I'm Dylan who endeavors to understand the world through my experience and observations. 

Welcome this New Year with a post about the preciousness of any fleeting moment in life. We've talked about life and its grand scheme of defining purpose and pursuing happiness. Life is created from each moment we pass by, however small or big each event is. In the end, there are more memorable experiences than others; there are memories we can never consign into oblivion; there are core feelings that we can never forget having experienced them. But reminiscing a moment canno

Life can be measured by emotions and their intensity. From another perspective, life can be measured be the significance and diversity of events occurring to one's life. Technically, these two points of view have a casual relationship, but with a closer look, viewing life from the events one go through speaks volume of how we pursue happiness and meanings in life. One's nature and upbringing can have profound impact on what they seek for in life: some value diversity - having

In the previous post, I talked about emotions and the meaning of life. To add another facet to this conundrum, today's post is dedicated to examining the profundity of one's life. How can we say if we or any human being has led a meaningful life? It's a spot-on obvious answer from a subjective perspective: You are the most suitable and, probably, the only, person to conclude whether you've led a meaningful life. But as a common practice, when we put paths of life into compari

This was the title of an article I read a long time ago, reminding me of a time when I was desperately trying to fathom out why bad things come to me and how I would ever escape the valley of despairs. Back then, I came up with the concept of "positive negative emotions". It's hard to define what "negative emotions" entail; some of them can be sadness, jealousy, loneliness, desperation. Oftentimes, it sucks to harbor those feelings deep inside, not knowing when they would go

Thế nào là hạnh phúc? Một ngày hạnh phúc lí tưởng của cậu là như thế nào? Đây là điều mình vừa được hỏi sáng nay. Bỗng dưng mình nghĩ,...

I am slowly realizing the by-product of my failure - I have opened my heart more freely. I enjoy writing, enjoy others reading what I...

Hai hôm nay mình đã có những trải nghiệm gói bánh chưng thú vị. Tối hôm qua ở quê nội, họ hàng nhà mình đã về và công cuộc gói bánh chưng...

Ngày Tết năm nay cũng thật đặc biệt. Có lẽ vì mình không còn cảm giác giống như những cái Tết khác. Mọi năm, mình sẽ đi thả cá chép, dọn...

Tết sắp đến, mang đến biết bao hoài niệm và mong đợi. Có một điều mà mình nhận ra: Tết không còn vui như trước nữa. Có lẽ vì mình đã lớn,...

First things first, I think 2021 was a major hit in my life, both in terms of personal achievement and emotional exploration. I think...

For quite a long time, I struggled to determine whether my efforts or even myself, are worth it. But what does it mean for something to...