“Let not our longing slay our appetite for living.” — — From Dayo, as she experiences and learns. Welcome to The Mind Palace! I recently came out of a gloom phase that has everything to do with graduating and the things I should be doing now that I’ve graduated. A recipe for sullenness, and I’ll describe mine in phases. …

The End of History Illusion — — From Dayo, as she experiences and learns. Welcome to The Mind Palace! The End of History Illusion To think you have arrived at a conclusive definition of yourself — who you are, what you stand for, and most severe of all, your opinions on issues and topics — is a lie your brain wants…

Pseudo-philosophy and The Moral Gravity of Being a Doctor (Surgeon*) — — From Dayo, as she experiences and learns. Welcome to The Mind Palace! “Doctors in highly charged fields met patients at inflected moments, the most authentic moments, where life and identity were under threat; their duty included learning what made that particular patient’s life worth living, and planning to save…

Mental Illness vs Possession: A Thought Process — — From Dayo, as she experiences and learns. Welcome to The Mind Palace! One thought that has lived rent-free in my head: ‘Where is the line between people who are possessed and people who are mad?’ And the second: ‘I wonder what the MRI scans of a mad person look…

A book review — sort of. — — From Dayo, as she experiences and learns. Welcome to The Mind Palace! I read Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, and boy is it good. So here are some of my notes; things I found interesting and things I found highlight-worthy. Nothing is original “All creative work builds on what came…

Cold but true… — From Dayo, as she experiences and learns. Welcome to The Mind Palace! I met an old friend recently, and while we caught up, I mentioned that I had been working with no proper rest in spite of being ill, and then said friend proceeded to say…

Why do you believe what you believe? Why do you think what you think? — From Dayo, as she experiences and learns. Welcome to The Mind Palace! I had a squabble with someone recently and it went: Me: ‘You know what you just said is sexist.’ Person: ‘…Ehn me I…

Book Review — The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel — From Dayo, as she experiences and learns. Welcome to The Mind Palace! While the most valuable lesson I learnt from this book full of gold was that: I can’t judge certain actions people make because I do not know…

Community Saves Lives — From Dayo, as she experiences and learns. Welcome to The Mind Palace! I attended Salem King’s TEDx talk titled ‘Community Saves Lives’ and boy! The highlight of the talk is that to have that sense of belonging, to find the validation in our work we need as humans, to…