Christopher Wojcik
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writer. martial artist. thinker. for more: https://chrismwojcik.substack.com/
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I Don't Know What Masculinity Is Anymore
Will my friends think I’m a “whiny bitch” if I write about being depressed? Will girls think I’m weak for publishing my insecurities? What is a “man-child”, really? Am I one? I don’t have a fancy car, an emerging startup, or a Rolex, am I on pace for eternal mediocrity? Am I bound for incel-dom since I have social anxiety?
By Christopher Wojcik4 years ago in Humans
I Was Average at Everything I Did Until I Learned How to Do This
If I had to use one word to describe the majority of my life, the word that comes to mind is “mediocre”. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always worked really hard at stuff, but for most of my life, mediocrity was my middle name. I had mediocre grades, I was a mediocre athlete, a mediocre friend, and I had a haunting sense of my limits that followed me everywhere I went. I was busy, but I was never exceptional.
By Christopher Wojcik4 years ago in Motivation
Your Real Friends Are Not the Ones Who Come to Your Funeral
This isn’t an inspirational story. This is my story. When I was around 20 and in college, all I did was go to class, go to Jiu-Jitsu practice, and go home and be sad. I didn’t go out. I didn’t “party”. I trained, studied, and cried. For years, that was my real life.
By Christopher Wojcik4 years ago in Psyche
Most Young Men Are Painfully Lonely
The picture of an ideal man in Western culture looks weird and kind of contradictory. The ideal man is strong, stoic, financially successful, yet simultaneously emotionally intelligent, sensitive (but not too sensitive), and loving. The ideal man in Western culture looks a lot like Superman.
By Christopher Wojcik4 years ago in Confessions
