Nik

Nik reflects on the natural curiosity and honesty of a young child, contrasting it with the self-consciousness and hesitation that often sets in as we age. Through the metaphor of a plant stopping growth, he suggests that our default human state is one of regression from the open, carefree existence we enjoyed as children. Nik urges readers to actively 'fight' this default tendency toward stagnation by maintaining a childlike willingness to explore, question norms, and voice our authentic desires without apology, lest our lives become 'decades of decline' from the balanced state we were born into.