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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Work

  • Looking for a media-sharing social network

    So many things are running in my mind right now, overwhelming my thoughts. It seems that the immediate relief to this situation is to type without regard. I could have written more about work in this post, but today isn’t the day to do that. The current dilemma: what media-sharing platform can I use to upload photos… Read more

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  • “Lining Up Emotions in the Right Ways” chart

    Have you been angered by a message you received or a news you’ve watched? How did you respond? Sure, how our emotions are evoked matters and often dictates how we respond (especially when we are quick to react and not think our actions through, like a frog 🐸 leaping immediately from a perceived threat). From… Read more

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  • Has it been a day already?

    Today, I have put into practice what I wrote in my previous blog. How? I did seven major tasks for today, with reading a book sometime in the afternoon, and they are as follows: And it’s incredible how I did all these things in one day, while I can spend the same hours working in front… Read more

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  • The traditional productivity equation vs. creating value

    These days, while mulling about creating value, I wondered if there’s really a point to doing something that nobody would take time to appreciate, value, and use. Morten T. Hansen, author of Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More, presented the traditional productivity equation this way: A person’s work… Read more

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  • Paying for premium

    You can pay for an expensive service that doesn’t deliver as much as another service at a similar cost. And those who offer the premium services who take care to the next level (seeing you eye to eye as a human worthy of empathy) make the premium pay all worth it. Read more

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  • How planning my day ahead helped me achieve more

    Having the right tool for the right job could make all the difference. Yes, sticky notes helped me tick off boxes last year. But having a compact monthly+daily planner this year, which I could bring to work and anywhere I go, helps me keep track of my days and weeks and plan my months ahead.… Read more

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  • Prioritization of resources

    “We all breathe the same dirty air everywhere.” That’s how Mr. Rene Pineda, Jr., President of the Partnership for Clean Air, began his speech during the Stakeholder’s Forum on Air Quality Monitoring. And the call for improving the air quality also includes other sectors such as energy, following the goal of reducing GHG emissions. What became a… Read more

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