Work

For months, I felt like climbing over a steep hill. Pushing myself upward and forward demanded not just physical power but mental agility. The intellectual demand is almost making me mental that what I keep feeling these days is discomfort (sometimes extreme pain) in the frontal lobe area of my head (or at the back Read more

When my colleagues talked about working in offices whose systems require them to throw their values and principles out the window, I remembered the dread of being in one—and the nights I spent yearning and praying for a kind of work that isn’t toxic. A kind of workplace that values good conduct and cares more Read more

I’ve never seen a person so dedicated to her work as my colleague does. In one instance, this colleague got upset because I only made a handwritten list for the conference speakers where I could have printed them from a computer (she said there was still time to do it). She also said I must Read more

I wonder if a time will come when my hands no longer know how to write the words I learned throughout my lifetime. So, sometimes, to refresh myself (or assess if I still know the things I believe I know), I jot down words I hear from a speaker (if I am in a gathering) Read more

People want you to be involved in so many things at one time. And that could get overwhelming. So if you are the kind of person who succumbs to pressure quickly, learn to say no more often. I think saying no more often is not entirely wrong. If you can identify what matters for you, Read more