Year: 2024
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I get attached to a few friends in various life stages, only to be detached when our social circles no longer overlap. We often find it challenging to quell the noise in our heads and manage our hours to get through our workday, much more keeping tabs on all the friends we made throughout the…
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In high school, we were required to conduct science investigatory projects and write a paper about them. We were also taught how to write a scientific paper and its structure. At that time, we were strictly taught to write in the passive voice because writing in the active voice was considered unprofessional and thus frowned…
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I woke up from a stupor and realized how much trash had accumulated in the house. They did not seem trash to me then, so I kept them. But I think the thing about clinging to stuff because it might be useful later is that time would never come. I’ve kept them for a year…
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While my twenties were more about seeking out what life had in store for me, starting my thirties made me feel a growing need for belonging. It isn’t just about having close friendships, having a sense of roots, feeling valued and respected by colleagues at work (for having valuable contributions), having a sense of shared…
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Dear reader from the future, What kind of work arrangements do you have today? Is work-from-home now common for government employees? I even wonder what kind of person I’d be when you read this letter. For context, I am a knowledge worker, and my work is assessed based on my output and not the hours…
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Understaffed. You’ll clearly see that when you get into this customer service office. With a 1 staff to 5 customers ratio and an average of 25 minutes of handling time, you need patience if you really need to be there. As long as my rational self is in control, I focus on what I can…
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Somewhere, we read that “life is a constant change.” You might even have heard it in a song and are now trying to tune it out from your brain because you can’t stop singing the lyrics. But when people commit a mistake, we often find ourselves unable to stop ourselves from crucifying them for that…
jessa 