Denحمارk

I’m currently on a flight to Denmark from Gatwick. I had a very stressful day yesterday, and I don’t really get stressed very often (perhaps because I don’t have a job?) yet I still managed to sleep well and wake up refreshed at exactly 6:32am this morning despite slipping back into the nicotine trap last night. Maybe we do need just the right amount of stress to ignite our bodies into giving it a reason to rest. Here are this week’s takes:

Compliment deception

If you receive a lot of compliments, especially from strangers and distant acquaintances, then I’m sorry to break it to you but you’re probably doing something wrong (or you’re not doing enough). People will not compliment someone that they genuinely find interesting or attractive or successful, at least not instantly. If I, Aziz, come across someone I find interesting or hot or inspiring, I’m not going to compliment them; I’m going to try to impress them. I understand how narcissistic and cynical that worldview that sounds but I…