Avi's Adventures

There’s something deeply human about wanting answers. We crave certainty, a clear path, a guarantee, a sense that things will work out as they should. But life hardly offers that. Instead, we live in the space between knowing and not knowing, between the comfort of routine and the wild unknown of what comes next. Life doesn’t come with many guarantees. And honestly, that’s kind of the point. We live in this weird space between certainty and doubt where we know death is inevitable, but we don’t know when or how. Is it scary, sure. But it’s also what gives life meaning. If everything were predictable, would we even care as much about what we do each day? Probably not. Think about it, even the tiny moth from Virginia Woolf's piece, fluttering at the window, fights to survive. It doesn’t know it’s losing. It just keeps going. Not because it thinks it’ll win, but because that’s what life does. It tries. And maybe that’s the lesson. We don’t have anyway to see how much time we have le...

Creativity isn’t just for artists or musicians. It’s not limited to drawing, painting, or writing poetry. It’s literally in everything. Every invention, every business idea, every joke, every new way to solve a problem: those are all examples of creativity. It’s the reason we’ve come so far as humans. Without it we would not be able to innovate and build new things (so say goodbye to your iPhone) and overall not progress as much as a society.  But somewhere along the way, we stopped valuing it. Or at least, we started prioritizing things that slowly suppress it such as standardized testing. Think about it, we spend years bubbling in answers, memorizing formulas, and writing essays with rigid formats. It teaches you how to follow rules, not how to think differently. And the worst part about all this? We start to associate “right answers” with being smart, and forget that asking questions is just as important. And it’s not just tests. Dress codes that tell students to “fit in,” sch...

Instant gratification versus delayed gratification. It’s a battle we all fight, whether we know it or not. It such a common and prevalent problem that there's even a word for it:  Akrasia . It’s when we act against our better judgment, choosing what feels good now, instead of what would be good in the long term. Procrastination is one of the most prevalent examples. Most the time I will know I have an assignment due, but instead of doing it, I convince myself that I “need a break.” Next thing I know, I’ve wasted hours scrolling on Tiktok or watching random YouTube videos. The thing is I know it’s going to catch up to me later and cause issues, but for now, it feels easier. That right there is Akrasia in action. Same thing with junk food. I’ll try to stay healthy, telling myself I'm eating cleaning form now and then someone brings ice cream or cookies. I give in, telling myself it’s “just once.” But that once turns in to more occasions. I know I’ll regret it, but I still choos...