After spending the past 8 years working almost non-stop in the scientific world, I'm taking a break. Switching gears. Crossing a bridge. Whatever you want to call it. It's a big deal for me. I guess I'm still quite traditional in the sense of thinking of my working life as a "career" and assuming that …
Most of the pieces of the puzzle have almost fallen into place. I have resigned from my job, moved back to my parents and am now officially unemployed for a few weeks until I fly. I've always wanted to live abroad, even if for a little bit. I've also always wanted to teach English abroad, …
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference Robert Frost It always seems that society thrusts a map in the hands of everyone dictating what they should do. It's the acceptable path to take. Why would you possibly need to …
A lot of happiness books advise that you should find purpose in your life, help others, stop comparing yourself to others, eat well and maintain your social contacts. But what if you could design it into your life? Happiness by Design by Paul Dolan (behavioural scientist) looks into paying attention to how you act as …
In one of my last few post, I wrote about my conundrum on what should we do with our last legged clothes. I was having a conversation with someone about this and was reminded of this segment that I had previously seen where clothes were being recycled. Everyone, meet Professor Veena Sahajwalla who is turning …
You've booked yourself in for the language exam and now what? Language exams are great to officially test your level, motivate yourself or are needed for job prospects/requirements or university entrance. You probably are familiar with how the test will run- listening, reading, writing then speaking. Each section is timed and follows immediately from the …
I went through another cleaning and decluttering phase in January. I'm that person who has a hole in their sleeping t-shirt (which was once a going into public t-shirt) and still proclaims that it's still good. How many holes are one too many?? Exactly. Photo by Charles Etoroma on Unsplash But I decided that some …
This post was inspired by a post from Nomad Online where Agnes wrote about her 5 life lessons. I always think these life lessons are so true they sometimes hurt and are a great way to learn from others instead of learning the hard way. Here are my 10 life lessons that I've learnt so …
One of my new year resolutions in 2021 was " bring more art into my life". I was reflecting on this the other day thinking if I could've been anymore vague. An unachievable goal according to the productivityists because I can't quantify this goal in any way and I had no measures of progress. It's …
I was reading this article the other day about generational colour (and the new Very Peri pantone colour of 2022). As a millenial, I was interested to read about how Fushia Rose was the colour of the year back in 2001 which set forth a decade of pink within culture which is now called Millenial …
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