Allow yourself to navigate life according to your own ideal. Do what you want to do even at the most fundamental levels providing the harm principle is not broken along this necessary endeavour. If you want to be idle, then be idle. If you want to adopt an eccentric style of dress, then do so. If you want to experience more tranquillity and solitude, then proceed. If you want to make use of an expansive vocabulary, then one shall not fear speaking. If you want to withdraw from pop culture bandwagons, then withdraw. And when conformists criticise you for this, attempt to shun you and seek to bully you, one need not bother with their bias. Live according to your own terms, whilst conformists live the life that everyone else wants them to live. The former is a more exemplary option.
A Message to All Non-Conformists
I like to keep my writing as honest as possible, which means balancing firm belief with open-ended curiosity. Not everything here is an open-ended experiment — a significant portion of my writing stems from deeply held principles rooted in observable facts and direct experience. However, I also value the freedom to think radically on the page, using satire, speculation, and intense critique to explore complex topics. My work serves as a real-time ledger of a mind in motion. As an evolving thinker, my views remain entirely open to change, softening, and deeper nuance over time.
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