I Grow Younger
is a bold attempt to describe life in 30+ evergrowing posts and leave nothing important behind.
I’m Kalin Karakehayov, the founder of I Grow Younger. I also lead a marketing company of 80+ great people. Our work there doesn’t contribute shit to this world.
We’re a supply chain link in a useless zero sum fight for John’s attention on the other side of the globe. We move $ around, get some $ and produce… nothing at all.
The fact that the world has vacuum that a business like ours profitably fills, should make us question the systems we have built and and the incentives we offer people;
The fact that society somehow rewards companies like ours more than doctors and teachers, should bring up tough questions about the ugly sides of capitalism;
The fact that given such unfairness, we should help each other, share our money, knowledge and resourses as collective “fuel”, a treasure of the planet, is obvious.
So share I will. I Grow Younger has my long term funding and the goal of losing money for the benefit of the world and no, you can’t donate! Share us around instead 🙂
The fact that I love this whole mess… is twisted 🙂 Forget your assumptions and dive in with me! I Grow Younger is an honest, yet fun, take on the world and ourselves.
Your journey through our content will be fun and look nothing like typical self-help advice and yet the main idea is to help you undestrand yourself, other humans and the world. If this happens and we make you smile and laugh, mission accomplished 🙂
Religion is Faith turned into a story, trying to spread its story genes endlessly and outcompete every other story, including any other strong belief or extreme ideology (eg. Communism). It evolves like a living organism responding to good and bad human leaders’ traits and cultural pressure and has one goal: survival.
Balance is a myth! There is no law of the universe, society or psychology that says balance has a sacred place in this world. Sometimes it works, sometimes it destroys. Learn about the many aspects of modern life where balance is not the appropriate choice for happiness and the classic example of the quantity-of-fucks-given
Life is full of barriers. There always seems to be something between us and a bright future. Failure is constant. In such a mess, how can we measure “our potential” to do something big in life? Well, we don’t have to. Human potential is unlimited. Everyone can achieve anything meaningful. Any. Single. Thing.
How to change? We do it all the time, just not always for the better. There is rarely internal resistance to developing bad habits or becoming addicted (to substances, experiences, or people). But remember positive change is just as exciting and steer your life’s direction toward what will make you a hunter again.
Life is kinda difficult to analyze without a bias. We’re stuck right in the middle, everything is wrapped around in emotions and whatever happened recently seems overwhelmingly more important than whatever didn’t. How to make sense of it all? Learn the concept of Structure and have fun analyzing like never before.
Reality is out there but the experience of yourself and the world happens in your head. How to approach both sensibly? We divide to conquer by separating it all into Game of Life and Game of Self areas with radically different approaches, each based on respectively truth and wishful thinking 🙂 The fundamental post to start with.
Living in a money-driven world is the current human condition. Is this the best way or a step in our collective evolution? This is a tough question. But it’s also not important. Money is simply a tool for convenience. This post will help you drop your financial fears, “feel money” and be a realistic optimist.
Time, Money, and other actual stuff doesn't separate itself into work and non-work kinds. They just flow following natural laws. We put the barriers and do the separation in our heads, against the natural order of things. We don't do it because we're strong. We do it because we're weak. Learn how to manage and enjoy chaos!
Driving a car is a drain of time and energy but is a money saver, right? No! An analysis of Car ownership from a financial standpoint reveals that often the decision to own a car comes from stereotypes and textbook psychological fallacies rather than common sense. See where you potentially get it wrong!
You bring different resources into your daily life. Some are Game of Life based like sports, good sleep, and healthy food. Others, like your mental and emotional power, are Game of Self stuff. So Energy is not a single thing. Learn from what is the Energy mix made of, how life drains you and how to recharge.
In this post we’ll look at the complex relationship of your body, your mind and warm and cold sensations, all in the context of the hunter vs sheep dynamic in your life. Effective methods for understanding and managing the psychology of warm and cold to ensure happiness and productivity.
In emerging digital spaces laws lag behind in defining a space itself, so anti-monopoly agencies can’t work properly. When we don’t define a space and a company takes it over, we get twisted incentives and this company turns evil by systemic laws, even if most of the actual people working there are ethical professionals.
The most constant force in your life. It just wants to keep you in line so you survive. You’re stuck and it feels good. It’s even called “The comfort zone”. Our environment has changed a lot and evolution hasn’t had time to react. We have new dreams in life and they require being flexible not just around danger, food or mates.
What do you want from a business – to be happy (do what you love… or love what you do) and be profitable. To be happy is a personal thing. Let’s focus on success. If it all fails, happiness is short-lived. A business is a concept so complex and intertwined, most brains just block. Lets untangle the mess together...
