Author: Ryan van Konsgaard

  • The importance of not waiting for others

    The importance of not waiting for others

    It is important not to wait for others, at least not always. Sometimes it is important to just do things on your own. This can be anything from having fun, travelling or taking a spiritual journey. Let’s say you want to stream a new series or movie online. You have flatmates or friends who’ve said…

  • Decisions, decisions (Dialectics, no. 4)

    Decisions, decisions (Dialectics, no. 4)

    It’s the week before Christmas and two businessmen are walking down the busy streets, now full of snow, holding their briefcases. They rush through the crowds and the Christmas decorations and seem to be heading to work. A is an attractive, chiselled-face guy in his 40s while B is an equally attractive, taller and slightly…

  • Classical music vs solitude (Dialectics, no. 3)

    Classical music vs solitude (Dialectics, no. 3)

    Estimated reading time: 3 mins   A small office for research on the third floor, in the centre of a beautiful university campus. B is a new researcher, who is listening to an online classical music radio station at the moment. A is his mentor (only slightly older) who is routinely checking up on him,…