To all my friends who are bemoaning the impending Chinese New Year “festivities”, here’s my piece to commiserate with you. It’s not specific to CNY though, it’s a delayed article about the whole SAD situation. (Actually, it’s about why some of us don’t always relish festive seasons and family gatherings, but we’ll get to that […]
Why you should do less this year
We’re always looking to do more, aren’t we? With each new year, new resolutions and new ambitions are visualised. But what if we streamlined and decluttered those goals? I don’t know about you, but I have a nasty habit of being distracted by the new and shiny. Not physical stuff, but mental stuff. Like wanting […]
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me
It had been a week of uncontrollable crying. There were no particular triggers, well, my whole life can be viewed as a trigger, but I would just randomly burst into tears. I noticed it happened mostly when I was in the shower or driving. Maybe in my most private or cocooned up moments. It was […]
How I Deal
If there were a magic formula on how to deal with depression, I can guarantee you this disease would be eradicated from the world. But there isn’t. No matter all the steps I am about to tell you on how I get by daily, if you’re in it, you may not even be able to […]
Every tear a waterfall
Have you ever cried like your world was ending? I have. Countless times. Since I was a teenager, without even knowing what the hell I was crying for. When you’re young and you grow up in an environment without the kind of openness or emotional support you see on all those American TV shows where […]
It’s ok if they don’t like your post
I was inspired to write this upon reflecting on what a friend of mine who was going through tough times said. He has a blog himself, which he occasionally updates and shares on Facebook. On a random day, I checked in with him, and when he said he wasn’t well, I became very quickly concerned […]