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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Life

  • Where does your devotion lie?

    You’ll know where your devotions lie by identifying the things you serve and worship Do you like what you just found out? Read more

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  • Going home with a hand to hold

    The comfort of being held reminds me of what it feels like to be a child growing up in a loving family. And so growing up and living away from family feels lonely. Yet, there are moments when I strongly yearn for a touch, an embrace, and some warmth. Just having a hand to hold… Read more

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  • Nighttime habits (a “Scrolling is the New Smoking” riff off)

    Today’s Big Social eerily resembles yesterday’s Big Tobacco. Scrolling is the new smoking. Scrolling Is The New Smoking, an article from forbes.com At some point, a nagging voice inside you must have whispered something in your gut, like, “Stop. This is not how you should be spending your time.“ But because the bright screens are… Read more

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  • Little room for imagination

    When we lack sleep, we can’t think well outside the things that need to be accomplished within a specific timeframe. And so we operate like machines: do this, do that, repeat. A cycle that becomes monotonous and even makes your mind atrophy. And the more you become a mindless cog in a system, one who… Read more

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  • Tsundoku and making time for reading

    I used to dream of getting access to books like one has access to physical libraries. And now that the internet has made e-books readily available in just one click, collecting literature and letting them pile up to be read later (Really? You still have time?) has become a lot easier. Tsundoku, they call it.… Read more

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  • Living life as a part of the whole

    We only live in isolation in our minds. But whatever we do or do not do, affects others around us in one way or another. I remember the saying from one of my energy economics classes, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” So often attributed to economies, I can’t help but also relate it with… Read more

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  • When ideas mate and reproduce

    My life experiences may not be at par with the privileged or those who have been socially active whenever given the opportunity. But my experiences are unique in that a person’s point of view varies from others. So the things I’ve seen would be different from others did, just as one looking at a rainbow.… Read more

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