These days, when I’m not working out, I’m studying. I recently started a continuing education program for Data Analytics at The Chang School (Ryerson) in Toronto. As someone without a statistics background, I often feel like I’m playing catch up to everyone else in class. However, that was expected when I decided to start thisContinue reading “15 minute procrastination post”
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Breaking Mental Habits
Routines and habits – that’s what our lives are surrounded by. Type into google “routines for the most successful people” and you’ll get thousands of articles and tips on what to do to start your morning right. Richard Branson, Gary Vaynerchuk, Warren Buffet, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, all of them wake up between 5-7 AMContinue reading “Breaking Mental Habits”
Let Yourself Feel
There are bound to be days and moments of nostalgia- defined as a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a place or a period with happy personal associations. As a highly empathetic, experience-driven person, day after day nostalgia creeps up on my thoughts. Is it healthy or unhealthy to be nostalgic?Continue reading “Let Yourself Feel”
Reflections at every ending
A year and a half ago when I moved to Austin, Texas, I did not have a job. I didn’t know what I was going to do, nor what would happen in a year when my visa expired. To my surprise after multiple interviews over the course of a few months, I secured a jobContinue reading “Reflections at every ending”
Choose Love this Valentines Day
“Compatibility is an achievement of love. It cannot be its precondition.” – Alain de Botton In observance of Valentines Day, I’m writing on love. I was driving around this weekend to my various parties and events and managed to catch a bit of Krista Tippett’s podcast On Being. Every since I’ve moved to Austin, I’ve listenedContinue reading “Choose Love this Valentines Day”
Joanne Lam 