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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Life

  • Letter no. 44

    Dear reader from the future, The public square is so loud about issues with the highest human engagement (like angst and its relatives) where the highest profit is. And the algorithm knows when to offer “the good stuff,” strategically ordering content to ensure that we get hooked on what we consume, oblivious about how long… Read more

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  • Having somebody to share the yoke with

    While folding laundry, I smiled, thinking about how nice it is to be married. At the moment, I couldn’t specify why, but at the top of my head is the experience of having somebody to share the yoke with. While I am folding all these clothes, I don’t think about what to cook because my… Read more

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  • Coffee jelly recipes (from Dolci)

    ☕☕☕ ☕☕☕ Backstory I really wanted to buy the ready-to-eat coffee jelly I saw on a grocery shelf one day, but my husband said no (because I’ve been eating too much sweets lately). So, whenever I go to that grocery store and see the product on the shelf, my heart sinks every time. But one… Read more

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  • All the missed opportunities

    Drinking hot cocoa while alone in the house, thinking about the things I should have done but did not. Sigh. I just let the day pass daydreaming about all the good things one could have in life. Dreaming without action, oh, what a waste of time. Read more

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  • Late-night musings #17

    I thought about all the things I do that will eventually won’t matter anything to anyone. But, doing them at the right moment is important, like planting seeds that grow into trees that yield fruits and benefit others eventually. Read more

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  • Seeking help … elsewhere

    Sometimes, it frustrates me whenever I don’t get the kind of help I need. But then, when I try to look back at all that has been said and done, I try to see things from a different perspective, like how I may have communicated the concern badly and was misunderstood, so no help came.… Read more

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  • Some battles are too big for me

    When people scatter seeds of doubt, and one gets planted in your heart, you begin to entertain and ruminate on thoughts you never considered before. What if they were right? What are the signs that I have missed? Then you overthink. Can you still remember what it feels like NOT to overthink? Helplessness about the… Read more

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