Life
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Letter no. 39
Dear reader from the future, Have you heard about the millenium bug? I’ve just watched a documentary, “Time Bomb Y2K,” and it showed me the extent of the panic that happened before the turn of the century. All I can remember as a five-year-old was that there seemed to be a problem with the turn of… Read more
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Sorry, I talk hoarsely at the moment
Oh, how loud is the voice inside my head that I forgot how my audible voice is rough from a dry cough? I only realized it when I tried answering a phone call, and my voice failed to go out of my throat. Ah, yes, let me know if you can’t understand me. I talk… Read more
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Late-night musings #4
Revisiting some short poems I wrote eight years ago makes me think about how much I changed. Some parts of me remained, but some I’ve learned to let go or perhaps suppress because they are not needed anymore. Yet, those same parts have helped me become who I am today and write the things I… Read more
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“What’s good to eat?”
In the middle of a task, half of my mind shifts away by asking, “What’s good to eat?” while trying to escape the other half, which tries to focus and be in the flow. That was last year. And a year before that, and before that, too. Okay, I might be in an unhealthy cycle, and you… Read more
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The business people
Over a short period of spending time with business people, I began to realize how different they organize and plan their days compared with employed professionals like me. Whereas we (the employees) think of 8-to-5 working hours every day as the only opportunity to make money (of course, except the freelancers who work on top… Read more
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Late-night musings #3
Thought about tricking my mind into thinking that the day was still long just by being on the wheels all day. But the sun can’t hold up, and the moon can’t wait. Read more
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Building habits
Have you ever thought about building habits this year? If yes, I just read from a journal article on the psychology of habit that you could create a set of habits as you pursue a goal. Given that everyday habits develop as people go about pursuing life goals, habit formation is closely intertwined with goal… Read more
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