Recently, two friends got me started on this book titled Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, and one particular chapter on saying ‘No’ tripped me up a bit, because of what I know about “Yes… And.” Some years ago, I learnt how “Yes… And” have the power to liberate overselves from false dichotomies. As explained to […]
Month: April 2015
When finding love ain’t straightforward (Part 4)
I am glad that I took time to write about my attempt-to-date journey. Contrary to what many thought, I am neither ashamed nor bitter about my failure to get myself hitched. In fact, writing about this showed me I am actually quite alright where I am right now. Writing also brought back memories of those […]
When finding love ain’t straightforward (Part 3)
For the context regarding this series of posts, please read the first post of the series here, and the sequel to that here. I have always resisted online dating platforms because I have heard so much about the sleazy activities that take place on these platforms e.g. single and married persons alike joining these platforms for […]
When finding love ain’t straightforward (Part 2)
For the context regarding this series of posts, please read the first post of the series here. In this second post, I will be sharing my experiences with corporate dating services, and I include under this category, private dating agencies such as Lunch Actually and the public dating agency, SDN. It all began when my private […]
When finding love ain’t straightforward (Part 1)
I have always wanted to write this post but could never quite find the right words to frame what I wanted to share. And after putting this off for months, I decided it is about time I give it another try, to illustrate that when people remain single, it really isn’t that they are not […]
8 months now
Time flies. Unbelievably, it has been close to 8 months since I left my full-time job. To be precise, I am 2 more days to being 8 months away from full-time employment. When I left, I transited to part-time work, which left me equally busy and tired, with little time for myself. As such, from […]
