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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Work

  • 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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  • 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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