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How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Once I got an invitation for a job interview in a management position. The job description was to manage a small group of about five people. It was a technical team and I practically had all the qualifications for that role. I…

You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? I dreamed of the future, and it became my reality. When I was a child, I had so many ambitions. It was not just luck. There was a lot of work and sacrifice involved. But thankfully I got to achieve many of those dreams. I got to…

What are three objects you couldn’t live without? I will start off by saying that, should the situation arise, it’s impossible for anyone to live with only three objects. We need way more than that to minimally subsist, specially in our modern world. So, I will not be taking this prompt literally but will list…

What experiences in life helped you grow the most? There have been innumerable situations that have helped me grow, no doubt. I don’t think a particular one has contributed more than others. Collectively, the ones helped the most were when I had to overcome a very difficult situation. Particularly those that were painful. As the…

Do you believe in fate/destiny? To answer that, we need to set some ground rules… First, let’s define what we understand by destiny, or fate, and chance. Destiny, fate, and chance According to Wikipedia: Destiny, sometimes also called fate (from Latin fatum ‘decree, prediction, destiny, fate’), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in…

Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. I think I can say with confidence that I already passed through my midlife crisis. Hopefully I will not have another one, or God forbid, a rebound. Forty or Forty-five? One day, many years ago, I was in therapy talking with my psychologist.…

Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. I have done a fair share of DIY projects during my lifetime. For example, I have painted my house. I have done my own moving and worked in the garden. I have fixed so many things in the house. This not counting the innumerable IKEA…

If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? I am not a big fan of banning anything. For example, I am not in favor of banning books. I often don’t agree with most things that other people write. But it’s their right to say it. The same…

What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? It all started more than 2 years ago. I decided to create this blog for several reasons, most of them deeply personal. But, I haven’t always been constant. Right now I am in a 54-day streak and feeling very proud. After six…

What advice would you give to your teenage self? All in all, I think my teenage self was on the right track. I was a dedicated student in my early teenage years. When I was 16 years old I started working pretty hard for my age. And when I turned 18 I went to live…

What bores you? I love a challenge! A teacher once mentioned something to me. I only really paid attention to his classes when there was some hard problem to be solved. Specially if my other classmates were not capable of figuring it out. And that’s true. If it is something easy, or that I already…