healing
How to heal fully and properly.
My Morning Secret
Nobody knew I was waking up at 5:30 AM. Not my roommate who thought I was still the person who hit snooze seven times. Not my coworkers who saw me arrive at 9 AM looking like I'd rolled out of bed ten minutes earlier. Not even my best friend who knew almost everything about me.
By Fazal Hadiabout 5 hours ago in Motivation
I Learned to Laugh So No One Would Ask Questions
I didn’t always laugh because something was funny. Sometimes, I laughed because silence felt dangerous. It started subtly. A smile here. A chuckle there. A light joke to smooth an uncomfortable moment. Laughter became my reflex, my shield, my way of steering conversations away from places I wasn’t ready to explore. People like laughter. It reassures them. It tells them everything is fine—even when it isn’t.
By Imran Ali Shahabout 6 hours ago in Motivation
Quiet Firing
I kept reading all these stories about “quiet firing” and then it happened to me. I lived it every single day I came to work; yeah, I later realized that I was a DEI hire. I kept wondering why they hired me in the first place and then it dawned on me, dummy you were a political hire! The social isolation was deafening. It was so loud I couldn’t hear it or maybe didn’t want to believe it was true. I would awaken everyday depressed and with dread going to work among people I knew hated or intensely disliked me but wore a fake smile like a warm blanket on their faces almost every day. Sometimes they let the fake grin slip, and I caught sight of their true feelings. Wow, they thought they were great actors…not. I saw right through it all and that is why I never trusted them or let myself get too close. I did not want to get burned or feel like a fool. I still worked my butt off, often coming home exhausted.
By Shareese Aouadabout 7 hours ago in Motivation
My Simple Joy Formula
I was crying in the grocery store parking lot when I realized something had to change. Not because anything terrible had happened. Actually, everything looked fine on paper. Good job. Nice apartment. Loving family. Healthy body. All the pieces were there.
By Fazal Hadiabout 8 hours ago in Motivation
The End of the Internet (As a Human Space)
Since its launch, the Internet has been a place where people talked to people. Platforms like Reddit captured that early promise particularly well. Long before creator economies and algorithmic feeds dominated attention, Reddit worked because people shared unfiltered thoughts, imperfect opinions, half-formed ideas, and harsh reactions. It was uneven, sometimes chaotic, often wrong, but very human.
By Andrea Zanona day ago in Motivation
When Everyone Walked Away, He Chose Himself
Marcus sat alone in the apartment he could barely afford, staring at his phone that hadn't rung in three weeks. His best friend since college had stopped returning texts. His brother said he was "too busy" to meet up anymore. Even his girlfriend of four years had walked away, leaving behind nothing but a note that read: "I can't watch you struggle like this anymore."
By Fazal Hadia day ago in Motivation
