jessa

Reflections on becoming

Life

  • Paying off debts

    Debt is an invisible heavy baggage you carry daily, constantly consuming mental space. You’ll only realize you’ve been carrying this baggage even in your sleep and how heavy the weight is once it’s already lifted up. Until then, you won’t feel free. Read more


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  • Squeezing the daytime hours

    Once you start moving, you find it enjoyable to keep moving, and you want to squeeze the daytime hours until all that’s left to do is rest; it’s time to wind down for tomorrow. But while you are in the motion, you can’t help but think about all the things you could do, about all Read more


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  • Keeping yourself awake

    Sometimes, we overestimate ourselves, thinking that our bodies could operate like machines — tireless. But just as machines need scheduled maintenance, although less often than we do (which is daily), we need to give in to that time of rest, getting some sleep. Lest we risk getting ourselves sick and unable to be productive as Read more


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  • We all just want to get better

    People who still hope that there’s a way out of the unfavorable situation they are in, wants to get better. Better opportunities. Better things. Better people. Better life. We all just want to get better. Read more


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  • Where to go when panic strikes

    I was taught that panic is a feeling you get when things get overwhelming. And when you are in a state of panic, you feel like you can’t hold the anxiety any longer as it pushes out of you like a wave, making your thoughts run wild. And isn’t it easy to get into a Read more


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