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Everyday Stories, Lived

Life

  • Find it challenging to make a new friend these days?

    As you get into a routine of working, your social circle tends to shrink. If you get into a romantic relationship, your circle will shrink even more. And if you have children, you may find that most of the other adults you know are parents of kids about the same age as your own. How Read more

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  • The generations that have come before us

    We often think that the generations that have come before us live a life that’s primitive compared to ours. And from this kind of thought, we become overconfident and too proud to listen to people we think are too old and can’t simply ‘relate’ with our generation. But in reality, it’s our pride that leads Read more

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  • Responsibilities don’t just wake you up

    They keep you awake. In fact, they keep you moving. However, you need to become responsible first so that you can handle your responsibilities. And if you fail to do so, your responsibilities become a burden on somebody else. Read more

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  • Why we’re (often) frustrated with work

    If it’s up to you alone to get more done, then attempts to moderate your workload can be misinterpreted as laziness. The Frustration with Productivity Culture Has anyone called you lazy for taking a break or distributing your workload such that you can still have time to be human? I remember being told by someone Read more

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  • Letter no. 13

    Dear reader from the future, I finished Stargirl overnight. It’s a book written for ages 12+, but I welcomed the light read, nonetheless. What compelled me to write this is how it captured our struggles growing up–where we are implicitly called to conform. As a young adult I was once was, I experienced how nonconformity Read more

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  • All the missed moments

    So many things to do, but we can only be in one moment at a time. The best thing to do that we don’t waste it is to be present and, at the same time, be grateful. Gratitude can make a difference. Read more

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  • Buy, buy, buy, and endless consumerism

    Society today puts too much weight on material objects, and there are too many people who own way more than they need. Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism With the monthly sale right down the corner, it’s worth noting how our culture encourages us to consume material things, making it even more vague to distinguish Read more

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