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Reality vs the promise of “a little bit of magic” I didn’t start microdosing because I wanted to escape reality.I started because I was curious. Online, microdosing is sold as this subtle life upgrade. Better focus. More creativity. Emotional openness. Calm confidence. No tripping, just… smooth edges. Life, but slightly more aligned. That sounded interesting…
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What really happened when I took 20 grams a day You know the standard creatine dose: 5 grams a day.I’ve taken that for years. Very consistently. Very boring. So naturally I wondered: What if I crank that up fourfold for 60 days?What if I take 20 grams a day and see what happens to my…
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I didn’t do this experiment to become a minimalist monk or to impress Silicon Valley.I did it because I wanted to know what would happen if I removed the one object that has basically become my third hand. So I took my SIM-card, pushed it into a dumbphone that looked like it escaped from 2009,…
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The idea In the summer of 2021, I gave myself one year to prepare for a simple yet insane goal: to survive for a week in the Swedish wilderness with minimal equipment.No fancy tent, no food, no phone. Just a knife, a saw, some fishing line, a hook, a float, a pot, a firesteel, a…
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Curiosity on a Train When I was twenty, I took the train to Antwerp with a strange mission in mind: I wanted to live like a homeless person for a while. Not as a social experiment for attention, not to prove some moral point, but because I was curious. Curious about what it would feel…
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I decided to walk barefoot outside for one hour a day, for 30 days straight.Not to break records or prove mental toughness, but because I was curious. Would it make me calmer? Help me sleep better? Feel more connected to my body? The first days: easy beginnings The first few walks felt great. The weather…
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