Personal growth
A way to find yourself
Being yourself is a journey of getting to know your real self. It takes a continuous effort to learn more about who you are…
VALON ASANI / ENGLISH
Writing on love, lived values and Albanian life
Love well. Live your values. Carry our roots forward. Those are the three questions behind my writing, whether a piece begins with a relationship, a company or a moment between Kosovo and Switzerland.
Choose a subject below. The short video notes preserve the original moment; longer essays explore what it means and what we can do. These are personal experiences and opinions, with sources for factual claims.
Personal growth
How would you have lived your life differently if you had a chance
”If I had my life to live over again, I’d dare to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax. I’d limber up. I’d be…
Personal growth
Social Interactions – because Wellbeing is no solo venture
I know we live in a world, where social distance is the new normal, but I’m not playing that game. I respect if others…
Personal growth
The goal is not
Habits and identity are connected in the way I think about goals. Finishing one task matters, but so does becoming someone who returns to…
Personal growth
My biggest challenge: Sleep
These Why We Sleep notes began with a personal difficulty: getting myself to bed. I wanted to understand sleep more deeply, just as reading…
Personal growth
Don’t take yourself too seriously, that’s why:
Take yourself less seriously: that is the reminder behind this reflection on time, possessions and the experiences we cannot keep. I return to it…
Personal growth
It never ends
Managing an endless to-do list starts with how I understand the work in front of me. A joke about the constant demands of adulthood…
Business & technology
Three steps to exceptional results
My three steps to exceptional results are simple to state: do less, act now and take care with the work. The difficulty is choosing…
Personal growth
How I reduced smartphone screen time: my Nokia experiment
My 2021 experiment: moving my SIM cards to a Nokia, leaving the iPhone at the office, and the four weeks of screen-time figures I reported.
Personal growth
The universe is amazing
Synchronicity and taking action meet in a question I ask myself: do I need more information, or a decision to use what I already…
Personal growth
Biologo-Detox: why I still recommend it, and what the evidence says
Why I still recommend a supplement that helped me in 2021, and what I found when I checked its detox claims in 2026.
Personal growth
The Earthing Movie: why I still recommend earthing
Why I still recommend earthing, especially with meditation and time in nature, and what the research on earthing shows, including its limits and safety notes.