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Stories that stay

Why a story makes me care, and what an experience leaves behind.

  1. 01 / A thought

    Discovering the Hype About Sports as an Adult.

    My childhood was very unorthodox in many ways but normal in many ways. One of the things that seemed out of the ordinary was that I didn't grow up watching football. When I was younger, I thought it was a nature thing. That I just didn't care about sports. But over time, it clicked that it was a nurture thing. And now, several years later, I've gotten older and gotten more exposed to things like movies about sports, documentaries, games, and even trying one or two for the sake of exercise, I'm even more convinced that the difference between me caring about Ronaldo vs. Messi and me not giving a fuck is because no one cared in the house I grew…

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  2. 02 / A thought

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day Was Written for Me (No Spoilers)

    I'm not one to say something is a sign. It clashes with my internal logic because I'm aware of The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon which is a cognitive bias where something newly learned suddenly seems to appear everywhere. It is also known as the frequency illusion. I've noticed it a lot. I'm struggling with something, anxious about something, discovered I'm dealing with something and then all of a sudden, that thing is everywhere.

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