While tidying up my glue sticks for a DIY project today, I thought back to a story. During a DIY workshop, there were about a dozen of us, and we were sharing one glue stick among four people. It was a pain because we were constantly using glue for this activity. We spent all our time waiting. I thought we didn’t have enough sticks or brushes… until the last day, when we discovered a cabinet full of supplies. We could have each had our own stick from the start! If we’d saved all that waiting time, I think we could have gained an afternoon to learn other techniques. I told…

Today I read an article about karma and I’m not sure if I’ve told you about it. It’s very difficult to help people, because most of the time they don’t need help but just validation. Many people contact us for advice on how to become digital nomads and when we ask a simple practical question, we annoy them because we don’t cover them with “you’ll make it” like dream sellers. I’ve already helped someone much more than necessary and I got sick for several weeks. Because I shortened their karmic trials and had to pay their karma in their place. Only help those who truly ask for your help and…

Finally, the time has come! Smart, rich, successful influencers, graduates of elite schools, after a top career, with plenty of dollars in their bank accounts… are starting to spend their free time on social media to give back. I follow the following Instagrammers: The problem with influencers who rely solely on partnerships is that they constantly censor themselves, for fear of losing a sponsor or offending their audience. They are forced to follow trends and end up all saying the same thing, respecting political correctness. So if you must follow someone, prefer those who have other sources of income, who aren’t afraid to lose followers. Those who repeat ten times…

Fallacies I did a exchange semester in Sydney in Australia and my best friend in London, UK. One day we talked about it and discovered that whether in Australia or the UK, plagiarism is unacceptable to them. From the very first days at university, we were taught to write essays by citing sources according to the “Harvard referencing” style, a author-date citation style commonly used in academic works, for example (Durkheim, 1893) and the full references are given at the end, in the “Bibliography” section. I find this system very interesting because it forces me, every time I put forward an idea, to know whether this idea comes from me…

I was recently asked why I didn’t want to act as a middleman between Vietnamese artisans and French consumers, offering custom products comparable to those from luxury brands. On the surface, the idea seems noble: highlighting Vietnamese craftsmanship, building a bridge between two cultures, and encouraging more humane trade. Yet, this proposal makes me deeply uncomfortable. Looking closer, this approach still fits within the classic frameworks of consumerism : it’s still purchasing power and value for money that guide buying decisions. If craftsmanship itself were truly at the heart of the matter, consumers would choose to support local artisans—in France, for example (incidentally, the technical skill of French artisans in…