On a spectrum of very-spontaneous-borderline-reckless to steady-and-calculated-like-clockwork, where do you fall? I guess for most people the answer is dependent on the circumstances. There are some decisions we make that barely take any time to deliberate, but some other choices seem to put us at a crossroad for infinite time. The decisions we ought to…
I don’t know who originated this theory, but I remember reading somewhere that our “bad” habits are often built upon at least one unfulfilled emotional need. I use “bad” in quotation marks here also to allow for a multiplicity of interpretations when it comes to the habits that we deem unfavorable and undesirable. For me,…
When I was writing the blog post on Internet nostalgia and what I miss about the bygone eras of the web, I began to also reflect on what I get to appreciate about the present landscape of the online world. There are still so many treasures or hidden gems that I can celebrate today about…
Happy 2023! This is a celebratory post for another chain of 365 days which hopefully will be a decent one. I’m past the point of trying to be edgy and making fun of “new year’s resolutions” as a thing. Though I’ve decided that resolutions rarely last a long time into the year, this past summer…
I am a self-proclaimed non-doer who has a strong tendency to think things without acting on them. There have been so many occasions of me getting galvanized into the possibilities of doing things only to give in to the inertia that blocks any concrete actions from materializing. Whether it’s an undertaking for my own sake…
I am back living amidst the chaos of an urban lifestyle, with its ceaseless soundscape, topsy-turvy traffic, and the far-from-ideal graciousness of people when interacting with strangers. There is a certain comfort in blending into all this chaos – only the truly extraordinary will stand out. Most things just get submerged into the hectic, overstimulating,…
Oh the irony of going from preaching a calm, intentional, and carefree lifestyle to whining about being neck deep in a crisis. I usually use this blog to work out my personal problems on the intellectual front, but I don’t necessarily intend to showcase any sign of panic especially as I go through these problems…
There is an idea which I come back to again and again and again on this blog: how we are taught to live our lives under the pressure of meeting certain standards (frequently impossible ones at that) prescribed by society. I am not alone in experiencing the burden of such pressure, and at the risk…
Each day we wake up and the first thoughts passing our mind probably concern something like our career, our relationships, our worries and insecurities, or even trivial stuff like what we are to consume during the day. It almost never occurs to us that even in our own existence we are so tiny compared to…
Ever since we were born, we have been fed a certain sense of solidity and discreteness when we perceive the world. Nouns are assigned to objects and items, and even to abstract phenomena that somehow can fit in a certain box to help pare down the complexity of the world into a few simplistic interpretations.…
I just got back from a kickboxing class and guess what, my hypoglycemia had started acting up 5 minutes into the lesson as I was only warming up with some light running. My whole face went pale, I started sweating profusely while feeling cold chills all over my body, I could barely hold myself upright…
This post is going to be me rambling about all the reasons why I am low-key terrified of entering the workforce that exists outside the boundary of my university campus, and why I just wish I could stay sheltered in this school environment forever. Note that by “staying in school” I don’t just mean “being…
Weather is kind of a big deal, though it’s actually trivial in almost every major life decision. Weather happens in the background and is never a factor when we pick schools or choose life partners or decide on quitting a job. Weather offers a mere backdrop to our daily lives, and it never gets registered…
I wouldn’t be the first to admit that my attention span has dwindled to an average of just roughly three to five minutes at a time, because anything requiring my full concentration for longer than that will just receive the same fate: my interest in the thing drains out and my mind wanders to something…