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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Work

  • “A digital drug of choice”

    I once asked a small group of people whether they ever missed checking their preferred social media account for a day. You’re right, they haven’t. And haven’t you too? As far as I can remember, there’s never a point within the day that you’ll never find me holding my phone. Do you also find yourself… Read more

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  • Anniversary post #1: the joys and challenges of blogging daily

    Yes, I did it. I wrote every day, all year long. That’s 365 days worth of ideas (some good and resonated with a few, while others, not-so-much). After putting almost 100,000 words in this blog, I can say that the practice of shipping daily helped me get my ideas across faster than a year before.… Read more

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  • How systems make things better (and faster)

    I think that we can only optimize ourselves at a point. As much as we want to do things our way and as efficiently as possible, it simply doesn’t scale; because how we see the problem may not look the same for others unless there is a system in place. Systems expedite processes. And it… Read more

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  • Responsibilities don’t just wake you up

    They keep you awake. In fact, they keep you moving. However, you need to become responsible first so that you can handle your responsibilities. And if you fail to do so, your responsibilities become a burden on somebody else. Read more

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  • Why we’re (often) frustrated with work

    If it’s up to you alone to get more done, then attempts to moderate your workload can be misinterpreted as laziness. The Frustration with Productivity Culture Has anyone called you lazy for taking a break or distributing your workload such that you can still have time to be human? I remember being told by someone… Read more

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  • Communicating expectations

    Communicating expectations is supposed to be easy, right? You layout your expectations so that you and the people you’re working with are on the same page. And when the time comes to examine whether the expectation is met (or not), you will know the cause or reason it is so. But most of the time,… Read more

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  • In search of unknown unknowns

    It’s amazing to be in a group of people that isn’t afraid to step forward and look for answers to questions others don’t bother thinking about. And it also takes courage to admit that there are things that we don’t know yet. At times, we don’t know what we do not know. I learned that… Read more

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