You’re waiting for an important email while working when suddenly a popup alert jolts you out of your concentration. “One unread message” it says. Aha, it’s the mail I’ve been waiting for. Opening your inbox immediately, you’re suddenly dismayed with the new email’s content, a link to a website selling prescription medicines at discounted prices. […]
I really thought each one of us has this innate desire to travel and seek adventure in other places. I have never met anybody yet who wasn’t excited about going on a trip to another island or spending vacation in a beach resort. Thus, I presume everybody wants to travel to distant lands. Well, not […]
Sometimes life calls us to do something different than the usual course of activities that we are accustomed to. Some refer to it as moving out of your comfort zone. For me, it was not just a move but a jolt. One fine day, my mom just called me from Manila and told me to […]
A business mentor used to encourage us his associates to always bring a note and pen. He explained they come in useful for those ideas that pop up once in a while. Writing them down immediately is important since they often get lost in the day’s busyness and there’s the tendency to forget what could […]
Our house is near the sea and as kids we have been accustomed to walking along the beach, strolling by the shore on late afternoons or bathing in the sea waters during mornings. It’s just so ironic how I didn’t really learn how to swim even if we grew up with the sea just nearby. […]
How do you find happiness? This feeling of contentment, peace, satisfaction or being pleased can be so elusive and fleeting when you try to pursue it. But sometimes happiness comes when you least expect it… the sudden burst of a baby’s laughter, the surprise call from somebody you’re missing so much or the appreciation from […]
Have you tried going over the files in your computer and wishing you have sorted them out and deleted the unnecessary ones? I realized that browsing over Windows Explorer, and seeing the many folders and files accumulated through the years, can actually be stressful. While organizing things on our desks and rooms usually exhausts us […]