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Noahie Valk
Welcome! This is where you can find my most up-to-date writings. Divided into two sections. 1) Cogito: a diary and 2) IOKTIKN: a collection of standalone essays and short stories.
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I'm sitting at the Starbucks while typing and there are a few teenage girls sitting across from me talking about whatever teenage girls talk about. I'm curious to eavesdrop a bit on their conversation and I had to pull away from that...
Today has been a rather slow day. Unfortunately, I had trouble falling asleep last night and couldn't fall asleep until around 4 AM. I woke up at my desired time (around 8 AM) but have found myself sleeping most of the day to compensate...
I feel that it's important to give this update: my sprints here are now 20 minutes instead of 15. I felt like 15 minutes was really easy and so now I'm trying to progressively make them longer and increase the strength of my writing...
Today has been a good day. I finally started writing a new essay today and I feel good about the progress I've made on that so far. It's a much different workflow that writing in here because with any kind of longer piece I want to...
Today has been a good day so far. I've spent it mostly just responding to messages and also finishing up the outline for an IOKTIKN essay. I haven't done one in several months at this point and it's crazy to me how much time went by. My...
I woke up this morning feeling a lot more rested, which is nice. It seems that I was actually able to get decent rest last night, so I feel much more able to get stuff done today. I want to build more onto this blog like I've been...
The fatigue has been creeping up at me all week. I really need to figure out a program with getting CPAP compliant, but sleep has always been such a struggle for me as it is. Ever since I was young, I've always hated going to sleep. I...
This week so far has been a tired one. It feels so weird to be in such a constant state of flux regarding energy levels. But still, I'm here and I decided to make today's entry a timed sprint, which historically has been very helpful...
I'm sitting here at my desk in my bedroom as the clock veers towards midnight, anxious to get another day's worth of writing in before I lose my self-imposed streak. It's really not even a daily streak, but it's more of an individually...
This week so far has been good. I feel stable, productive, and like I actually kind of have my shit together. I always think to myself when I have these kind of weeks "man if I got to have this every week, I'd be in great shape" but I...
Today while I was at the gym, I saw a cute girl while working out. I usually see cute girls working out at the gym because it's the perfect environment for them—an excellent breeding ground for vanity. Typically, there's not many unique...
Something I've thought about a few times before: I'm not sure how people perceive others' perceptions of reality (or realities for all we know). In other words, I am skeptical of a universal theory of mind concept. I think it's seldom...
I've been dealing with feelings of despair yet again. For me, it's been hard to distinguish between what outcomes of my life were a result of poor decision-making and what outcomes were a result of my mental illness. I look at my life...
I've been doing well lately. I mean, I'm not doing anything extremely major. But I feel better because I've been having a better experience with getting basic chores done and staying clean and taking care of myself. I've also been...
One thing that's been on my mind recently is the term "normie." I started thinking about it because a few friends would talk about their grievances in work or school, saying that they were constantly surrounded by normies. This is...