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Everyday Stories, Lived

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  • Worried about the future?

    When I was a kid, I always look forward to celebrating my birthday. Who doesn’t? Right? When I was four, I think of being five. When I was nineteen, I think of being twenty. And now, I feel I am already 30. It’s as if my life is on a countdown while counting up. Perhaps, Read more

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  • Start with the resources

    We all want to be successful, be it in our work or personal projects. And we think that by only having a passion for doing the work, we can achieve our desired results without fail. However, most of the time, it all comes down to the resources you have at the beginning. Your resources could Read more

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  • Professional for hire

    Professional for hire

    Podcast highlights: When you tell people that you are a professional, what that means is that the school prepared you for work that requires particular knowledge and skills. And you’ve spent so many hours to be a master of it. Being a professional also means that you are earning from that professional work you say Read more

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  • The dog is not happy

    The dog is not happy

    This is our dog Beauty. She is already 9 years old and you probably have seen her from this previous post. Isn’t she lovely? The thing is, she’s simply not happy because my sister bought a new dog. And from our experience, every old dog in the house isn’t happy when there’s a new dog. Read more

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  • Some people age yet …

    We used to think that age dictates where we should be in life. We’ve been taught with a worldview that at a certain age, we should already be this or that. And can you remember when you were a kid when adults ask you questions like, “What do you want to be when you grow Read more

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  • The rat race

    Sometimes, we put ourselves in a rat race. An endless race where we keep on running, but we never win. Because no one wins in a rat race. Another problem is when we want to run at a pace that’s not ours. Where we keep comparing ourselves from others who seem to get all the Read more

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  • Greeting guests

    I recently attended an online event, and I noticed how the guest speakers begin their talk with an extra-long greeting. I used to wonder why each of the speakers has to name other notable speakers every single time. But then, a thought just hit me. They do what they do to signal that they noticed Read more

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