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jessa

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Reflections on becoming

  • Can you tell me what I should do next?

    I was so accustomed to being told what to do that I’ve forgotten how to make decisions on my own. It’s not that I do this intentionally. Waiting for instructions about what to do next always feels comfortable and familiar, and my mind keeps going back to this default setting. When other people inadvertently make Read more

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  • Steady drumbeat

    Writing here daily, at least that’s what I intended since I started this blog, requires a conscious decision to be here every day. To type in the words I would have instead kept in my head, pile up, and become waste the next day. Writing here daily can get mundane and boring, at least when Read more

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  • Letter no. 48

    Dear reader from the future, It’s easy to dwell in the present and make decisions based on what you know now. But even though you don’t feel like anything would change at all, you might not believe how different things will be a decade from now. The people you think less of might end up Read more

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  • Thinking brain on the drain

    Been thinking about discipline lately, mostly because I feel like I am losing grasp of it, especially in moments when I surrender my autonomy to mindless media consumption as if saying to the tech, “Here are all my human capabilities, take them down to the drain.“ These days, lacking discipline means losing control over what Read more

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  • Imaginary walls and non-existent boundaries

    Assumptions kept me from seeing what was possible, as they dictated non-existent boundaries. The moment I decided to explore the edges, I discovered no harm in crossing over the imaginary wall I had built. Like me, I guess there are times when you do not try to do something new just because you assume you Read more

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jessa

Reflections on becoming

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