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Everyday Stories, Lived

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  • Trying all things new

    When you visit a place for the first time, your mind is hyperaware of everything around you. Sure, you might have missed some details, but your engagement is way better than when you’ve been there your whole life. It might be tempting to try everything, thinking your time there is ticking down by the minute. Read more

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  • 248 kilometers

    That’s the driving distance from where I live to where I should spend the weekend. Was it far? About a four-hour drive, with occasional stops at gas stations and notable landmarks. Perhaps I could have spent the same hour just rolling in and out of bed. But the same four hours would just pass by Read more

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  • Chasing the sunrise

    Sometimes you simply have to drag yourself out of bed because people expect you to show up early. And it’s not because they simply want to see you but more likely because your showing up helps them get to where they ought to be. Yes, accountability. Accountability gets you up even when your body wants Read more

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  • Decluttering activities

    Often, we overestimate ourselves and our capacities to do work. Just because our future selves are still far off doesn’t mean we can become superheroes overnight (Except when you’re bitten by a spider? Well, even then, you still have to explore what you can do to become Spiderman, right?). Speaking of biting… Biting off more Read more

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  • We felt the emotions shift

    Today, in this part of the world where I am, marks the first day of December. And that means that Christmas Day would just be a few weeks from now. In our Filipino culture, Christmas always means reuniting with our loved ones on the holidays. It’s also a time when our generosity especially abounds, extending Read more

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  • Going home from home

    I’ve known a man who said he doesn’t believe in owning a house. That he’s okay with renting a place for years and years, but he can leave whenever he wants — no commitment. But now that it was time to leave, to move on to a new place after years and years of building Read more

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  • Thanks for reading

    It doesn’t matter how fast you type out a document if nobody reads it. Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More by Morten T. Hansen I started somewhere, and for this blog, I started here. And over time, people stumble across this blog despite the vastness of the web because Read more

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