Raulito

Tag: self-reflection

  • Things I No Longer Care About in My Late 30s

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    One of the quiet advantages of getting older is that certain things slowly lose their power over you. Things that once felt important suddenly… don’t. Not because you stop caring, but because you start caring more selectively. Somewhere along the way, I realised there are quite a few things I no longer care about the…

  • Things I Secretly Love About Getting Older

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    Getting older is something people talk about in very dramatic ways. There are jokes about it. Complaints about aches and pains. Conversations about how quickly time moves and how suddenly we’re not as young as we once were. But lately, I’ve realised something else. There are quite a few things I quietly love about getting…

  • Simple Habits That Quietly Improved My Life

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    I’ve realised something recently. Most of the things that have genuinely improved my life are not big, dramatic changes. They’re small. Quiet. Almost unnoticeable at first. But over time, they’ve made a bigger difference than anything else. And the best part is, none of them required me to completely change my life. They just required…

  • I Didn’t Know What to Write Today

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    I sat down today to write. And for the first time in a while, I didn’t know what to say. Not in the usual way where you have too many ideas and you’re trying to pick the right one. This felt different. My brain would start thinking about something… anything… and then just stop. Like…

  • Why Peace Has Become My Biggest Luxury

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    There was a time in my life when peace sounded… boring. In my twenties, life was about movement. Plans. Parties. Friends calling at midnight. Last-minute dinners that turned into nights out. Social calendars that were full before the week had even begun. It was fun, and I genuinely enjoyed it. I look back at those…

  • Things I Absolutely Overthink (For No Good Reason)

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    I like to think of myself as a fairly chill person. Low drama. Easygoing. Go with the flow. And yet… the amount of completely unnecessary thinking that goes on in my head about the smallest social moments is honestly impressive. Take leaving. Not leaving leaving. I mean that exact moment when a conversation has clearly…

  • Some News You’re Never Ready For

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    I woke up today to several missed calls. That in itself is unusual. Nobody really calls anymore. So when I saw multiple missed calls from a friend, I knew something wasn’t right. Then I saw the message. A WhatsApp image. An obituary. And his face. Ronak. For a few seconds, maybe longer, I just stared…

  • Archie Comics and the Joy of Easy Stories

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    Why some stories don’t need to be complicated to stay with you. There’s something incredibly comforting about stories that don’t ask too much of you. Archie comics have always been that for me. I grew up reading Archie Double Digests, Jughead Double Digests, Betty & Veronica digests. Piles of them. Dog-eared, shared, reread. You could…

  • The Friends Who Drain You, and the Ones Who Light You Up

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    Some people leave you tired. Others leave you alive. Friendship is one of the greatest gifts we have. But let’s be honest. Not all friendships are created equal. Over the years, I started noticing something that I couldn’t ignore anymore. After spending time with certain friends, I’d come home feeling unusually heavy. Not just tired,…

  • The Spaces Between Things

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    Lately, I’ve realised that some of my favourite moments in a day happen in between. Not the big events. Not the plans. Not the destinations. But the pauses that sit quietly between one thing and the next. Taxi rides are one of them. Sitting in the back seat, watching the city pass by through the…