Unfiltered Thoughts

Unfiltered Thoughts

Real thoughts about life, technology, people, and the questions we often overlook. No hype just simple ideas worth thinking about.


The Fear of Wasting Your Potential

6 Sep 2026 1 minute read 1 comment ProofOfThought $0.13

There is also another type of fear that is not generated by the fear of failure. The fear of knowing that you could potentially have done something, yet you haven’t done anything. I believe that this type of fear is always lurking beneath the surface...

When Your Own Thoughts Become Your Biggest Distraction

5 Sep 2026 1 minute read 0 comments ProofOfThought $0.04

Sometimes the most distracting element in our lives is not the mobile device we are carrying around, nor social media nor other people. Rather, it is ourselves. We can be alone with our minds without anything external going on and still be distracted...

Some People Change Your Life Without Staying in It

2 Sep 2026 1 minute read 0 comments ProofOfThought $0.08

I have always found it interesting that sometimes people enter your life for a relatively short period of time but leave something that remains with you for years. Sometimes it is a friend, a teacher, a classmate, or even someone you just met for a f...

The Pressure to Make Your Life Look Successful

1 Sep 2026 1 minute read 1 comment ProofOfThought $0.06

To my mind, the most unusual kind of pressure that we experience today is feeling the need for success, not happiness. This issue is especially obvious due to social media. We are bombarded all the time by images of people posting about their new car...

Why Is It So Hard to Let Go of Something We Once Wanted?

31 Aug 2026 1 minute read 1 comment ProofOfThought $0.18

It is hard to let go because we not only lose what we had hoped to gain but also the future that we thought would unfold. Perhaps, it was an aspiration, a friendship, a relationship, a career or a way of life that we had envisaged. Months and even ye...

Why Being Busy Doesn't Always Mean Being Productive

30 Aug 2026 1 minute read 1 comment ProofOfThought $0.26

it seems to me that being busy has become somewhat of a proud thing. If a person speaks of a hectic schedule with tons of things to do and little time to spare, it somehow gives him/her an air of doing something important. However, being busy and bei...

The Battle to Protect the World's Remaining Forests.

29 Aug 2026 2 minute read 1 comment ProofOfThought $0.22

However, protecting forests may be a rather complicated process than telling people not to cut trees down. Indeed, forests play an integral role in food security, economic activities, biodiversity, water and climate change. Consequently, protection o...

The Internet Is Getting Harder to Trust

28 Aug 2026 2 minute read 3 comments ProofOfThought $0.18

Think that the Internet has gotten into quite a bizarre stage. There is plenty of information available, but it seems like distinguishing information that should be trusted has become somewhat challenging. A photo can be altered. A video can be tampe...

Some People Are Only Meant to Be Chapters 🙂

26 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments ProofOfThought $0.13

I think one of the most difficult things about life is to accept the fact that not everyone who becomes important to you should stay with you forever. There come times when people become a part of your life out of the blue. You feel comfortable with...

Are We Becoming Too Dependent on Convenience?

25 Aug 2026 2 minute read 2 comments ProofOfThought $0.22

Sometimes, I wonder how much of our lives have been centered on convenience. For instance, we are able to order meals without going out of our houses, purchase anything with just a few clicks, chat with people who are miles away, and navigate places...