Relationships
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Sometimes, hurt people hurt
If you are a person who recovered from being hurt and have lashed out at everyone else because you are hurting, then you must have realized by now how easy it is to hurt others when you are hurting. When you lash out, you feel like you can always be excused just because you are Read more
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Late-night musings #13
There are bridges we chose not to cross. But who knows what could have been if we did? Read more
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But for now, let me grieve
My heart is heavy with grief, like a weight pressing on against my chest. Exhale, exhale, exhale. I’m trying to inhale, but the weight only gets heavier the more I try to breathe. Like my heart is trying to beat against a prison cell that is getting smaller and smaller until there’s no space left Read more
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Late-night musings #12
While preparing for our trip, I turned to social media to find an island tour/activity coordinator. After being convinced by the collective reviews and photos, I inquired; following further clarifications, we settled for a 13% downpayment and arranged our schedule of activities. During our first meeting, we exchanged a few greetings and went right on Read more
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Letter no. 41
Dear reader from the future, With the recent events in the country, like the tension between China and the Philippines over territorial waters, I wonder what it would be like to live here ten years from now. At the same time, I believe that the future is what we make of it, which led me Read more
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Are you ready for a world in which scrolling your phone in public spaces is banned?
Seine-Port, in the Seine-et-Marne area south of Paris, with a population of fewer than 2,000 people, last weekend voted yes in a referendum to restrict smartphone use in public, banning adults and children from scrolling on their devices while walking down the street, while sitting with others on a park bench, while in shops, cafes or eating Read more
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Replacing old habits
Awareness has played a significant role in my on-and-off relationship with social media. So, if you’ve been reading some of my blog posts, like this one, and they resonate with you, you must be yearning for some habit changes like I do. So how to change one habit to another? The journal article Psychology of Habit (2016) shows that Read more
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