<![CDATA[Stories by Anastasia Petrenko on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@anastasiawhy?source=rss-12039a316804------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*S1kjTkiqVCc2TCHfiYgnGw.jpeg Stories by Anastasia Petrenko on Medium https://medium.com/@anastasiawhy?source=rss-12039a316804------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:59:22 GMT <![CDATA[I Moved to Paradise — Then I Saw the Dark Side Tourists Miss]]>

What if your dream destination became your home? I found out — and it wasn’t all sunshine.

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It’s a new year, but not a new life —   An overhopeful ambition, a typical strife.  The New Me, as always, lags far behind,  Lost in…

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]]> https://medium.com/@anastasiawhy/its-a-new-year-but-not-a-new-life-4cb383a6dcdf?source=rss-12039a316804------2 https://medium.com/p/4cb383a6dcdf Wed, 01 Jan 2025 20:36:29 GMT 2025-01-01T20:36:29.623Z <![CDATA[Love Is All You Need — Wrong. Ideas I Can’t Believe I Believed In (5/5)]]>

Love is sweet, sure, but wait until the bills arrive, intimacy fades, and communication crashes.

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In practice, this ideal leads to tyranny.

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I thought I was better than you, but the steep price of my hubris hit me hard.

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]]> https://medium.com/illumination/i-am-above-average-wrong-ideas-i-cant-believe-i-believed-in-2-5-f8d8e1fecd62?source=rss-12039a316804------2 https://medium.com/p/f8d8e1fecd62 Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:19:22 GMT 2024-07-26T16:14:58.653Z <![CDATA[Equality Exists and It’s Great — Wrong. Ideas I Can’t Believe I Believed In (2/5)]]>

Equality is a myth — and a dangerous one at that.

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"I should be nice" is wrong.

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]]> https://medium.com/illumination/ideas-i-cant-believe-i-believed-in-1-5-985a35ede6c0?source=rss-12039a316804------2 https://medium.com/p/985a35ede6c0 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:05:27 GMT 2024-06-12T16:05:27.161Z <![CDATA[The War for Your Attention: How to Win the Battle]]>

Make the most of your life by honing your precious asset — attention — with these challenging yet effective practices.

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]]> https://medium.com/illumination/the-war-for-your-attention-how-to-win-the-battle-4d1e7b942d4f?source=rss-12039a316804------2 https://medium.com/p/4d1e7b942d4f Sat, 08 Jun 2024 04:49:41 GMT 2024-06-08T04:49:41.201Z <![CDATA[We Are Modern Serfs: The Illusion of Freedom]]>

Are we truly free? Or are we modern serfs, bound by unseen chains of government and employment?

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]]> https://medium.com/illumination/we-are-modern-serfs-the-illusion-of-freedom-226e0a54d129?source=rss-12039a316804------2 https://medium.com/p/226e0a54d129 Sun, 26 May 2024 03:16:52 GMT 2024-05-26T03:16:52.652Z <![CDATA[My stats and takeaways after publishing 100 Medium articles.]]>

In October 2018, I posted my first article on Medium. Now I have 100 articles and 3.4K followers. Here's what I've learned and earned.

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