Tag: Work
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I was taught that if I just worked hard, I’d have the opportunity to escape poverty. The formulaic approach seemed straightforward and doable from my perspective. Work hard, get ahead—a simple equation I believed in without question. Until I didn’t. Upon deeper reflection on this approach and after watching hours of documentaries about the cyclical…
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For a year now, I have been thrashing out ideas—imagined futures—once I arrive at the inevitable termination of my job contract. I feel like I’m suffocating from a lack of imagination. When did this happen? I remember the nights I spent outside the veranda, looking at the stars sprawled on the night sky, dreaming about…
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Tax after tax without tangible benefits is squeezing the life out of ordinary people like me. And like the people from 20 years ago, we still struggle to break free.
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For years, I have always asked myself where to go next because certain things in my life always have expiration dates. The time constraint always kept me on my toes, always reminding me that before the turn of the year, I should be able to have at least decided where to go next. The options…
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In 2020, I explored how to produce podcast episodes and went through the learning phase of juggling content creation with pre- and post-production. My tasks include: topic ideation, writing the material, recording, audio editing, and promotion. The pandemic really squeezed the creatives out of us, and it felt that at that moment, I really wanted…
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Like having a pebble in my shoe, I’ve been feeling a little uncomfortable—which did not happen overnight but has been building up like grit—having ads in my email inbox. I don’t feel like I have the right to be full-on uncomfortable because I am using the service for free, but I am disturbed about how…
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Manners don’t often come with degrees. One can be highly educated but without manners.