I was a very meek child. Hid behind my dad’s legs, had my mum wave to me from our flat when I went to the shop that was literally on the first floor of our apartment, made myself scarce by finding an empty room and hiding there during gatherings.

While I had been determined to keep my mantra, “Just get through the year” for 2022, life seems to have other plans – the primary being to get rid of many of my “unattractive qualities” as much as possible before I enter Season 31, Episode 1.

One of the things that blew my mind in my twenties was, “‘No’ is a complete sentence.” You’re telling me I can just say “No”? And everything will be fine? I pushed it to the back of my mind and let it simmer there for a few years, gently stirring it once in a while:

To be perfectly candid with you, I absolutely procrastinated before writing this post.

One thing I’ve learned is that being creative is not necessarily something that happens on its own. I thought painters, sculptures, writers, filmmakers just conjured things out of thin air. Turns out, sure, you can get inspired by watching a film or reading a book but sustaining inspiration and creativity requires practise, intention, and discipline.

I think the title of the post tells you everything you need to know about this already. After setting so many different goals and trying so many different things, I’ve found everything boils down to these 2 things for me so, let’s just jump right into it!

So, I’ve been bullet journaling loosely since 2018 and properly since 2020. By properly I mean complete with my own spreads, trying out trackers and stuff, and actually doing the index and everything.

My parents came to Singapore in 1994 when my dad got a job offer here. We had a community we came with, but it didn’t do much to alleviate

So, the new year just sort of slipped in really quietly, didn’t it? Did you notice it? I barely did! Many people I know are not really setting as many goals for this year – maybe they have some habit they want to enforce here and there or they will be working on ongoing goals that don’t have a timeframe attached (like savings). But I’m not seeing much of the “2021 will be MY year” or "This is the year I get my sh*t together!" kind of energy. And I think it’s not the biggest surprise. We don’t e

Since I started doing bullet journaling, many of you have been asking me for tips and suggestions and I thought about the best way to do it,

Last November, I asked my friend to buy the five-minute journal for me as a birthday present. I was so fascinated by the overwhelmingly posi

After my Insta Live interview with Tia Bhuva for my tenacious woman segment, I got LOADS of heart-warming emails and DMs saying how much the

If you’ve been following my Instagram stories, you might have noticed that I’m really feeling the whole BUJO thing this year. And maybe you

A little caveat before we get on with things! I realise this post is about tips on how you can make yourself more productive while working