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If you could have something named after you, what would it be?

I don’t want anything named after me. I’m an ordinary person, not chasing grandeur or immortality through plaques or monuments. If, after I’m gone, just one person who knew me well remembers me with gratitude and love, that’s enough. To me, that would mean my life had purpose, that it was worth living. The idea of having something bear my name feels fleeting, even hollow. We see it all around usroads, colleges, libraries named after public figures, their legacies etched in stone or steel. But how often do future generations truly know them? Statues get painted over, torn down, or forgotten as time shifts values and ideologies. Even the gods of ancient cultures, once revered, fade from memory. If deities can’t hold fans across the ages, what chance do we mortals have? That’s why I don’t pin my hopes on permanence. Instead, I’d rather leave behind a quiet ripplea memory… If you could have something named after you, what would it be?

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What experiences in life helped you grow the most?

The experiences that shape us most are often the ones that linger in our memorynot necessarily dramatic moments like witnessing a meteor strike or meeting an extraterrestrial, but the subtle, quiet shifts that unfold over time. Sometimes these transformative moments stretch across months or even years, revealing new sides of the people around us. They teach us a humbling truth: we’re often on our own. In those times, left to our own devices, we lean on intuition, step forward with courage, and carve our path to success through sheer effort. My life is dotted with such milestonesmoments that made me pause, reflect, and reassess. They’ve prompted me to question my choices, my direction, and what truly matters. Now, after five decades on this planet, I can look back and say I’m content with most of the decisions I’ve made. But that doesn’t mean the journey’s over. Life is a relentless… What experiences in life helped you grow the most?