Work
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Going back to square one
Learning almost always involves incompetence. The Practice: Shipping Creative Work Isn’t it amazing how there’s always tension and discomfort in learning? And in these moments, the least path of resistance is to hide instead. Because the discomfort is often too much to bear, especially when you consider yourself too old to learn. Finding myself in Read more
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Buy, buy, buy, and endless consumerism
Society today puts too much weight on material objects, and there are too many people who own way more than they need. Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism With the monthly sale right down the corner, it’s worth noting how our culture encourages us to consume material things, making it even more vague to distinguish Read more
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Goodbye, office
We live in a wonderful world now where we can work without a physical office at all. Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism In 2010, Seth blogged about the future of work in goodbye to the office. And 11 years after, the pandemic accelerated how we bid farewell to the office. It’s not just those Read more
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Would that help?
We all have bad ideas, most of the time. But with all the bad ideas we have, a few good ideas will always come out of them. Regardless, we all have ideas. What remains is how to get your idea across. It fascinated me when one colleague offered an alternative without being too pushy about Read more
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How most of us became the yes-man
From an early age, high achievers are taught to sacrifice independent thought for a good grade. We’re taught that compliance will be rewarded by being picked. And the biggest pick for many kids is the approval that comes from a famous college (or the improv group that’s running auditions at said famous college). The Practice: Read more
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Getting off the clock
If you are reading this now, you are probably trudging down the default path your parents or society has imposed since you were young. And what is that default path? We work for that paycheck, live for the weekend, and spend our money trying to soothe all the stress of it all. Work Optional: Retire Read more
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To all the diploma holders out there
It’s been two years since I received my master’s degree. And yes, my diploma wouldn’t tell you whether I care about the things that I should. And most of the time, we work because we want to get paid. And we want to get paid because we have bills to pay and mouths to feed. Read more
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