Rethinking: Purpose in an Unpredictable World

What if your purpose is just an excuse for control?
It’s a question that strikes at the heart of modern meaning-making. For years, we’ve been told that purpose is our guiding star – the fixed point in the chaos, the one thing that gives our efforts direction. But in an age defined by disruption, does it still make sense to treat purpose as something fixed, final, and non-negotiable?

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Rethinkography: You Don’t Throw Away Memories – You Throw Away Yourself

You walk past it. You don’t want to look. But you do.

A wedding portrait — faded, fractured, and placed like trash beneath a container labeled WEISSGLAS. White glass. Clear glass. Recyclable.

And suddenly, it hits you: this isn’t about glass. It’s about you.
Because you’ve done the same thing. Emotionally, psychologically, symbolically.

You’ve thrown parts of yourself away.

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Rethinking: Du planst nicht. Du vermeidest.

Lass uns aufhören, uns selbst etwas vorzumachen.

Was du „Planung“ nennst, ist oft nichts anderes als ein geschicktes Ritual der Flucht.
Du schreibst es auf, du strukturierst es, du farbcodierst es. Aber du tust es nicht.
Nicht, weil du faul bist. Nicht, weil du keine Zeit hast.
Sondern weil Planung deine eleganteste Form der mentalen Vermeidung geworden ist.

Du managst nicht deine Aufgaben.
Du managst deine Angst, ihnen wirklich zu begegnen.

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Rethinking: Future Anticipation Literacy

“The future rarely announces itself. It whispers—and waits for those who can hear beyond the noise.”

In a world that’s obsessed with reacting quickly, we’ve lost the art of anticipating wisely.
The ability to respond to what’s already happening is seen as a strength—resilience, flexibility, adaptability. But these skills, as powerful as they are, operate one step behind reality. They react. They absorb. They recover.

What they don’t do is foresee.

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