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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • What work?

    It’s time to flip back the switch again! Toggle back to work mode, yes? And what’s impressive is how we can mentally put ourselves into work mode again just because the calendar said so. No more excuses not to work today. So, here we are, back to all the tasks we put on hold last Read more

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  • Cooking for two and more

    It’s nice to cook for other people and see how satisfied they get with what you put on the table. It’s even nicer to have the capacity to buy the things you need to make that satisfying meal. But as someone who cooks only for oneself, you might still find the joy of cooking. It Read more

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  • Humor and politics

    I wouldn’t know about the upcoming US elections if not for the online content I consume. And the fun part is it’s not even simple news. Instead, it’s a humorous take on what’s happening, making it more memorable. I realized that laughing makes you remember things, even when you’re really not into heavy politics. Read more

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  • Tabletop games and how they bring people together

    I’m still three decades into this lifetime, but I felt too old for tabletop games. Like, who makes time for playing tabletop games these days? Snakes and Ladders seemed to be the most awesome game ever when we were kids! Until we learned to move on to board games like scrabble, change friends, and eventually Read more

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  • Screaming deadlines

    When I have to explain to people the kind of work I do, I can see in their eyes how it makes them bored, do you know what I mean? What do you do for a living? But I think when I talk about deadlines, they’d understand. Because most of us have been dealing with Read more

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  • Brain on vacation mode

    It’s that last day of work before vacation, and you’re probably feeling like on vacation mode already. But if you’re like me, with nothing to look forward to over the long weekend, you tend to even work overtime. Because we feel like if we don’t cover as much ground before vacation, we might lose the Read more

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  • Our desire for autonomy

    Can you still remember when we were asked to stay at home at the peak of COVID-19? Were the government-imposed lockdowns scary when we first heard about them, thinking that we couldn’t go out of our houses anymore and couldn’t do whatever we wanted to do in life? Well, it did happen, and sure enough, Read more

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jessa

Everyday Stories, Lived

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