Mortality

adj. Pouring yourself wholeheartedly into something with creativity and love.... more

n. Creative problem-solving with minimal resources.... more

v. Taking a break to enjoy coffee, pastries, and conversation with others.... more

v. Reluctance to spend time or money despite having the means.... more

n. Sunlight filtering through tree leaves.... more

n. Ignoring problems and pretending everything is normal.... more

n. Finding beauty in imperfections and accepting life's transience.... more

adj. The color of a faded, dying leaf.... more

n. The art of reading others' moods and intentions.... more

n. The suspension of disbelief in storytelling.... more

n. A tangled mess of cables.... more

n. Pride from knowing you're unconditionally loved.... more

n. Tenderly running fingers through a loved one's hair.... more

n. A knee-jerk territorial reaction to a friend's casual interest in one of your obsessions.... more

adj. Feeling uneasy when socializing with incompatible groups of people.... more

adj. Exhausted by endless reviews and secondhand impressions, eager to explore the unknown.... more

adj. The wish for the modern world to feel as epic as old stories and folktales.... more

n. The paradoxical urge to avoid doing something you've been looking forward to.... more

n. A person embodying your worst traits, serving as a negative role model.... more

n. The unsettling awareness of the world moving on in your absence.... more

n. The desire to care less about things and hold life loosely and playfully.... more

n. The peculiar quality of never having chosen to be born, shared by everyone else around you.... more

adj. Mildly disappointed that you'll never be able to attend your own memorial service.... more

n. The bitter disappointment upon finding no new messages after being out of contact.... more

n. The feeling of emptiness after completing a long and arduous process.... more

n. The otherworldly aura of seeing recordings of a friend in early childhood.... more

n. The habit of falling hard for a new acquaintance and imagining an elaborate future together.... more

adj. Wondering what our ancestors would think of all this.... more

adj. Anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you think is amazing, only to cringe when flaws become apparent.... more

n. The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because others cannot relate to it.... more

n. A state of confusion when your internal sense of time does not align with the calendar.... more

n. The nagging sense that you never quite manage to immerse yourself in a foreign culture.... more

v. The habit of taking stock of your life on your birthday.... more

n. The wish for people to prioritize physical interactions over social norms.... more

n. The unhinged delirium of being alone for an extended period of time.... more

n. The point in early adolescence when you realize that adults are no less lost and insecure than you.... more

v. Finding yourself bothered by somebody's death more than you would have expected, even if they were only an abstract presence in your life.... more

n. The fear that everyone around the world is essentially the same, limiting opportunities for reinvention or seeking a better society elsewhere.... more

n. The disorienting feeling of meeting an old friend and realizing you've both changed.... more

n. A conversation that spans huge intervals of time, kept alive by contributors who casually overlay their thoughts.... more

n. A painful memory that is now remembered fondly due to the pride, camaraderie, or storytelling it brought.... more

n. The frustration of unintentionally embodying a stereotype.... more

n. The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends.... more

n. The sheepish casual vibe between two people who've shared an emotional farewell but then unexpectedly have a little extra time together.... more

adj. Suddenly aware that you're more than halfway through a positive experience.... more

adj. Intimidated by the awareness of being in the present moment.... more

n. Frustration with the slow process of getting to know someone deeply.... more

n. A moment that seemed insignificant at the time but led to a significant change in your life.... more

adj. Afraid to relax your body and drift off to sleep due to the association with death.... more

n. A relationship or friendship that lingers in your thoughts, despite seeming to have ended.... more

n. A disconcerting cluster of simultaneous endings.... more

n. An unexpected burst of good news that makes you skeptical and uneasy.... more

n. An unexpected twinge of attraction for a friend.... more

n. The instinctive tendency to see someone as you knew them in their youth.... more

n. The desire to see your memories in advance.... more

n. The act of trying to keep an amazing discovery to yourself.... more

n. The disquieting awareness of mismatched importance in relationships.... more

adj. Unable to settle the question of whether you're doing okay in life.... more

n. The longing to wander off your career track in pursuit of a simple life.... more

n. The tendency for social networks to magnify unexpected personality traits of people you know.... more

n. The fear that emotions are biologically driven rather than philosophical.... more

n. The fear that society is breaking apart into factions with nothing in common.... more

n. The tendency for future goals and benchmarks to feel huge when viewed in advance, only to fade into banality as soon as you've achieved them.... more

n. The unease of knowing how quickly your circumstances could change on you.... more

n. The complicated solitude of hotel rooms late at night.... more

adj. Curious to know what someone else would do if they were in your shoes, eager to watch another actor put their own spin on the character of You.... more

n. A sincere emotion that seems to wither into mush as soon as you try to put it into words.... more

n. An innocuous touch by someone just doing their job that you find more meaningful than you'd like to admit.... more

n. The haunting sense of mystery infused into certain random details that beckons you to wonder how it ended up here at this point in time.... more

n. A moment of panic regarding the potential lack of returns on invested time and effort.... more

n. A moment of sudden involvement in a stranger's personal life that breaks down barriers.... more

v. Trying to improve yourself in secret to avoid judgment or attention.... more

n. Alienation from the crude machinery of your own body.... more

n. The awareness that seemingly unremarkable experiences may have a profound impact on others.... more

adj. Afraid that your life is predetermined by predictable milestones, wishing for a break to reassess your path.... more

n. The sadness of never truly knowing what others think of you.... more

n. A weird little flaw in your partner that endears them more to you.... more

n. The awareness that everyone has a story.... more

n. A friendship that can lie dormant for years only to pick right back up instantly.... more

n. A liqueur for the end of a long party when better drinks are gone.... more

n. Remote acquaintance claimed as close friend.... more

n. Hideous large pimple.... more

n. Back-slapping man in pub or Morley's story.... more

n. Person loafing near pedestrian crossings.... more

n. Dullest holiday person who contacts later.... more

n. Pretending not to recognize in passageway.... more

n. Pretending not to notice while approaching.... more

n. Club for despatching cats for restaurants.... more

n. Hymn part requiring octave change.... more

n. Facetious behavior to endear to judge.... more

vb. Pretending dog's shit isn't theirs.... more

n. Leftover piece after repair.... more

n. Noise of dying light bulb.... more

n. Time frowning at gallery pictures.... more

participial vb. Pretending not home for carol-singers.... more

n. Sadness among happy younger people.... more

n. Skiing scared then stopping victoriously.... more