On identity
On the mistake of treating the current version of yourself as the final one.
"We mistake the current version for the final one. We forget that the self is a manuscript, always mid-draft, always editable."
Alp · March 2026 · 4 min read
On relationships
Two people can share everything on the surface and still be strangers. The one thing intimacy actually requires.
"Two people can share a bed, a calendar, and a last name and still be strangers. Intimacy requires something proximity cannot provide: the willingness to be actually seen."
Eda & Alp · Feb 2026 · 7 min read
On purpose
Before you can pursue what you want, you have to admit it to yourself. That step is the one most people skip.
"Saying what you actually want, out loud, to yourself, before anyone else, requires a kind of bravery that no self-help book prepares you for."
Eda · Jan 2026 · 5 min read
On change
The information economy of personal growth has created a new kind of stasis.
"Reading about change and doing the thing that change requires are separated by a distance that no amount of information can close."
Alp · Dec 2025 · 6 min read
On presence
Every time we reach for our phone in a moment of stillness, we are refusing to find out what we actually think.
"Every time we reach for our phone in a moment of stillness, we are refusing to find out what we actually think. Boredom is where the real self begins to surface."
Eda · Nov 2025 · 4 min read
On relationships
In every relationship there is a conversation that has never quite happened. Understanding why is the first step toward having it.
"In every relationship, there is a conversation that has never quite happened, not because there was no opportunity, but because finishing it felt too dangerous."
Eda · Oct 2025 · 8 min read
