No matter how much we pad the pain with ideas like monk-mode or grinding in silence , we're not meant to be alone—hard work is great, but not when it cuts you out of public life.

Besides that, a strong body is freedom. It's the chance to play football with your mates without ending up a breathless sac. It's the liberty to rearrange your parent's living room without also rearranging your vertebrae in the process. It's the gift of holding onto your mobility (and memory) well into your old age, long enough to be able to play... See more

Good company is where honour comes from—your morals and values are rooted in the collective. Rather than sink into a cesspit of bad habits, goaded on by bad people, friends should lift you the other way, towards virtue and wise decisions.

We become 'spectators' to life, like grey, ghostly masses who exist only to watch, listen, and comment on things. Soon, our entire character revolves around what we like to consume, and nothing more. The internet is full. We stay empty.

The internet became the default meeting place for hobbies, but it's not enough for true connection —we need that public forum, that 'third space,' where everyone can share in the same joy without a shred of reservation.

It's cliché at this point, but Socrates said it best:

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"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."

The Renaissance itself was made possible by connection: urbanization mixed great minds together, movement and trade opened the artist's eyes to what lied beyond, and the rivalry between city-states made culture bloom faster than ever.

The body is the soul's vessel - to divorce them from one another is naïve and destructive - so we must strengthen it for the tribulations ahead, for there is no second chance .

Socrates said it best:

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"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."