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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Life

  • Daydream like a scientist

    Imagine being out of work for almost five months. And that’s after being subjected to tension from graduate studies and a demanding workload. How would that feel? Of course, I can tell you how that exactly felt. Because that’s what happened to me last year. After feeling like your brain doesn’t stop whirring and churning,… Read more

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  • A night at the carousel

    I’ve heard people say that the pandemic has affected children the most. And perhaps, it’s true. Especially when you live in cities where movement is limited and government protocols keep evolving, from having the liberty to roam around and being restricted to the next. With slivers of chances (from where I live, at least), we… Read more

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  • Most of us want to be somebody

    Most of us want to be somebody in different shapes and forms. But to be where we want to take a lot of decisions that overwhelm some, discouraging them from going on. I’ve heard about following your passion many times before, but it isn’t really telling you what to do after that. That’s why those… Read more

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  • Generational gap

    It’s easy to be mad at people when you think they don’t understand where you’re coming from. And we always believe that people should know where we’re coming from. As much as we wanted to have our voice (and ideas) matter, dealing with people isn’t as straightforward as we’d like it to be. Especially when… Read more

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  • Ah, here’s another beginning

    Prerequisites. People who have already gained experience in life will tell you that to achieve something, you need to undergo steps that come before that very thing you want to attain. (I thank all the people who talked me out of so many things.) And perhaps, I watched too much TV to think that becoming… Read more

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  • I finished reading the Bible in one year (again)!

    Have you read the whole Bible in one year? If you still haven’t, here’s how to read the whole Bible in one year. And for the fourth time, I finished reading the whole Bible again! These are the versions I have read so far (in order): New International Version (NIV) New Living Translation (NLT) New… Read more

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  • Letter no. 16

    Dear reader from the future, As I observed with intention people who are in leadership posts, I realized that it’s easy to demand a certain kind of leadership. However, when you are in the position to lead, you’ll learn that it’s not easy to be there. That you need to have systems in place and… Read more

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