Don’t play the victim. Which one is easier? Blaming others or taking responsibility? Years ago, I’d say blaming others. What can be easier than pointing the finger at someone and yelling: “ You’re to blame for my unhappiness, my misery, my faults!” Didn’t we all do that to our parents…

I’m a polyglot. This is what makes you fluent in your target language. I’m a polyglot English& History High School teacher. I speak four different languages: German, Turkish, English, and the Laz language (spoken by approximately 500,000 people all over the world). I also had French and Spanish at school…

How I didn’t want the lockdown to end. From lockdown to cooldown. In Turkey, the first cases were reported in March 2020. Honestly, I thought we’ll have to be at home for two weeks, so I left Istanbul and went to another province to have some time out. …

Everyone moves at his own pace in life We’re living in a ‘Hurry up!’ society. Fast Food, fast internet, speed dating. No time to waste time! We always feel like we have to rush or we’re missing out on something. The illusion that anyone has their sh*t together but we…

Social media and movies made an ordinary life undesirable. — Many people still think that their opinions and expectations are created by themselves, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. We’re so much influenced by the things we consume on social media, Netflix, or TV, we don’t even realize how much it affects our lives. The things we buy…

Better change yourself. As teenagers, many of us had ambitious aspirations. We daydreamed about how our original idea would change people’s lives all over the world. Phew!Epic! Turns out that this is a waaay too optimistic approach. And although we’re way more realistic than we were as teenagers, we still…

Life is a continuous learning, improvement, and adjustment journey. “The child is the father of Man”, said William Wordsworth. This proverb is basically expressing that our character which we develop as children stays with us until we’re old. We also have this saying in Turkish which is something like: “You’re…

Strength is nothing you can see from the outside, it’s what you feel from the inside What’s strength? Something you see from the outside? Muscles, wide shoulders, and big arms? Yelling aggressively, punching fists, smashing windows? What’s weakness? Physical fragility, not talking much, showing emotions, asking for help? People see…

Don’t wait until someone threatens your territory For most of us an ordinary work day scenario would be like: Comfortably sitting in the office chair, sipping on our 3rd coffee, scrolling through social media the 12,293th time, checking on our colleagues’ new gossip, playing CandyCrush, and watching Youtube videos until we’re bored out of our minds. We’re doing EVERYTHING but working. Obviously…