Intro (ENG)

Hi,

This blog was conceived in July 2024 as a list of 8 mini-essays. That happened during some days I spent at a monastery in Serralada de Marina (close to Barcelona) without electronic devices. I didn't have a "revelation" (I'm not that mystical), but I decided I needed a place to work on ideas about topics I care about.

During the last year, I took it as an "after-school" activity and I tried to set aside some time every week to religiously go to the 365 (café) around the corner and resume the habit of writing. It kind of worked! (I've already written the 8 drafts).

My problem is that I often write ideas in the Notes app or on Twitter/Bluesky or publishing at different sites, but the format becomes limiting. There are times when I wrote in Word documents that never see the light of day.

I would like to do things differently here.

I had the double objective of making texts that were useful to clear my mind on topics like happiness, reality, emotions... but that at the same time were READABLE for someone willing to understand and criticize. In other words, to develop tools to think better around these things. Moreover, I would like to WORK on the writings, which is a pretty magical thing, because you can iterate, the texts mature and your perception of them changes as well.

I would say I'm more interested in good thinking than in good writing.

I always had the urge to write things down when I want to clear my own thoughts. I see it as an exercise to THINK BETTER (which nobody takes as year's objective, but I find it absolutely key). That's why I will be happy to receive any replies or constructive comments (I genuinely enjoy debating).

Finally, I am going to write in Catalan (it's my first language) and I'm going to translate everything to Spanish and English so I can share this with friends around the world.

Best,

Albert