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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • Doing work that no one has done before

    While still a student, we were used to receiving handouts containing all the things we needed to study for the semester. And living life was way easier then. Just check the right boxes, show up every day in class, and do well in your exams, and that’s it! Job well done. But now that we Read more

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  • The woman who fed the cats

    Five years ago, I used to live in a university dorm. And there was this food nook I frequently go to because aside from being conveniently located near my place, there was also a family of stray university cats living outside it. And I adored those cats that I was known to be the student Read more

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  • We need to eat

    Perhaps a researcher is paid well because it’s difficult to think about solutions to problems while also thinking about how to meet her basic needs. But when salaries are delayed, a researcher is forced to look for other ways to keep the lights on, figuratively and literally. And the system shouldn’t blame the researcher and Read more

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  • All the things unsaid

    I could have asked you, even though I already knew. Yet I never said a word and so did you. But it would have been nice to hear about them from you. This blog post, like a coincidence (more likely a gut feeling that I’ve already written about this before), is a variant of this Read more

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  • Access to the right tools

    When you have access to the right tool, you might be surprised how you can do so many things and achieve new goals just because. I remember how my performance wanes whenever I don’t have the tools to move further. So yes, resources matter. Read more

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  • Planning our lives based on what’s tested and true

    It’s true that when you don’t have a plan, somebody does it for you. Because we all have ideas. But these ideas don’t necessarily reflect what the other person values. And if that person’s resolve is weak, he might easily be swayed by what’s on the table. What a joy if it aligns with his Read more

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  • Hello, smartphone!

    For the past six months, I have shared how a dumbphone changed my lifestyle and how I relate with people in gatherings. And snapping out of the tool, becoming the user and not being used, I began to see things that only felt like a knot in my guts before. Something is wrong with how Read more

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jessa

Everyday Stories, Lived

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