Tag: life
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Your Space Can Transform Your Life
How living in a women’s only dorm transformed mine Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash After graduating college, I felt ashamed of living in a women-only residence thanks to internalized misogyny. That old thing. “What would people think? Were women really full of gossip and drama? Will I have to dodge any cattiness?” As a surprise…
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How My Pandemic Hobbies Turned Into A Lifestyle
We’re almost three years in. It’s a lifestyle now. Photo by SJ . on Unsplash Remember when the world reopened last summer after people got their second jabs? It felt like a collective unclenching heading into a more hopeful future. People re-gathered and bonded over the awkwardness of renewed social connection. So out of practice, every conversation…
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How To Travel Like A Pro
Tips to maximize ease and comfort when you fly Photo by Salman Hossain Saif on Unsplash There’s no better time to ponder your existence than at 30,000 feet in a long metal tube going hundreds of miles an hour. Nothing brings up more existential questions than being wedged in a tiny seat next to strangers with nowhere…
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You Do You
A poem Photo by Peter Nguyen on Unsplash I love seeing you shine, SisCongrats on your successAll I ever wished for you wasJust the best of the best Girl, you make your dreams come trueThat makes you an inspirationGives me nothing but good vibes And the utmost motivation for me to rise and grind even when…
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My Great Resignation
A poem and a prayer Photo by author Late February 2021. Pictured here: a tired, spent, and burnt-out me on the day I decidedit was over. I quit my job with nothing lined up. I got burned. I was done. Most importantly, it was time. I showed myself out of a relentless numbing, a toxic beast, a harrowing myth. A twisted mentality…
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Grieving In The Age of Social Media
Social media serves as a time capsule of our lives. Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash “Find it in your hearts to tell people how you feel about them because you may regret…when it’s too late.” — S. D. I received news of an old friend’s passing. He was only 30. As I grieved, I paid a visit to…
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Welcome to Limitless Creative: A Medium Publication
In the pursuit of creative expansion Image by the author via Canva “People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it.” — Simon Sinek I created a publication on Medium titled “Limitless Creative.” Welcome! Why “Limitless Creative”? I used to hold limiting beliefs about what I could and could not do, and it wasn’t until…
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NASA Photos And Human Life On Earth
What do these new NASA photos say about us humans? Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI This week, NASA released images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, an international program in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency). Spectacular. Mesmerizing. So what are we looking at exactly? This photo is called Webb’s…
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“Sleep Is For The Weak” And “Free Time Is For Losers”
Hustle Harder lies to keep you poor, stressed, and tired Photo by Minnie Zhou on Unsplash Social conditioning can sometimes brainwash you into adopting certain lifestyles that don’t serve you in the long run. A more formal definition of social conditioning says : [the] training [of] individuals in a society to act or respond in a manner generally…
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Why I’m Grateful To Be Writing In the Void (For Now)
A story on fear and wisdom Photo by Johann Siemens on Unsplash I can’t believe it’s Day 11 of 30. We’ve moved into the double digits of the month, and I can’t help but feel grateful to have finally heeded the call that has drawn me to this moment. The first time I thought to challenge myself…
Melissa Chanthalangsy 