Work

The more I read books about how to write better, the more I reconsider my confidence in writing. There’s still so much to learn! I know I have told you before that my main motivation for keeping this blog alive is to have an avenue (and a safe space) to improve my writing. Why call… Read more

As much as I want to become better at so many things at the same time, I can’t seem to find the enthusiasm to do so many things like I used to have when I was younger (like creating board games, crocheting, and making keychains from beads). Now, I feel more intentional at consistently banging… Read more

You might have wondered how I can keep writing about anything. Because for sure, I must be using some system to keep this blog alive, right? My initial plan for this blog is to write daily, which could be about work, life, and the future. How did I end up with these main categories? After… Read more

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