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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 couldn't get any writing in yesterday because I spent the whole day asleep. I woke up in the morning, did my usual routine, and even after some caffeine, my body still urged...
Even after drinking caffeine this morning, I'm still tired. As I sit here on my computer attempting to clack away at my keyboard, my eyes feel heavy and I'm not all the way...
Merry Christmas, everyone! If you're a consistent reader of this project, I am deeply grateful for your continued support. It's tough because since I don't actively track viewer...
Today is Christmas Eve, but to me it just feels like another day. There's no major event happening at my house for the holiday, which I find to be a good thing. I find that...
I've been reflecting on what I want my future to look like and my plans for it moving forward. As it stands, I haven't been employed in about two years. The main focus that I've...
I've been thinking a bit this morning about power. Power is an odd thing because to those who don't have it, there's a great sense of disparity. Yet for those who are powerful,...
Upon writing the date for today's entry, I realized that today is the first day of winter. That's a nice thing. Today, then, signals a transition of some kind. A transition into...
I woke up a few minutes before my 8 AM alarm this morning, which to me is always something I appreciate. It can feel as if my body is telling me "hey, I'm used to this little...
I come outside to the back patio and everything is untouched, still in its place. The fan hums at full against the still air. I sit on my recliner and let it lift my legs...
Today I've been thinking about sexual immorality, a hot-button issue for Christians. As a man living in today's world, it seems that being pure of sexual sin is an unfair deal....
I decided today that I am going to increase my daily timer for writing these entries from 20-minute sprints to 25-minute sprints. Honestly, I go over the 20-minute window most...
I've been thinking more about how easy it is for me to become too distractible and procrastinate on writing. Writing itself is such a cognitively "expensive" task, and while it...
I read this article posted by a friend in a Discord server earlier this morning. To summarize, the article is a several-thousand-word diatribe on younger white males becoming...
At this moment in human history, we find ourselves in a paradox: the present moment floods us constantly, yet slips away more easily than ever. There is so much going on all the...
Something that I've been thinking about lately: there is an immense difference in most prose written in the 21st century as opposed to the 18th-20th centuries. This is an...