Month: January 2021
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Plugging Back Into The Matrix
I whined about why I stopped using Blinkist. I am about to use it again. The main reason why I am ready to give it another go is because in the ~2 years since I last used it, I have gotten better at summarising, taking notes, and turning those notes into meaningful ingredients. I have…
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Blog as of Jan, 2021
This is the current layout. I like it a lot. It’s useful because it visually represents my thoughts and emotions. It helps me remember. What changed was I added the posted date and the excerpts, and I organised it in a block format. This allowed me to glance at everything more easily. After all, this…
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A Writing App Idea đ
I am trying to find my perfect writing tool. I need it to be in block format, similar to the Gutenberg editor in WordPress. I love how blocks work. They are flexible and best of all, they organised my thoughts visually. I need a way to tag by paragraph and by highlights, in addition to…
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“Grandma is gone.”
It was late summer, a few weeks before school resumed. I was going into my senior year in college. I was quite conscious of the fact that that was the last summer break of my life. Those were the last few carefree weeks I got to spend in Hong Kong before I flew back to…
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Super Heroes đŠčđ»
“Who is your super hero?” I used to ask this as an interview question. I liked it because it was fun and telling. I am 45 and I am to have some fun answering this question again. Muse like Austin Kleon and master the skill to be in awe with life’s most mundane things. See…
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A Pretty Good Deal
Not everything will be okay. While you are downing your almond milk CBD latte, 5 toddlers starve to death. A sales boss once said to me, “the closer you stick to reality, the better your team performs.” While you are cursing at me, you just had another warm heartening sip of that hippie latte. So,…
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Starting 2021
2021 are just 4 integers, but 4 powerful ones, especially at this moment in time. So let them be powerful. How do you start your day? Some make their bed so then they know, at the minimum, they have accomplished 1 thing. Some meditate, some read, some doom scroll in the bathroom. (đđ»ââïž) We can…