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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • Learning more is a great start

    So as building habits. I knew I was set to write for life even when I was still in kindergarten. I can even recount how I make short stories (simple ones, of course; what do you expect from a kindergartener?) with all my seatmates as characters in that story. I also write stories about simple Read more

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  • Ghost net

    There are things left behind by the people from our past that keep us from moving froward today. And like ghost nets, we don’t quite understand what got us. We only know how to flail and exhaust ourselves trying to escape an invisible force holding us back. It would be fortunate to have someone see Read more

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  • Getting a pause

    After sustaining work without rest, it pays a lot to pause. Because learning how to stand still, even for a time, allows your mind to wander and dream again. And once you snapped out of it and back to working again, you’d feel refreshed and ready for the next task. Read more

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  • A hireling and someone who cares

    The hotel lobby looked spacious and dreamy but hauntingly empty. Shouldn’t someone greet incoming guests, caring enough to ask how they could help? But no. There was no one in sight, and we wondered, “Who should we go to and inquire about our point of business?” After a couple of impatient minutes, there was a Read more

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  • We listen to stories

    Catching up with a loved one you’ve longed to be with is such a joy. And the stories bubble up like the fizz you get after opening a bottle of soda, oozing up to the brim. I can remember how it felt when my then-boyfriend, now fiancé, came back from a week-long work travel. All Read more

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  • Healthy competition

    In a drive to outperform others, you may find joy in doing more than what’s expected from you at the moment. It means that you are still expected to deliver the same thing but later. But because you want to be recognized that you can go beyond without seeming stressed, you are welcome to do Read more

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  • Finding something to do

    When I had no job during the pandemic, I felt like doing nothing made a person useless and worthless. But I later learned it’s not true at all. We can always be somebody if we just choose to do something about it. Although losing my job was the only time I could think through myself Read more

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jessa

Everyday Stories, Lived

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