Araz Gholami

Have you noticed that the era we live in has features that were just dreams a hundred or even a few decades ago? just take a step back and look at the bigger picture. 1. connecting to the world and an ocean of knowledge not too long ago, 40 years ago, the idea of accessing any knowledge or resou... Read All

Which of these lives would you prefer? a freelancer who, without being tied to a place or time, freely travels the world, works productively while having endless free time, reads books, and enjoys life? or a manager who looks extremely successful from the outside but is caught up in the stress and c... Read All

Picture someone on death row. their sentence is set for 5 am tomorrow. how do they see life? what do they suddenly crave doing? what becomes truly important — and what instantly loses all value? what promises do they whisper to themselves — if only they could escape the noose? maybe (okay, let’s ... Read All

the terminal (2004) for some time, a question has been occupying my mind: why should we help others? or why should someone help me? what meaning and value does helping hold? i’ll try to analyze this question in a few points. 1. choice theory in a simple definition is about choices an... Read All

How to live well in a bad place 0. plan your life. 1. completely remove social media and news from your life. even in a taxi, put on headphones so no one can talk to you about the rising price of f***ing butter. 2. maximize disconnection from others. the harsh reality is that life’s difficu... Read All

Perhaps this is the tenth time i’m writing about the last six months of 2015 and the six months after my military service, when i felt genuinely happy. inner happiness. if i try to visualize it, there was a cylinder in my chest—unlike most other times in my life (including now)—that wasn’t empty. in... Read All

Walking is one of those things every human needs. for some, this need is hidden—they aren’t even aware of it. as a result, they don’t respond to it correctly or fulfill it. it’s like when you feel the urge to go to the bathroom, but in reality, your nerves are just messed up from sitting on a cold s... Read All

The appendix is a body organ considered vestigial. vestigial means something that used to be useful but isn’t anymore. like a piece of clothing that once fit but no longer does—you either throw it away or give it to someone else. or like selling fuel in winter. in life, many things become vestigi... Read All

Have you heard the saying, "they lie in a way that makes you feel like you can't not believe them"? selfish people use this technique a lot. let me give a few examples: when you know that in a conversation, six out of every five words they say are lies, but you still can’t end the interact... Read All

Ever since i could walk, i thought i had an introverted personality. i avoided interacting with people, and many of the activities my peers enjoyed seemed ridiculous to me. naturally, because i was introverted. right? wrong. i wasn’t introverted. not then, not now. none of the traits typically assoc... Read All

Art is one of those things that you can't fully experience if you get too close. in fact, to truly "see" and "hear" art, you need to maintain a certain distance. for example, even the world's most valuable painting reveals almost nothing from just two centimeters away. similarly, a one-second snippe... Read All

In mountaineering, there’s an unwritten value in choosing a route that hasn’t been climbed before, seeing and experiencing things that no one else has. even more valuable is creating a new path that others can follow. this unwritten value has cost many lives. for instance, three iranian climbers on ... Read All