Sometime in March 2022, upon coming home tired and confused from work, I broke down. It started with a comment ça va? from B, our usual, seemingly routinary exchange. One thing led to another, and I started wailing uncontrollably. I knew right then and there that I needed help.
Read MoreThere are countless benefits I got from yoga/meditation. How I wish I can find the right and exact words to describe them one by one. But in one word, I can sum it up to clarity.
Read MoreMy Korean journey is a story that dates back to 2004.
Read MoreI gave in and had my food intolerance test one Tuesday afternoon at Life Science Center, Taguig. After a month of receiving the results, I have achieved what I wanted in the first place: be more informed with the food I am eating. I have been better at food prep and been eating mostly fresh, organic food: vegetables and fruits. I also have slept better since. The combination of all these three types of medicine - traditional, alternative and functional - is a holistic approach that will make you have better control of your health.
Read MoreOutside of these classes and organized trips and activities, I also practiced my Lithuanian with my encounters and everyday personal exchanges and activities in the supermarkets, cinemas, restaurants, shops and even in the streets, really, which obviously helped tremendously in my progress.
Read MoreThree years later I have reaped the benefits of becoming a minimalist. I say becoming because throughout the course of purging and mindful purchase, usage and possession, I have come to realize that minimalism is a never-ending process. It does not have to be a frustrating journey with no end. It’s simply a lifestyle.
Read MoreWhat is adulting? I’ve always thought it was being self-made, being independent, or confident. I got this concept from one of the books I’ve recently read, which joins every bit of idea I have of it: Adulting means self control. The ultimate mastery of being an adult is calmness - the state of being calm.
Read MoreOne day I’ve had it and without any hesitations, I booked myself an AirBnB.
Read MoreWanting to own less also got me wanting to try to lessen my consumption of unnecessary and non-reusable/non-recyclable products. One way to do that is to cut down anything disposable. Here are the steps I have taken so far.
Read MoreI’ve been wanting to work on one category per day for this minimalism project of mine. It proved to be a gargantuan task. Some days I just really don’t feel like it, other days I feel like plunging into work preparations. That Saturday night, however, was an opportunity to clean up I did not pass up.
Read MoreTwo weeks before going back to the Philippines, I found myself packing two years’ worth of stuff - or junk. I did and redid my packing countless of times and I still couldn’t fit everything in my 30kg luggage.
Read MoreWhat has changed over the past few months since I temporarily moved out and started living on my own abroad?
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