THE AUTHENTICITY DETOX: HOW TO CLEAR SOCIETAL NOISE AND LIVE A LIFE THAT’S TRULY YOURS
We have all heard of lucid dreams, those moments when we realize we are dreaming and from that point, can take control and shape the dream the way we want. Honestly, this idea never really caught my interest (not even after watching Inception), but recently I came across a philosophical film called Waking Life (2001) by Richard Linklater, and it got me thinking: forget lucid dreams for a moment, what about lucid living? There was a dialogue in the film that stayed with me: "Most of us are either sleepwalking through our waking lives or wake-walking through our dreams." The idea sounded strange at first, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized this wasn’t just a philosophical idea. A number of psychology and behavioral studies point to something similar: most of our lives are increasingly lived on autopilot, meaning we go through daily routines without being fully aware of them. Because of this, we are easily influenced by habits, social expectations, and the en...
