jessa

Reflections on becoming

Life

  • Memory lapse

    Recently, I failed to recall specific information from my memory, and it felt like a blank in my head. I experienced it when trying to remember where I placed my keys, and it’s fascinating how I can remember taking it off my bag and putting it on the bed. But since I couldn’t find it Read more


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  • Do you belong in the middle class?

    The term middle class has evolved over time (you can read more about it here) and depending on your demographics, it could also mean differently than the rest of the world. From 2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything: From an economic point of view, the middle class affords Read more


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  • I’ve got a question

    The more we ask questions, the more we get braver about asking more. Because, in the end, the one who wins is the one who leaves with a better understanding. It’s okay to feel if your question feels stupid, especially when you don’t have any clue about a specific interest or topic. What’s important is Read more


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  • Bedpans and old age

    When I was still in the first decade of my life, I met an old woman on one occasion, lying down on her bed with a bedpan nearby. I couldn’t grasp before what it’s like to be old (or be sick and old) and unable to relieve myself in the toilet anymore. Now that I’m Read more


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  • The dance of meeting and parting ways

    We think that the people we meet daily will remain where they are or that we will be around them forever. But once somebody chooses to change their environment, say for career growth that your circles won’t overlap anymore, you’d be confronted by the reality of meeting people and parting ways with them at any Read more


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