Year: 2021
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Letter no. 9
1–2 minutesDear reader from the future, How is the supply chain going? I wonder what it’s like to live in your time. Because I lived in a time where COVID-19 stopped the world on its tracks. It’s not uncommon to hear about borders closing from time to time these days. And even at the time of…
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I can remember people from childhood who easily look upon peers that seem to be of lower financial status than they are. That’s the kind of environment I grew up in here in the Philippines. Probably, I will never forget how they look at you, sneer at your clothes, and snide at you when they…
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“The difference between success and failure–between a life of fulfillment and a life of frustration–is how well you manage the challenge and making meaning in your life.” — Life is in the Transitions We used to think that life is black and white, such that there is either success or failure, fulfillment or frustration, and…
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“We’re all comparing ourselves to an ideal that no longer exists and beating ourselves up for not achieving it.” — Life is in the Transitions At some point, you’ve been in the same situation, one way or another. Worse is when you are born into a generation that suggests a linear life. That after successfully…
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Now that we are more connected than ever, we often glimpse what the future would be like from people living across the globe. You can say that being connected to social media enhances the scope of your awareness about the world you are living in. But most of the time, if you live in a…
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When I was a kid, I always look forward to celebrating my birthday. Who doesn’t? Right? When I was four, I think of being five. When I was nineteen, I think of being twenty. And now, I feel I am already 30. It’s as if my life is on a countdown while counting up. Perhaps,…
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The gift of email subscriptions
1–2 minutesIt’s been two years since I came across Seth Godin and Erik Barker in the books they wrote. But I never really bothered subscribing to their blogs because I have this idea that “I can check their new posts online, anyway.” However, this year, I decided to subscribe via email because I find it time-consuming…
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