How to Stop Self-Criticism and Be Kinder to Yourself?
How do you react when you make a mistake? Do you beat yourself up over the mistake? Do you feel guilty and find it hard to accept the mistake? Or do you find ways to correct your mistake and learn from it? As a tutor, I have the privilege to observe how students react...
100 Things To Be Grateful For in My Life
In 2014’s Christmas, my housemate in Malaysia gave me a red journal because he knows that I love writing. I didn’t know what to do with it then. But when I’m back in Singapore, I started using it as a gratitude journal. Every morning, I list down at...
How to Not Control Everything and Be Free
Are you trying to control everything? Do you need everything to be just the way you want it to be? Do you find it difficult to let go even though you know it’s holding you back from freedom? I used to have this repeated dream when I was young: I dreamed that I...
Why It’s Important to Be Patient and Trust Life?
There is a scene in the movie, Shrek 2, where Princess Fiona, Shrek, and Donkey are on a journey to The Kingdom of Far Far Away. Donkey who can’t keep still keeps repeating: “Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” We laugh because it’s funny to...
Why Sometimes Feeling Angry Is A Good Thing?
I hate feeling angry. Whenever I feel angry, my mind is like a broken record that never stops replaying the things that make me angry. And I don’t like to express my anger in front of others because I felt embarrassed every time I blew up. It felt as...
Didn’t Get the Love You Desire from Your Parents?
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