When you’ve always taken pride in having a sharp and focused mind, losing the cutting edge of the mental faculty can plunge you into a helpless state of losing control. But a dull mind is what usually happens when you age, neglect your mental health or went through a series of anxiety attacks or depression. […]
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As we grew older, we sometimes forget what it’s like to be happy, or how to be happy. The days as a carefree child seems distance as if the adult us and the childhood version of us are two separate entity. Instead of seeking elsewhere for happiness, pause and learn to be happy instead. The […]
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Sometimes it’s not only your desk that looks messy. Your mind can be pretty cluttered in an unorganized mess and that could prevent you from thinking straight or getting the focus that you need. A cluttered mind gives you the feeling of a high level of unproductivity, as the mind is constantly all over […]
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“I’ll do that in another 5 minutes” Isn’t that a familiar phrase as procrastination took control over you? The 5 minutes soon become 50, and eventually, you tell yourself that you’ll put it off to the next day. At a certain point in our life, we’re all guilty of laziness and procrastination. It doesn’t matter […]
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Well, what’s the point of making resolutions again for the new year if we could barely achieve what we resolved to do this very year? Wait. Before we start beating ourselves for all the unachieved resolutions (if we could even remember half of them), let us be kinder to ourselves and stop all those negative […]
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When you’re struggling with social anxiety, you never imagined that you’ll be blessed with any relationships in your lifetime. Just when you have given up all hopes, Cupid decided to mess things up and puts you into one. And when your other half turned out to be a social butterfly, you’re torn between rejoicing and […]
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I’ve been dragging food-related pictures into a couple of my posts recently. By now, you must have suspected I have a sweet spot for foods, especially sinfully mouth-watering cuisine. Well, you can’t really blame me. Growing up in a country famous for its multicultural cuisine, it’s hard not to be a fussy eater. There I […]
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After reading Dr. Marcia Reynold‘s article on PsychologyToday, I decided to rewrite this post to give it the clarity and justification it deserved. Her post title Living a Good Life Without Purpose caught me off guard initially. I have to admit I am quick to judge as I was having thoughts that she is encouraging people […]
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Some of us are lucky enough to have a childhood carefree and filled with laughter. Some did not have the blessing for such memories. But eventually, as we grew up, we felt the burden of expectation and responsibilities, and we do not remember the day, we lost the magic of laughter. And so begin our […]
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Life has a way of hinting us when we are doing something wrong, but if we pay no attention to what it is trying to tell us, we will soon find our world crashing down one day and wondered what just happened. As we are humbly brought down to our knees in defeat, our confidence shattered, […]
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