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When I was a child, there were quite some kids outside our flats.

During those times there were much fewer cars, and lots of free space to play on.

Nowadays, the children don’t seem to go out anymore.

I watched some kids playing with skateboards – they were good with this.

Probably, these kids are much better with computers and technology than our generation.

They might take some classes, which in my days it was generally unheard of.

I remember a winter with lots of snow, I live on a street that has a bit of an angle, and it’s a long block of apartments.

The whole street was a place to either slide (it had some ice), or to go via sleighs.

I remember sometimes going to the countryside, to my grandparents.

Back then, I didn’t appreciate nature that much, I was much more in favor of watching cartoons and playing with the computers of the day.

Now, I’m quite happy that my childhood also involved cows and sheep.

What’s the solution? If no parent lets their child/children outside, then the solitary ones might be in danger.

I would just say – consider letting the children play outside and see nature. I’m not saying it’s an ultimate solution, this is just what I would do, as a parent.

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There might be several hats for a person – when you make a sale (optimistic, pushy, presenting the positive) vs. when you do an audit (critical, negative, holding your stance, trying to prove things).

It’s a different thing to be with a friend and with a family member.

With a stranger in your country and with a foreign one.

With someone your age vs. someone with a totally different age.

Hats are good – they force you to become flexible.

That’s why I consider, generally, that traveling is good for the mind.

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Inflexibility – older people tend to become inflexible and not listen carefully.

I guess after you see a lot of things happening in life, there’s no more „this is the first time I…”, there’s more courage „I know I’m worthwhile”, there’s less caring „I don’t care what people think”.

The biggest problem is, in my opinion, the lack of flexibility. „I know what’s right, and I don’t care what others think of it”.

There’s also the counter-balance – when you are older, you might actually gain some flexibility. This is the opposite of what I said earlier.

Paradoxically, when you are young you have principles and values, but also inflections; at a certain age, you can accept some things more easily.

I guess it varies – you become more flexible in certain areas, less flexible in others.

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WhatsApp is not fine – a lot of times, there are no links to content, the videos you get in there are taken out of context (you don’t know the author, you can’t see additional details), you don’t know who originally put a certain picture online (there’s no author).

On Facebook – you don’t have a reverse image search – again, you can’t search.

Facebook’s groups are annoying me, everything is lost in a few days, for active groups.

In a month, you won’t find anything from the past.

You post something today, some people will view it in the following hours, in a matter of days you might get some additional views, and that’s it.

Searching on Facebook is rarely used.

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There’s this ringtone:

夜に駆けるをiPhoneの着信音にしてみた【YOASOBI】 – YouTube.

At first, I liked it. Quite a lot.

Then, I put it on my cell phone. I didn’t like it anymore.

Now I like it again, after listening to it a few times with pleasure.

It all passes.

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„Unlimited needs and wants and scarce resources” – this is a very simple idea:

The resources the planet can offer are limited. Even in space, they’re not infinite, although they’re much more.

On the other hand, even the most powerful people on Earth want more, have a look at the desire to conquer the Space of billionaires.

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I remember reading an article by Andrei Crăciun, in which he said something similar to: don’t live your life in quotes, avoid them, as much as possible.

Yes, it’s great to think with your own mind, it’s good that you force yourself to come up with something creative, but this might be just a little be too much.

I’ll still go ahead and quote people.

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