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Everyday Stories, Lived

Life

  • The “3-2-1” backup rule

    What is the “3-2-1” backup rule? Have three (3) copies of your data where two (2) copies are stored in separate devices and one (1) is stored in a different physical location. But how much should we invest in storage these days so that we can afford to have this redundancy? Read more

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  • Overcoming self-imposed limitations

    Overcoming self-imposed limitations begins with saying, “I can.” When babies are still learning to walk, you never hear them say, “I can’t walk, might as well stop learning how to walk.” Instead, they take steps to make it happen, such as standing up and putting one foot in front of the other. They may fall… Read more

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  • Escaping real-life stressors

    Gaming allows us to immerse ourselves in new experiences and challenges (with less cost to none) and disconnect from real-life obligations by offering control, achievement, and temporary escape from our responsibilities. But if we consistently spend our waking hours playing computer games, like everything done in excess, it could result in problems like: 1. Neglect… Read more

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  • “Out of mind, out of sight” mentality

    Just because you can’t see the mess you’ve hidden in the dark doesn’t mean you did not take part in hiding it away, nor it ever existed. It’s better to do things right rather than double the effort of making things right, the ones you could have done right in the first place. Read more

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  • Blinded by ego

    When all we can think about is ourselves, then it becomes challenging to see things beyond ourselves. Thinking that the spotlight only revolves around us blinds us from seeing reality. Having an inflated sense of entitlement, thinking that we are the central figure in every encounter we have in this life, affects how we think… Read more

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  • Too sheltered

    The thing about growing up poor or lacking opportunities and choices is that a person could become resourceful to get out of it and rise from poverty or be consumed by it and surrender to poverty. Some who grew up having things easily and being too sheltered from difficult situations and harsh realities in life… Read more

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  • Aging and mobility

    In youth, some of us don’t go out as much as we could and prefer to stay indoors, binge-watch movies and play computer games. Because finishing another episode and leveling up in games feel like we’ve accomplished a lot, although the sense of accomplishment is empty and even fleeting. Aging comes with good things, such… Read more

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