Narrative

The game, culture, and my misfortune. — The year was 2011 and I was in a van heading home from Madrassah in the evening, sweating profusely in the van congested with carrying students more than its advisable capacity. My uniform was skin color Shalwar Qameez and a white taqiyah (a cap worn by Muslim males) but the…

Tabletop TTRPGs have experienced a sharp increase in popularity in the past decade. A lot of it is attributed to Critical Role, popular media, and the general loosening of stigma around this hobby. With the ever-accelerating speed of information delivery, people have also found plentiful locations online to engage with…

… and a plot — I’ve narrated my existence around love Romanticized my future happiness Built with bricks of given devotion I’ve spent the half of my existence Gravitating around open space In search of completion by another I’ve cultivated all that I am into a fictitious being Projected, pixelated and portrayed Onto the blank screen of your liking I’ve questioned and left myself open-ended Layer after layer of reptilian skin I’ve shed

Why is it important to create a new life narrative? Most people live their life by default not by design. The reason? …

The art of storytelling has been a part of human culture for as long as we have been able to communicate. From the earliest cave paintings to the latest blockbuster films, stories have played a crucial role in shaping our understanding of the world. …

The most effective form of communication is storytelling. For millennia, humans have used stories to entertain, educate and gain influence. Our brains crave stories. Like our ancestors who gathered around a flame, your life can be enriched by utilizing effective storytelling. We all know that stories have a beginning, middle…

— To prevent a far deeper and far worse circumstance and outcome… Nobody gets out alive. That’s life. Better to make the best of it, then? That’s certainly what I think. In a retrospective of my own life, looking back from an age — 62…when average life expectancy was 36 in the 1700s and only 48 by 1900 — where most people…