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The arrow has already left the Bow

I lowered my head and got lost in the world of music playing through my earphones. My hands were in my jacket pockets, and a thousand thoughts were wandering in my mind. I reached our street, glanced at the sky, checked the time on my phone, and watched people pass by. Same old routines. I lowered m... Read all

23 January 2018


Imitations and Consequences

When you decide to do something unusual or difficult, if no one has done it before strange things can happen, and I don’t want to talk about that right now. But if someone or a group has done it before you, they become a source of motivation and encouragement. After all, if someone else could do it,... Read all

20 January 2018


December 2017 Recap

Night, rain, and Mahzuni Şerif together turn into pure energy for writing. Writing about the moods of these days, days when decisions carry irreversible consequences. Like shooting a G3 rifle: every millimeter of deviation in your sight translates to a meter at 200 meters distance. Even a slight han... Read all

19 January 2018


How to Be Yourself?

How can we really be ourselves? What does it even mean to “be yourself”? Aren’t we already ourselves? This two-word question actually has a simple answer. Being yourself means not trying to be like someone else. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t compare yourself to others, especially if you’re multidi... Read all

12 January 2018


Blogging Is Alive, More Alive Than Ever

These days I often hear people say that social media has caused blogging, and more importantly, the hyperlink, the very foundation of the web, to slowly fade away. I completely disagree, because here’s how I see it: Back when social media wasn’t so widespread, those who truly had something to say... Read all

12 January 2018


WP Theme - Rebellion

Recently, I decided to tidy up the theme I had built for my blog site and release it freely. I named it Rebellion. Its default color scheme is dark red, but it can easily be changed via Sass. I’m continuously updating it and preparing the necessary steps to register the theme on WordPress.org. This ... Read all

10 January 2018


Write for Your Friends, Not Your Enemies

I’ve often wondered why blogging, one of the few genuinely valuable creations of the internet age, sometimes feels like the hardest thing in the world to do. Is it really that we have nothing to say? Everyone living in this world has stories worth telling. Some are lived, some imagined. Sometimes yo... Read all

06 January 2018


Testing a New Work Schedule

At the suggestion of a friend, who actually got this time management method from one of his expert buddies, I decided to divide my day into three parts and stick to it consistently: 12 hours of work starting at 4 AM, daily tasks from 4 PM, and a 6-hour sleep from 10 PM. In this post, I’ll be writing... Read all

02 January 2018


Bringing Baran Theater to Tabriz

In early September, my friend Arezoo contacted me and said there was a theater group in Mashhad that had performed in various cities and now planned to come to Tabriz. They didn’t know anyone here and were looking for someone to guide them with coordination and preparation for the show. The group... Read all

29 December 2017


Reflecting on 2017 and My Goals for 2018

It’s the final days of 2017, and I was reflecting on the useful and mistaken things I did this year to review them and plan better for 2018. I spent exactly 10 out of 12 months of 2017 as a soldier, and honestly, my biggest achievement was staying alive. During those 10 months, extensive reading ... Read all

27 December 2017


Timeline after quitting smoking

Respiratory issues, bad smell, cost, always looking for a place to smoke, and so on, these are reasons many people quit smoking or take breaks. But for me, they weren’t enough. At least the attempts I made based on these reasons didn’t work. This time, my main reason was the Seventh Semi-Sufficient ... Read all

01 December 2017


My Military Service At One Glance

February 14, 2016: Valentine's Day was joyful for many, and for me, too, unlike any year before. Because I realized the limbo between university and military service, normally stretching over seven months, might end in just a few days. I didn't understand why, but something had shifted. A rare oppor... Read all

08 November 2017

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