jessa

Reflections on becoming

  • Going home with a hand to hold

    The comfort of being held reminds me of what it feels like to be a child growing up in a loving family. And so growing up and living away from family feels lonely. Yet, there are moments when I strongly yearn for a touch, an embrace, and some warmth. Just having a hand to hold Read more


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  • Nighttime habits (a “Scrolling is the New Smoking” riff off)

    Today’s Big Social eerily resembles yesterday’s Big Tobacco. Scrolling is the new smoking. Scrolling Is The New Smoking, an article from forbes.com At some point, a nagging voice inside you must have whispered something in your gut, like, “Stop. This is not how you should be spending your time.“ But because the bright screens are Read more


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  • Little room for imagination

    When we lack sleep, we can’t think well outside the things that need to be accomplished within a specific timeframe. And so we operate like machines: do this, do that, repeat. A cycle that becomes monotonous and even makes your mind atrophy. And the more you become a mindless cog in a system, one who Read more


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  • Road to Zerophoria: Journal entries from 2033

    Are you ready for a world where “zero waste” is the new normal? If you want to imagine what it’s like, travel with me from the future! Here’s a curated list of my journal entries from 2033, living in a zero-waste future. Read more


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  • Tsundoku and making time for reading

    I used to dream of getting access to books like one has access to physical libraries. And now that the internet has made e-books readily available in just one click, collecting literature and letting them pile up to be read later (Really? You still have time?) has become a lot easier. Tsundoku, they call it. Read more


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Reflections on becoming

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