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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • The life and death of new brain cells

    I’ve heard some people making many excuses not to learn something new, be that acquiring new skill, knowledge, or experiences. Apparently, whatever you choose to do (or not do) affects the life and death of new brain cells. From The Creative Curve: According to one study, both men and women create over 14,000 new brain Read more


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  • Our need for learning

    Have you ever wondered how your bosses can quickly provide comments on your recent submission and how their feedback makes a lot of sense? And you’d be like, “How come I haven’t noticed it before?” The thing is, people who know a lot have learned which aspects to look at first. Their experience saves them Read more


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  • Why we crave company

    You might be a self-proclaimed independent person who’s okay with being alone most of the time. But in the slivers of solo moments, somehow, deep inside, you wish to be with someone, even for a while. I can remember way back when flights are still free of worry and care; I end up befriending most Read more


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  • Where to go from here

    Where to go from here

    Additional resource: Here’s where you can read more about the book Life is in the Transitions. And you can check out my book notes here. Podcast highlights: If you are caught up between choices, you might be tempted to dwell on what’s comfortable and familiar rather than do what’s promising and life-changing. Because change, most Read more


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  • Here’s how your thoughts run your life

    At church, we were taught that we need to be careful what we think because it runs our life. Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.Proverbs 4:23 NCV But if you insist that it doesn’t, it’s interesting to note that not only does the Hebrew Bible tells us about it, modern Read more


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  • Neither here nor there

    If you are going through major life transitions, especially in these times where you feel like holding your breath is the only thing you can control, you might feel like you’re in a state of in-between. And you’re not just floating. It feels like you’re being nowhere, unsure of where to go or where opportunities Read more


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  • To all my friends who drink coffee way too much

    When you are young, you think you are invincible. That even if you sleep late at night (or even early in the morning the next day) to catch up with never-ending work or an episode of your favorite movie series, it won’t adversely affect you in some way. From yesterday’s post, we learned that seven Read more


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