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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Work

  • Meet TARS, my AI assistant

    I used to start my days with our Google Nest Mini. Hey Google, news today. Hey Google, feels like temperature today. Hey Google, what’s the weather today? Sometimes, I get frustrated when it can’t record a reminder correctly. Most days, it’s unplugged because we don’t have other smart devices to make the most of its features. Isn’t it nice to have… Read more

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  • My go-to apps when doing research work

    This week, I’ve been engrossed in reading literature after literature about agrivoltaics because I want to explore the topic for my research this year. And it’s not just the reading that I’ve been busy with these days. I’ve also been working on a system that would enable me to efficiently scour the web without getting… Read more

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  • Taking on leadership

    I’ve heard about how my grandparents were leaders and how my father (whom I never met because he died when I was a month old) seems to get along easily with people. Since grade school, I have always found myself leading groups. It felt like I’ve known what it’s like to lead my whole life, even… Read more

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  • I can squeeze you into my schedule

    Can you remember the last time you told yourself you could squeeze a task into your day, thinking you could accommodate just another one with the right kind of “time management,” only to be overwhelmed by so many things on your to-do list? From Time Management Won’t Save You: A major source of stress for… Read more

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  • The Jevons Paradox

    I never knew about it until I read it from The Ministry for the Future. Here’s a snippet from the book explaining what it is all about (Chapter 40): Jevons Paradox proposes that increases in efficiency in the use of a resource lead to an overall increase in the use of that resource, not a… Read more

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  • Late-night musings #9

    The feeling of “everyone else is getting ahead except me” could haunt you into a series of unforgiving mental tirades until you get so tired of them that you succumb to sleep. And then, you wake up wondering what you’re doing wrong that everyone else seems to be doing right. Yet they say each of… Read more

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  • Does having too much free time still make you happy?

    What does having “too much free time” look like? While reading a blog post about upskilling, I was redirected to another online resource about how “too much free time won’t make you happier in life.” From Too much free time won’t make you happier,’ says psychologist—how many hours you really need in a day: …two… Read more

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