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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

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This is a collection of stories and daily musings.

  • Look at me (attention and permission)

    “Mama, look at me! Look at me, Mama!” My three-year-old niece kept on nagging me while showing off how she tossed her balloon up and down. When I was her age, I thought adults don’t want to have fun. (Such dull creatures.) Now that I am the adult looking into the child’s eyes, I realized… Read more

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  • Cleaning after other people’s mess

    … is emotionally laborious knowing that you did not sign up for it. And suppose you know that you’ve tried everything you can to schedule everything ahead of time and avoid catching up after tasks way beyond their deadlines, you might end up bitter towards people who messed up. However, there’s always room for compromise… Read more

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  • A Century of Interchangeable, Disposable Labor (from Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?)

    Just over a century ago, leaders of our society started building a system that is now so ingrained, most of us assume that it’s always been here and always will be.We continue to operate as if that system is still here, but every day we do that is a day wasted, dollars lost, an opportunity… Read more

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  • SMART goals

    Whether starting a project or leading people, it’s essential to be smart with your goals. From the paper of George T. Duran (1981), he suggested that objectives should be: Specific — target a specific area for improvement.Measurable — quantify or at least suggest an indicator of progress.Assignable — specify who will do it.Realistic — state… Read more

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  • I wish schools taught us how to learn

    Here’s a list of some of the things I wish were taught in grade school: Driving Cooking/Baking Negotiation Leading people Budgeting Coordination But it’s the learning how to learn, which I consider the most essential thing that grade school should’ve taught us. Why push so many facts like the who and when if we can now… Read more

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  • Dress-up and pretense

    It’s easy to wear nice and pretend to look like somebody else these days, where you dress up to portray the character you’d like to play. Whether you wear fast fashion or expensive clothes, you have a picture in your head which you hope you appear to be. But after the dress-up and pretense, you’re… Read more

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  • Relating with people, Jesus’ way

    Luke 6:27‭-‬36 AMP 27 “But I say to you who hear [Me and pay attention to My words]: Love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies, [make it a practice to] do good to those who hate you, 28 bless and show kindness to those who curse you, pray for… Read more

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