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Notes from the journey

This is where I write what the book could not hold: thoughts on consciousness, questions I carry with me, things I have seen and lived. One article every week, in the first person.

Illustration from the book: Nefino

Why a blog

The journey goes on after the last page

Nefino’s Journey ends with a beginning. This space is what comes next: every week I stop on a stretch of the road, a meeting, a question, and write it down for anyone who wants to pause with me.

You won’t find recipes or final truths here. You will find real experiences, the P.R.O.C.E.D.O.© Method tested in everyday life, and a question or two to take home.

What I write about

Illustration from the book: Consciousness

Consciousness

What it really means to notice yourself, beyond what you already know.

Illustration from the book: Everyday presence

Everyday presence

The Method outside the book: at work, at home, in the street.

Illustration from the book: Journeys and meetings

Journeys and meetings

Egypt, London, the book talks: what people and places have taught me.

Illustration from the book: Open questions

Open questions

Not answers: questions to stay with for a whole week.

The articles

Latest articles

The doorway: the problem as a threshold
16 January 2027 · Open questions · 3 min read

Beyond problem solving: when solving isn’t enough

In meetings, in projects, on LinkedIn profiles: everyone knows how to solve problems. But there is something technique doesn’t see, and it’s often exactly what the problem was trying to tell us.

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The dome: a perfect world, frozen, without end
9 January 2027 · Open questions · 3 min read

“You are bugs”: why being mortal sets us free

In the series “3 Body Problem” a message appears on every screen in the world: you are bugs. An insult. Or, looked at closely, the greatest compliment.

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Whispers: the voices that tell us who we are
2 January 2027 · Consciousness · 3 min read

Beyond labels: from thought already thought to living thinking

“That’s just how he is.” “That’s just how I am.” Every label saves us effort, but it takes something away: the chance to really see who is in front of us. Even when it’s our own reflection.

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The wheel of time: deadlines that always come back
26 December 2026 · Open questions · 3 min read

Debt, the fear that took the place of death

For centuries humanity’s great fear was death. Today, very often, it is not being able to pay. What has changed, and what does it say about us?

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The return: walking towards the light
19 December 2026 · Open questions · 3 min read

Orpheus and looking back

Orpheus had almost brought Eurydice back into the light. All he had to do was not turn round. What does that gesture tell us about our relationship with the past?

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Strength: the light in the middle of our fears
12 December 2026 · Consciousness · 3 min read

Anxiety, our greatest power

Anxiety has kept us alive for thousands of years. The problem is not having it: it is when it stops warning us and starts ruling us.

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The room of time: going round in circles looking for the exit
5 December 2026 · Consciousness · 3 min read

Looking for a solution is a trap

The more we fight a thought, the more we feed it. What if the first step were not to solve, but to stop fighting?

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The whispers: thoughts that come from outside
28 November 2026 · Consciousness · 3 min read

Thinking: how does it work?

We believe we think. More often, we are thought. Plato explained it with a chariot, a charioteer and two horses.

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Giza, August 2026: the three pyramids, with Menkaure, the smallest, at the back
21 November 2026 · Journeys and meetings · 3 min read

Egypt: where the stones speak

A pyramid all to myself, underground galleries full of granite giants, and a guide who showed me where the name Khaib may come from.

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The dome: a perfect world, and an empty one
14 November 2026 · The book · 3 min read

The planet of awakening: how Nefino was born

Before the book there was a two-page story: a planet without questions, a device always in hand, a child who looks up at the sky.

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The doorway: looking beyond the threshold
7 November 2026 · Open questions · 3 min read

A sideways glance

Neither from above nor from below: a different way of looking at what happens to us, and the pact I ask of you before we begin.

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With Prof. Neil Pennock, who translated the book into English
31 October 2026 · Journeys and meetings · 3 min read

London, a day I will carry with me

Nefino’s Journey and the P.R.O.C.E.D.O.© Method at Read Think Create, London, 27 October 2026.

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