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jessa

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Reflections on becoming

Life

  • 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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  • 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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  • Decisions and uncertainties — COVID-19 edition

    It’s one thing to live away from a big city and live life at a slower pace. Another if the pace becomes slower because of external constraints such as government-imposed lockdowns, closed establishments, limited transportation, and health precautionary measures. Since last year, we were taken aback by the disruption COVID-19 brought. It forced us to Read more

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  • COVID-19 has a face

    And you see its face from someone interviewed on TV, who is afraid of contracting the virus. You see it in the faces of those who have been feeling unwell for the past few days, only to find out that they got it. You see it in the hungry fathers, mothers, and children’s faces for Read more

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