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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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It could always be worse. I had a great day at the gym yesterday. My workouts have been getting easier on me. I'm not too sore at all today, and I've been lifting heavier with every workout. When I first started, I could barely lift much...
I might be hitting a wall. This project has helped me so much in learning how to write, develop routines, and instill a sense of stability in my life that I haven't felt in a long time. I am so grateful to those of you who keep coming...
This morning, I've been thinking about my past, particularly the crossroads I found myself at when graduating high school. During my senior year, many of my classmates were rampantly applying to dozens of different universities. Many...
Today has been slightly annoying. We've been having some problems with our refrigerator, and yesterday, we had a guy come out and "fix" it. He ended up being here for most of the day, but all he did was use one of our credit cards to...
I've been having a few different threads of thought over the last 24 hours or so; lots of theses swirling around in my head. I want to try and combine all of them into a single cohesive piece, as is my writerly instinct. I also decided...
Last night, I was reminded of this clip from Slavoj Žižek where he discusses the futility of happiness. To summarize, he says that happiness is an "unethical category" because people think they want it but are actually more driven to...
Divine Liturgy was great today, thanks for asking. I had a really good thought while I was out on my patio earlier, and I wanted to make it the central theme of today's entry, but when I sat down at my computer to start writing, it just...
Tensions are running a bit high today. Over the last few weeks, I had been waiting on my Mounjaro prescription to get filled. At first, I thought that it was an oversight on my doctor and that they hadn't renewed it. I tried calling...
Sometimes in between writing these entries, a certain set of thoughts will come about. I'll think through the ideas and say to myself, "That would make a good Cogito entry," but then I'll end up sitting on the thought for a few days...
My dreams have been going crazy lately. I find myself in these periods about every few weeks where my dreams will be particularly vivid and memorable. More than likely, this is because my body is finally catching up on the sleep debt...
Yesterday I got sick again and slept all day. Thankfully, I woke up this morning feeling a bit better, but I still don't feel the best. When I have these periods of sickness and I sleep for most of the day, I typically experience several...
This week has been marked particularly by fatigue. While not out of the ordinary for me, it's always frustrating to run into my own limitations. I was only able to hit the gym twice this week, on Thursday and Friday. I'm still feeling...
Today's entry is dedicated to this month's IndieWeb Carnival, a project where independent websites write monthly blog posts dedicated to a certain theme. This month's theme, hosted by James G., is Museum Memories. When I think about...
It's been a good day so far, and for that I'm thankful. I would say that I've been focused on that constant internal dialogue on a deeper level lately. I think about my personal circumstances and the circumstances of the world around me,...
I have this fear of a growing complacency among more peaceful days in my life. Things have been going well, and for some reason that makes me suspicious. I might be inadvertently preparing for something bad to happen, but honestly, I...