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jessa

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Reflections on becoming

  • Distracted mind

    “How many more screens can I shove on my face?“ Have you ever had that experience when, while staring in front of your computer screen doing work, you gave in to the urge of reaching out to your mobile phone on the left—just to check the latest Facebook update—while the documentary you thought was interesting Read more

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  • Desperate for work and the modern-day slavery

    I was crying myself to sleep, wondering if I’d just handed my personal information to scammers. My husband tried to console me, but my gut was screaming what my desperate mind had ignored: this AI job was too good to be true. Let me back up and tell you how I got here. There was Read more

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  • Beyond quiet quitting and bai lan: finding a third way to work

    I’ve been unsettled these past few months about my changing attitude towards work. I can’t help but see myself resonating with my generation’s disillusionment, and it’s escalating my anxiety about the future. I feel like I’ve been cheated right after university—”too educated” for humble jobs, yet somehow I’ve forgotten that our kind of work today Read more

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  • Cutting the clutter in nth drafts

    While I was working on my draft for the nth iteration—because I couldn’t remember how many times I had reorganized and refined it—I felt a sudden resistance to deleting some information I found valuable, even when they do not really add more value to the narrative. Perhaps I just wanted to sound knowledgeable, having to Read more

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  • Letting go of control

    Hopelessness dims the future, making it difficult to imagine what good might come out if you even try to press on through the dark to see if there is an end to it. One can also remain hopeful even when in the dark. While I was going through moments of uncertainty, it certainly felt like Read more

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jessa

Reflections on becoming

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