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Part 1: You’re Not As Free As You Think

January 31, 2018sebastiankade 2 Comments

Recently I fell down the rabbit-hole of consciousness. I spent months researching everything from neural networks in the brain to exciting new scientific theories. I can’t say I reached the very bottom, but I went deep enough to learn some… Continue Reading →

Life determinism, favourite, free will, freedom

Think and grow miserable

May 27, 2017sebastiankade 1 Comment

From everything I can tell, it is the pursuit of suffering that Napoleon Hill’s book Think and Grow Rich is really about. It is a step by step guide on how to transform your life into a desire fuelled cesspit of despair. Ok… Continue Reading →

Life desire, happiness, success

Death of Self-Help

March 22, 2017sebastiankade 1 Comment

The categorization of Self-Help books is quietly killing our world. The fact that we only think to better ourselves in a time of need (when it is “help” we need) breeds a selfish and isolated mindset which is behind much… Continue Reading →

Life self-help

How much do you need to live?

February 11, 2017sebastiankade 3 Comments

Mooore! – The battlecry of modern day man. No longer aware of how much he needs, but rather how much he can get. No longer working as the means to an end, but caught in the endless cycle of working-consumption… Continue Reading →

Life favourite

The World Happiness Report

December 5, 2016sebastiankade 1 Comment

The world is going through an interesting time. We are seeing the uprise of radical groups, rebelling against the growing pains of globalisation. We have seen the unchecked greed of large corporations devastate our economies in the GFC; not to… Continue Reading →

Life happiness

The Happiness Conundrum

November 23, 2016sebastiankade 1 Comment

I believe the very way in which we define “happiness” is limiting our ability to live it. The best place to understand this is in science. There aren’t a great deal of studies being done on happiness yet. It seems… Continue Reading →

Life happiness

A Philosophic Look at Love

October 28, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Love is something that affects so much of our life, yet we are mostly content with ruling it out as something unexplainable, mysterious, divine. The risk of doing this is that what we do not understand, we cannot control. By… Continue Reading →

Life love, philosophy

Distributed Retirement

October 25, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

“Youth is wasted on the young” – “Retirement on the old” The relationship between work and life is one of constant talk; finding the magical work-life balance that allows us to be both valuable participants in society, while also following our… Continue Reading →

Life, Work favourite, retirement

Exploring the Meaning of Life

October 1, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

We are thrust into this life, tumbled around in our youth, only to come to the surface with time and realise that we are living without meaning. This was best put by the french 1940s philosopher Jean-Paul Satre when he… Continue Reading →

Life life, meaning, purpose

A Year of Ramen

August 17, 2016sebastiankade 3 Comments

Today I am celebrating a year of Ramen. It is an important milestone that marks for me a certain level of mental fortitude & mastery, but not for the reason you might think. It has nothing to do with my love of ramen itself,… Continue Reading →

Life contentment, favourite, life, mindfulness, ramen

Sitting Still Made Me A Better Person

November 9, 2015sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Many things have shaped my life, but one stands out from the rest. I started learning to sit still over four months ago, and now I can’t stop. Meditation has been around since the beginning of recorded time. Buddha taught… Continue Reading →

Life favourite, meditation, reflection, sitting still

How Earning 100K At University Changed My Life

July 17, 2015sebastiankade Leave a Comment

I’m extremely fortunate to be one of the minority that have been freed from the illusion that money is going to make me happy. Let me elaborate by going back to when I was younger. During university, I joined a… Continue Reading →

Life drive, favourite, life, money, purpose

How It Feels To Live In The Present

May 7, 2015sebastiankade Leave a Comment

I think we forget. We let most of our life wash over us. We unconsciously follow our daily routines, unaware of the value being lost. Rarely do we live in the present. Instead we are overly focused on the filler;… Continue Reading →

Life life, mindfulness, present

Does Being Anti Social Mean you are Antisocial?

January 21, 2014sebastiankade Leave a Comment

There are two types of people in the world: those who use Facebook and those who don’t In the past, social was about hanging out with your friends at the bar. It was the connection you got when interacting with… Continue Reading →

Life anti-social, social media, technology

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