Work
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Why do you download an app?
When you go to the app store, you are there for various reasons: You want to download a specific app. You want to explore new apps under a particular category. It’s getting late, and you don’t want to sleep yet, so you want to do something with your time, and downloading an app at the… Read more
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“Time poor”
What is time poor? It’s a term used to describe someone who doesn’t have time to do the things they want or wish to do. I like how the Cambridge Dictionary put it: Increasingly, both men and women in the professional middle classes are work-rich and time-poor. Are you time poor? Perhaps, with Universal Basic… Read more
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Creating new routines
I told you before how transitions feel painful. And can you imagine how energy- and mentally-intensive it is to create new routines and establish new habits? But once you’ve crossed over that gap between what you’re used to and setting up new routines, a future of possibilities begins to roll out like a red carpet… Read more
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700th blog post and other celebrations
WOW! That fast? I remember how I started this blog and how excited I was that I didn’t want to sleep even though it was so so late unless I had everything almost set up. Then after some planning about the things I should be writing about, I realized how beginnings are lonely. But now,… Read more
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“There’s no way to photograph the hard stuff”
While doing my daily devotions, hearing about how “there’s no way to photograph the hard stuff” reminded me of the superficiality of building your image. How often do we put up things online that put us in a bad light? As I was typing this, trying to catch up with all the backlogs, you don’t… Read more
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The facade of checklists
In my previous post, I already told you what work performance looks like in terms of effort and focus. But often, it’s really tempting to spread too thin at work. This means you do so many things simply to check them off the lists. But are they really the things you should focus on? Because… Read more
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Internships and looking forward
When I was still a kid, passing by through power susbstations, I remember how I used to wonder what I should become as an adult to access such facilities. Then eight years ago, I had my first internship at a national grid and was fascinated by the machines and the electronics that make it. I finally… Read more
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