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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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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...
Just before starting my timer to sprint out this entry, I sat for a moment to try and think of some kind of game plan for how I wanted to structure this entry. After about maybe fifteen seconds of thought, I realized that I was going...
Over the last day or two, I've been dealing with an onset of fatigue. A few reasons for this: I ran out of my Mounjaro prescription, and despite seeing my provider to get a refill, it's been several days and they haven't put in the...
These days, I find myself in a relaxing tedium. I'll take that over being manic or depressed every day. For the first time in a long time, things feel predictable. I finally feel like I have some kind of grasp over myself and my...
I've been thinking more about my position on tech privacy. My position is one that I haven't really seen anyone else articulate, and I think it would be valuable to share. I've read several sites and watched videos related to increasing...
Lately, I've been feeling a certain staleness in writing these entries. This is mostly because my emotions have been stable, and while it's a welcome season in my life, I can't help but feel like I've lacked a certain visceral emotional...