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Everyday Stories, Lived

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  • Leaving notes for our future selves

    If you are working on a project that takes time to finish, it helps to write down even random thoughts or ideas about a specific topic for later reference. As a habit, my colleague and I write notes we have for our academic paper in bullets. These notes consist of reminders and ideas we can’t Read more

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  • The negotiables

    It’s easy to be stern when things don’t go as planned, especially when things don’t unfold as you ought them to. But I realized there are so many things you can control, even when some are under the tips of your hands. Coordinating and working with people is more complex than a two-way street, much Read more

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  • A story to tell

    I always believed that to have a story you’d like to go back to and tell people from the future, you make it happen today. So, despite the initial opposition we received about getting married outside our place of birth, a two-hour flight to be exact, my husband and I was not just considering what Read more

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  • Letter no. 34

    Dear reader from the future, I would like to share with you the airline passenger woes circulating around the country today. An airline, as the news put it, has mastered the systemic betrayal of its passengers’ trust. I have experienced the same woes, too, about canceled and rescheduled flights. And as an ordinary citizen, I am often Read more

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  • Finishing a pie (a project management story)

    My husband and I have worked on wedding planning and preparation for four months, and it’s incredible how we summed them all up into three boxes: one for the bride, the groom, and the reception. And as I looked at the boxes stacked up the night before the wedding, I was amazed by how everything Read more

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  • Walking through wreckage

    I think being so focused on everything running inside your head isn’t all that bad. Because when things need to get done, and fast, focusing all your mental energy on the task at hand allows you to do away with distractions. But it was not an ordinary day to walk through the street near the Read more

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  • Getting sidetracked

    If you haven’t made up your mind about the things you want, alternatives (could be second bests) become distractions. And if you find yourself sidetracked from what you want to achieve, it could be too late after you’ve wasted so much time that going back to where you’re supposed to be seems absurd. Opportunity costs. Read more

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