I was watching La Revuelta the other night, catching the interview with Leiva. In this Spanish late-night show, he talked about something that sounds like a total nightmare for a musician: he’s lost his voice. He literally has to undergo surgery before every tour just to be able to sing or even speak again. I can’t even imagine the stress of that. But then he dropped a comment that really stopped me in my tracks. He said that during the periods when he couldn’t speak —when he was reduced to a...

You know that feeling when you wake up and suddenly realize it’s Christmas again? You wonder where on earth the last 11 months went. People love to say, “Time flies as you get older.” I used to believe that. Now, I’m pretty sure that’s just a lie we tell ourselves. I just wrapped up 2025. For the first time in my adult life, the year didn’t fly by. It didn’t drag on forever, either. It just felt… accurate. It had the exact duration it was supposed to have. No more, no less. I’ve been trying...

Back on November 8th, my wife and I went to see a show by Dani Rovira. If you don’t know him, he is a massive standup comedian here in Spain. My absolute favorite. During the show, he dropped a line that has stuck with me ever since: “Anxiety is living in the future, depression is living in the past.” He delivered it with his usual funny touch, but let’s be real—it is a simple, powerful truth. It reminds me of that famous quote by Michel de Montaigne: “My life has been full of terrible...