Metropolis

 You see all this picture? 
How you see it?

In the past, I was proud of the city I lived in.

I was proud of its speed.
Its advanced technology.
Its endless amenities.

I dreamed of living in a developed, busy city.
I loved doing things that only cities could offer.
I am Gen Z—
so I believed my life had to be in the city.

New buildings kept rising.
New shops kept opening.
Everything felt exciting.

But after ten years of exhausting life and work in the city,
I became deeply tired.

Every day felt like chasing life itself.
Mornings began with coffee.
Meals were fast food—
not because we wanted it,
but because time moved too fast
and work never seemed to end.

At first, this felt normal.

Then my health began to decline.

I was constantly exhausted.
Easily stressed.
Burned out.
My thoughts became chaotic.
I cried without knowing why.

I started observing the people around me.

Every morning, we chased trains to get to work.
We ate quickly in restaurants
because there were always more places to go.
We shopped constantly,
yet the list of things we wanted never ended.

We ate desserts every day
to feel a moment of happiness—
but that happiness faded quickly.

We followed trends.
We bought new clothes again and again,
even though our closets were already full.

Then I became truly sick.

That was when I decided to go home.

My home is in the countryside—
not in a big city.
My favorite shops don’t exist there.
There is nothing trendy to show online.

But the food is fresh.
Home-cooked meals are warm.
They restore something deeper than energy—
they refresh the soul.

I fell in love with the sounds of nature.
At home, silence feels alive.
In the city, the noise was so constant
that I needed artificial white noise just to feel calm.

Only then did I understand:

The life I once loved
was the life that made me sick.

There was always too much to do.
Too much to have.
Too much to chase.

I felt drained by a temporary life
that never truly satisfied.

So I quit.
I returned to the basics.

We need a life that does not steal our soul.
We need to live with our soul—
not trade it away.

Don’t sell your soul for status, speed, or approval.
It’s okay to stay in your comfort zone.
Because sometimes,
while chasing what everyone else is doing,
you lose everything that truly matters.

Metropolises and megapolises
are not the life we actually need.

What we need is:

• Warm, home-cooked food

• The sound of nature

• A simple, ordinary life

• A loving family

• And a soul that still lives peacefully inside the body

That is real living.