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Late-night musings #9
The feeling of “everyone else is getting ahead except me” could haunt you into a series of unforgiving mental tirades until you get so tired of them that you succumb to sleep. And then, you wake up wondering what you’re doing wrong that everyone else seems to be doing right. Yet they say each of Read more
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Even when change seems to be the only real thing left
These days, I’ve been wondering about the steps I should have taken, the things I should have done, and the person I should have become. But who gets a say in what kind of person you should be? Perhaps because when I was young, I had this image in my head of a person that Read more
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Now, everyone knows everything
Ubiquitous information is just a search prompt away if you just know what you are looking for. And these days, I’ve been going back in time by watching documentaries about economics and climate change. How did we get here? I now have ideas on what must be done, although I don’t know how much power Read more
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How not to be overwhelmed with unexpected interruptions?
There have been so many interruptions in my life lately, and what else should we do when they happen? Of course, we learn to go through the process and accept that there are things we can’t control, but at the same time, we understand that how we respond to these interruptions could spell overcoming them Read more
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Looking upward
In isolation during stressful moments, focusing on what’s at hand is easy because there’s nowhere for your attention to go except to what you are dealing with. And the anxiety could easily creep into your head in the form of relentless internal arguments about how things could go from bad to worse. When you isolate, Read more
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Opportunities to do good
With as simple as an online map search while traveling on public transport, you can help some passengers without access to the internet locate their destination without them asking you directly. Overhearing their inquiries about how to get there to a driver who’s unsure how to respond can be an avenue for you to extend Read more
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Does having too much free time still make you happy?
What does having “too much free time” look like? While reading a blog post about upskilling, I was redirected to another online resource about how “too much free time won’t make you happier in life.” From Too much free time won’t make you happier,’ says psychologist—how many hours you really need in a day: …two Read more
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