Howdy, I'm Malte.

I've always been bothered by how easily people just... accept things. Work, money, the way we're supposed to live—everyone treats it like it's carved in stone, you know? Like there's no other option. But I can't do that. I can't just see things broken or half-realized and pretend they're fine. It gets under my skin. Whether it's untapped potential in people, an idea that deserves life, or the way we're building something—when I see the gap between what is and what could be, I have to do something about it. Staying silent would feel like giving up on something I actually care about.

Here's what I've come to believe, and I know it sounds simple but most people don't live like this: depth, integrity, and imagination aren't nice-to-haves. They're essential. How we make things matters just as much as what we're making. While everyone's racing for the quick win or whatever looks good on the surface, I've learned that the stuff that actually sticks is the work done with real thought behind it, the kind that's actually rooted in something.

People say I'm calm—steady, maybe. When things get chaotic or people are stressed, I tend to see the pattern underneath it all. I'm not the loudest person around, and I'm okay with that. But somehow I often end up being the one people turn to, not necessarily for answers but for perspective. They want me to help them see what actually matters instead of getting lost in the noise.

And I try to live that way. When things pile up and stress starts building, my instinct isn't to push harder. I step away. I take a walk, remember why I'm doing any of this in the first place, and then come back with my head clear. I'm constantly questioning things—routines, assumptions, my own habits—because I refuse to just sleepwalk through life. Every choice I make, big or small, is a conscious decision to stay grounded instead of just going with what's convenient.

I think if you asked someone close to me about me, they'd probably say something like: "Malte's the one who always sees what's actually important, and he doesn't let go of that. He stays grounded in it."

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