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jessa

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Reflections on becoming

Life

  • Late-night musings #10

    Maybe, if we just tried, we might know what it feels like, what it would be like. But we didn’t. So we just keep on guessing, wondering about the what ifs. Read more

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  • Less talk

    Growing older feels good because I am learning to draw back and let things be. My younger self would have been more willing to put up a fight. It sure takes wisdom to choose one’s words. Read more

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  • Tightening the belt

    I always considered it from one perspective—restricting spending to manage your finances. But while listening to an HBR podcast about austerity’s big bait-and-switch, I learned that not everyone has the same pants. This means that cutting back on non-essential expenses may look different for different people, and my hardship may also differ from yours. Read more

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  • It’s getting hot in here

    When I visited the digital public square (in my case, Facebook) in the last couple of weeks, I kept seeing posts about heat index infographics and people complaining about how hot the days were turning. The heat index is the “feels-like” temperature, telling us how the combination of heat and humidity makes things hotter than the actual Read more

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  • Letter no. 40

    Dear reader from the future, Can you remember a world where it is still bearable to go outside on a sunny day? I can only look back to how cool afternoons were when I was five, the trees shading our house from the tolerable outdoor heat. I can recall the memories in tinted blues and Read more

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