I have a theory - the dip happens because we go from the learning phase of our lives to the practical one. During the learning phase we have high hopes for the future but most of us need to find a job we don't truly like, and go through the grind because that's what the system taught us. Then, around 40, you have a mid-life crisis and decide to change everything up to actually follow our route to happiness, and not the one that society bestowed upon us.

Or, the relentless pursuit of happiness and purpose. — It’s been some days since I’m battling with a small deer mouse in my home. Also, with the thought of a complete career change. “No one cares!”, shouted the guy from the background. Are you talking about the mouse story, or the career change? …

(or, an indie art appreciation blabbering) — Quality is not in numbers, said the unknown writer. But hey it’s true — one of the best, most heart-warming, punk-rock-blasting, soul-drenching movies I’ve seen in the past years is Dinner in America — which is not really a blockbuster. (Coincidentally, I loathed the latest Dr. Strange — not for…

I don’t usually write shit online, like a blog or stuff. I did it in the past, back when I wrote in Italian, and I found that I was digressing more often than not, like right now, and you’re thinking — you being a sole reader that somehow stumbled upon…