possibly it could help others to make better life decisions. Or just think over more about some life aspects.
The topics here are related to (likely everyday) human life.
Way more broad and common than my specific projects (programming, electronics, etc) or favorite entertainment.
📃Form
I call it a blog, but it is just a collection of few pages. Kind of like wiki(pedia) form, but done by one person.
Pages can be long, or short, depending on their age, topic and my effort.
🚧WIP
Pages can be still a work in progress (WIP) or even an early draft.
If so, then I always put: ⚠️Warning: in construction 🚧.
Either already at top (for new page) or later, if page until this mark is already done.
I publish a new page very early and edit it after, not keeping it as a hidden draft first.
Also IMHO everything is WIP, until it stops being improved. I.e. everything can be improved.
📝Update
I also update pages (even this), after a while, or during editing.
In any way: I could split pages or add new chapters or reorder them, add a sentence, fix spelling, etc.
There isn’t any easy way to see/compare just updates.
This page is already somewhat archived here having (possibly partially) old versions.
🚶Only human
Surely I’m just a human, and people make mistakes, don’t know everything, can fall for lies or manipulation, etc. I write only what I know, learned or observed myself. I also write about my life experiences, because this allows understanding why I believe something or how my life affected it.
I’m also the only one writing here. But OFC I base my knowledge on wikipedia and various smart people’s resources (like other websites or blogs, video channels, documentary movies, etc).
👤My experience
As a software engineer I didn’t study other terms (medical, economical, sociological or psychological) at all. But being over 40 now, I can say that in most cases I don’t really need such study, just use experience and need to have eyes (mind) open, honestly. I think logically, learn and filter for truth.
It is also a result of me being INTJ type, and my interest to learn and understand how the world works, and find out the truth (in topics I’m interested in), no matter how bad, old, inconvenient, or unprofitable for others.
🌅Truth
I value truth and freedom most in life.
Truth doesn’t care about (your):
- emotions – i.e. how you feel about it or after it.
- intelligence – If you’re ready for it, whether you understand it or not (or how long to explain or prove it), etc.
- depression – Learning some truth may be even depressing.
- mood – e.g. if you’re having a “bad day”.
- age – It’s not needed when young to learn e.g. worst Earth’s history or crimes.
Strangely news or even wikipedia completely ignore this, there are no warnings. - etc.
My goal is: helping people by telling the truth, sharing it directly and quickly (just not as quickly (and shockingly) as possible).
That’s what I’m doing/trying on my blog.
In other words: I’d rather tell truth now, not care about emotions or the right moment, tone, situation, etc.
🫂Emotions
As an INTJ I also don’t really care much about my or others emotions. I find them misleading, superfluous (not needed), a waste of time (to read or deal with) or even unprofessional and stupid (e.g. when too intensely shown).
I’m sure there may be many bold statements on pages here, that some or many people could find offensive or disturbing, etc.
I’m not by dealing with anyone’s feelings, after smalltalk (which I obviously dislike greatly) or else. Neither by talking for an hour and checking first, if they can handle this. Or adjusting to their age or level of knowledge on a topic.
It’s also a website not a live talk with a person🤨🙄.
So I can only give such warnings.
Thus it is up to you to read or leave (pages, chapters, links, etc), and decide when or how fast/slow.
💨Disclaimers
Anything that I came up and works in my life might be wrong for someone else’s. Especially when people’s choices aren’t purely driven by logic, and nobody really knows or verified every truth.
It’s probably obvious, that there is no warranty, that anything here will be useful, or what you’re looking for, or give desired result, etc.
So ideally every life advice you read, needs to be verified, if it makes sense for your case.
👤About me
Since I’m also an introvert, it may be important to signify that I’m not: a speaker appearing at conferences, not even posting on social media, doing video Q&As, or any popular person.
I have no desire to. I’m myself. It wouldn’t fit my type INTJ either.
As the saying goes: Don’t follow advice of people who you wouldn’t trade places with.
If you want, you can learn more about me.
I’m also a realist, I wouldn’t call myself a pessimist, but surely not optimist. I tend to see the worst in people first, and likely disqualify them for their addictions (in that order or importance).
But yeah it’s good that this is a (personal) website and not anything more serious, like a relationship or even a chat or talk.
📖Learning
I believe the most important thing in life is to learn. Mostly this means self education. We make mistakes but if we learn from them, they become the cost of learning. If we don’t, they can become someone else’s profits, turn into addictions, which can even change our life or its style. This also means seeking truths and learning (from internet, other people or various sources) and verifying.
Obviously learning requires effort, time and intelligence. The wrong, easier (also most expected) way is just to deny/reject, ignore/skip, lie, etc. when presented with new concept, view, fact, knowledge, etc.
Many people also don’t want to learn or change. Or simply decide based on emotions not logic. Possibly being too lazy, basic, naive, stupid, too young, too old, unable to learn, etc.
❌What not
Let’s keep in mind that this blog is not a:
- guide (it is rather a set of advices and opinions)
- professional advice (it’s not my educated job to write here, rather a hobby)
- popular wikipedia page with sources, citations for almost each sentence
- place for (your): (retarded) commercial(s) or paid influencer’s opinion(s)
- typical blog, with posts not updated after, but with lots of user comments instead (many useless and slowing down page)
- forum or any other social place where you could reply or discuss anything
- (big) news website, where many people write articles, regularly, but limited by max. word count, not updated, but quickly surpassed by new articles feed
- any sponsored manipulation “outlet” or a bought news station telling lies or using fear to enslave and profit from people
- random stuff to scare (or otherwise disturb) anyone
🗨️Comments
One thing definitely not present on any page here. So here is why. I surely don’t want to deal with spam, and filter (or even read) such garbage (commercials etc). So nope, there will be no time wasted in my life doing that. Which also means: no easy, quick way of letting me know a mistake, style, spelling, update on something, new facts, etc. There is a way to contact me so it’s not impossible, just sightly more effort, to prevent another spam too.
🔗Links
Long ago a friend shared a link to mmm blog. I recommend it. It was quite surprising but useful. Many things from it I already had figured out myself before. I think it also inspired me to write on my own blog.
There surely are other resources now, even in form of youtube videos (e.g. TED Talks), likely many on internet websites (e.g. Discomfort Academy) or book form (from the Self Improvement section).
➡️Next
If you want to continue, then the list of blog pages is here with short descriptions.