My Tuesday morning was a little different today. Thanks to Sydney’s ongoing lockdown, my mornings usually consist of waking up, taking my phone off charge, and spending an hour doom-scrolling on Facebook. With no immediate things to do during lockdown, there’s no catalyst to get out of bed on most days. Eventually, when my stomach begins to grumble, I’d flick off the covers and go … Continue reading Facebook’s Global Blackout Proved Its Worth
Whether you’re stuck on a life-changing decision or mulling over daily activities, knowing what to do feels like a debilitating question. Do you take on that new job or stick with your current one? Do you want to watch that movie or do you feel like doing something else? I’ve been in lockdown for over two months now, and while I’ve got my writing and … Continue reading What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do
The idea of wearing masks in public would have been an odd concept in my home city of Sydney two years ago. But now, it’s a reality. We’ve added a new reminder whenever we leave home: Phone, wallet, keys, and mask. And I have to be honest: the sight of masks in public is a stark reminder of the lack of freedom we face in … Continue reading Why I Have Hope For The Future
The miracle elixir… It’s amazing how water, with the simple construct of hydrogen and oxygen, is the elixir of life. One of its primary roles is to flush out our kidneys of the waste it creates. Water also helps keep our minds sharp; without enough of it, we feel drained — both literally and figuratively. And while we all know this, there always comes a … Continue reading All You Need Is A Glass Of Water
When you live in a country that has flipped between hard lockdowns and freedom, it’s quite easy to get sentimental. Possibly angry, too. Currently, I’m in lockdown in Sydney, Australia due to a virulent strain of Covid-19 — which truly sucks considering we were going so well. We could dance in nightclubs, dine in at restaurants, and have sex with irregular partners. But here we … Continue reading 3 Things I Want To Do When This Pandemic Ends
Here’s what to do if you don’t know what to do Continue reading If You Don’t Know What To Do, Do Anything
When it comes to life, there’s no greater cause for alarm than the act of turning 30. Society has built up an ongoing ideal that you have to do everything before your 30, and that’s not entirely true for everyone. Indeed, many of you will have worked towards a career or strived to get married and have children, or even gone on a working holiday … Continue reading The One Thing You Must Do Before 30
Intelligence is not about what you know but how you know. For instance, you know that no other word rhymes with orange – not because I just told you, but because you’re actively trying to find a word that does. You are applying knowledge to a conundrum and finding the truth. This is also true for emotional intelligence. To be emotionally intelligent, you need to … Continue reading How To Practice Emotional Intelligence
What’s more important: going to work sick and hoping they make a bit more money OR preventing unwanted deaths of your relatives, friends and local community members? It’s not a hard choice. And yet, some people think it is… Let’s be honest here: unless you’re working on something groundbreaking like the cure for cancer, the work you do is not entirely important. You can take … Continue reading It’s Okay To Burden Your Workplace and Self-Isolate
You already know what to do — so just do it! …or fake it, if need be. Nobody can tell you how to live, they’ve already got a life of their own! Do you want to be like other people or do you want to stand out from the crowd? I do hope it’s the latter… In fact, I’ve had to learn this as a … Continue reading How To Be Yourself & When To Fake It
For much of this week, I’ve been lazing on the couch playing Halo: Anniversary for the 20th time in my life. It may not be productive towards my writing career, but it’s definitely not wasting time. The truth is, I wasn’t in the right mood to write – and that happens to anyone with a passion. You lose that driving force. You feel like your … Continue reading You’re Not Wasting Time If You’re Doing Something
A couple of months ago I went through a bad patch. Psychologists would call it a breakdown, but for me, it was a harsh reality check. And it was all brought on thanks to my overworking brain. I’m an overthinker. And I overthought about the direction my life was going. Where am I going? And what will I find? What’s in this grab bag that … Continue reading You Always Know What To Do In life
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