Araz Gholami

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Inertia Daylog

Before this, i always said i was in a specific period of my life, but in reality, i had been in the previous period all along. that is, that previous chapter of my life hadn’t ended yet. i was at its end, but it wasn’t over. through a plan, i put myself under the most intense psychological pressures... Read All

An Attempt to Change

The -19 degree temperature leaves no room for thinking about why i’m waiting for the clock to turn from 11:52 to 12. these days my life is so stagnant that, just for a change, i stir my coffee in the opposite direction of usual. today i rearranged the elements of my room. the apparent goal was to ha... Read All

16 years with a backpack

It started on the morning of september 23, 1999 at 6:30 am. after 16 years of schooling, today on january 24, 2016, it finally ended with my bachelor’s thesis defense. well, at least for now. ... Read All

On Simplifying Life

i realized that people get sad when they live in a complicated way for a while, and then simple. for a while, their heart beats not only for themselves but also for someone else, and then just for themselves. for a while, they carry stress, and then not. for a while, they walk together, and the... Read All

Our way

Our path, thoughts, and beliefs are things that we have created ourselves. we should use them to our advantage in facing challenges because they are our own wealth. we determine the way of life for the next generation. by understanding the new modern world and its challenges, and finding solutions f... Read All

Today’s Update

I started the day with a traditional effort to be cheerful, but by the afternoon, i was back home and realized that nothing significant had happened. logically, something should have. i was sprawled on the couch, checking the world on my laptop to keep up, when a friend texted asking where i was.i f... Read All

For the Milky Way Galaxy

Today, as i was heading home, i had a severe neck pain from standing all day. to ease the pain, i involuntarily tilted my head towards the sky and realized how much i missed the stars. how much i longed to watch the sky.the last vivid image of a starry sky away from the city i have in my mind is fro... Read All

Winter Journal

Today, after a long time, i spent the entire day with my family. we visited old parts of the city that we hadn't been to for a while: maqbarat al-sho'ara, shahnaz, the tabriz bazaar, and baghe golestan. the last one was more nostalgic for my father than for me.i also tried to mend a fractured relati... Read All

Overthinking

Once you start recognizing the signs of adhd, you begin analyzing everything, and your mind gets used to all the "what-ifs" and "so-whats." the result is that even moments of solitude and efforts to not think about anything end up being filled with intense overthinking, analyzing the most trivial th... Read All

Smoking, OCD, and Things Like That

The hardest moment of quitting smoking isn’t 23 hours after the last cigarette, but the next day. when you find yourself in the exact same time and place where you had the last smoke. it feels like dragging your hand across a smooth surface only to disrupt the harmony of that surface with a small de... Read All

The Little Prince

Over twenty years of my not-so-remarkable life have passed, and i’m still left with the regret of not being able to trust someone without ending up disappointed. it’s a painful tragedy.i have a simple solution: let’s teach the little prince from the first grade. maybe the next generation will turn o... Read All

Beware of Fake Twitter Accounts

If you’ve seen strange tweets from accounts with unusual usernames recently, be aware that twitter generates these usernames randomly and they include character strings related to the email address. in other words, these individuals’ emails also have random, automated character strings. more specifi... Read All