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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Work

  • Don’t quit on yourself

    It’s easy to do mediocre work. How? By doing the bare minimum. You might even convince yourself, “No matter how much work I put in, my pay is still the same, so why bother?“ Then you build a habit out of mediocrity, like a resignation on life itself, and the next thing you know, you… Read more

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  • Time away from work

    Your downtime is for resting, having fun, and disengaging from work. We need time away from work to be good and efficient at it. Dr. Anna Clemens But sometimes, resting and having fun for me means reading a book or catching up with my favorite podcast and picking up where I left off from an… Read more

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  • How did I come from zero blog post views to an average of 10 daily?

    First and foremost, it did not happen overnight, you see. If you want to build your online presence, then you have to put in the work. As Seth Godin puts it, drip by drip. It means you must treat your blog like work, follow a schedule, and show up according to that schedule you set.… Read more

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  • Work that benefits others

    Isn’t it so easy to be caught up with the administrative side of work? Finish the report by noon. Submit this by 5 PM. And while you’re finding yourself reacting to deadlines instead of proactively launching ideas and testing your hypothesis (yes, I work as a researcher), you begin to wonder who will benefit your… Read more

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  • Good with words (Midjourney edition)

    I am at a loss for words. I have this picture in my head, but the words that seem fitting to describe it slip out of the tip of my tongue. The image was clear in my mind. A clean city with solar photovoltaics installed on the rooftops. I imagined it as an aerial shot,… Read more

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  • Lonely people doing crazy things

    In my previous blog post, I told you how this taxi driver shared hilarious stories. I never really asked for them, but he shared them freely as if you were paying for entertainment, buckled in a front seat of a comedy bar. He talked about his driving experience–how different people expect him to do the… Read more

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  • The entertainer behind the wheel

    I used to be creeped out by taxi drivers being extra talkative. One, we just met. So it’s awkward to be caught in a small place and be forced to talk back to a total stranger, yes? And two, there are a lot of things running in my head that having another voice seems overkill.… Read more

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