I used to not know what “living in the present moment” meant. If you asked me in my early 20s, I would have been like, “Which present? You mean the present moment where I am worried about my bills? How…
How to Live in the Present
From Home to Apartment Living: What I’ll Miss and What I Am Excited About
Well, it was only a matter of time before we had to move. We are moving temporarily for work so we didn’t feel it was necessary to go through the home buying process, only to move again to a more…
34 Things I Would Tell My Younger Self At 34
I’ve spent much of my adult years avoiding the memories of my younger self. There was much pain there. Shame and feelings of unworthiness. Rejection and abandonment. It was easier to stuff those memories down in a box and never…
You Can Learn a New Skill At Any Age
“It’s too late to start.” “I’m too old now.” “I should have started when I was a kid.” I often hear people express regret for things they wish they’d done, or learned sooner. This has always been mind-boggling to me….
How I Rediscovered My Love for Art
humble beginnings I’ve always been into drawing since I was little. I never thought I was any good, but everyone around me seemed to praise this little “natural talent” I had. I grew up having this identity of artist that…
Learning the Hard Way to Embrace My Skin Color
I was one of those Filipino kids who was born and grew up with really dark brown skin. The technical name for the Filipino brown skin tone is kayumanggi, which I guess is the Tagalog word for the color brown…
I Transformed Our Fireplace Wall On A Budget
For the 5 years we’ve owned our home, I was only drawn to ‘light and airy’ interiors. So everything had to be white. When we first bought the house, the tiles around the fireplace were orange-y. I’ve wanted to remove…
The Most Painful Separation of My Life
It’s 4 am, the taxi is waiting outside. Dad is now loading it with our luggages. He came back with the taxi after he left to find one an hour ago. I’m pretty sure he pulled an all-nighter watching all…
How Doing Yoga Changed My Life
2014 was the year my life started to turn around. I’ll tell you why. The year started out very roughly. My dad, whom I hadn’t seen since I left the Philippines 7 years back, passed away. I remember receiving the…
Deciding to join the military in my mid-20s
Hello there, today I want to share with you my journey to joining the US Air Force in my mid-20s, and what led to that decision. After I dropped out of university following two years of graphic design, I worked…
