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If you are in the market for a cotton dress, here’s one I’d recommend. The fabric is comfortable and flows as you move. Also perfect to pack for the island trip!
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Perfect dress for a summers day, a flattering style and cool cotton skirt which can be dressed up or down...
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It’s April. I will be celebrating my 35th birthday in 8 days. What better time to reflect than now?
The last entry I have published on Tumblr marked a key milestone - I became a homeowner in 2019. Then the COVID-19 pandemic came knocking. Needless to say, 2020 was a watershed year for everyone. It had been a humbling experience.
Fast-forward to 2022, how am I faring as a 35-year-old woman? Have I remained stagnant? How far have I evolved?
I am thankful and grateful to say that I am healthy and can live comfortably.
I have kept to my promise and made it a habit to keep a learner’s mindset, at work and in my personal time. I am still an avid reader, primarily non-fiction and mostly on economics, politics and current affairs. When I am too tired to read, I listen to podcasts, first thing in the morning, or before bed. My favorites are podcasts that increase my knowledge on specific topics or industries, which expands my worldview.
I am no stick figure nor am I the most voluptuous, but I make it a point to stay active. I have placed my sets of dumbbells where they are visible and easily accessible to serve as a conscious workout reminder. Often times, my mental note to coax myself to workout for a few minutes gets extended to 20 mins or 45 mins.
I am unmarried and financially independent. At my age, as I spend more time doing things on my own, I get so comfortable with how things are that I do not feel lacking.
Failed relationships in the past have given me plenty to reflect upon. It would be wonderful if I have a partner in my life for fun banters, bringing different perspectives to my ‘monologue’. But until I meet an amazing man that I look up to, with shared values, a person I can learn from and grow with (intellectually, not sideways), I will continue to embrace singlehood. Though, as one of my friends once asked “Are you manifesting?” Well, I shall!
Every year, my resolution is simple - continue to embody the spirit of lifelong learning, stay humble and be kind. I have so much more to learn and many more ways to improve myself.
Here to a beautiful year!
I chose an image of sunrise to conclude 2019 simply because... gazing into the distance brings about a wave of soothing calmness that I don’t appreciate enough in the past year.
This year, I’ve unlocked a personal milestone by moving in to my new place, a 1-bedroom apartment that blessed me with a vast, unobstructed view of the city skyline, in a neighbourhood that exudes a quiet charm.
I am gradually adjusting to a renewed lifestyle. Financing a home is costly, even in the suburbs. Having now settled in at my new nest, I look forward to achieving and unlocking more personal milestones in 2020.
I sincerely thank every kind soul in my life, both past & present. You’ve played a part in shaping parts of me, one way or another. Thank you for being you.
Here wishing you a happy new year, let’s take on the next decade by striving to be kind and to continue supporting each other. Happy 2020!
Most people want empowerment when what they need first are responsibility and accountability. Results are what make a difference, not good intentions. And result come only when people take responsibility for themselves.
John C. Maxwell “Leadershift”
Thought is crooked because it can invent anything and see things that are not there. It can perform the most extraordinary tricks, and therefore it cannot be depended upon. But if you understand the whole structure of how you think, why you think, the words you use, the way you behave in your daily life, the way you talk to people, the way you treat people, the way you walk, the way you eat- if you are aware of all these things then your mind will not deceive you, then there is nothing to be deceived.
Jiddu Krishnamurti, Freedom from the Known
I came out mature. What did he mean by those words? Andre Malraux wrote in his memoirs that the rarest thing in the world is a mature man. Mandela would agree with him. To me, those four words are the deepest clue to who Nelson Mandela is and what he learned. Because that sensitive, emotional young man did not go away. He is still inside the Nelson Mandela we see today. By maturity, he meant he learned to control those more youthful impulses, not that he was no longer stung or hurt or angry. It is not that you always know what to do or how to do it, it is that you are able to tamp down the emotions and anxieties that get in the way of seeing the world as it is. You can see through them, and that will see you through.
Mandela’s Way. Lessons on Life, Love and Courage by Richard Stengel
Zero to One
The lesson for entrepreneurs is clear: if you want to create and capture lasting value, don't build an undifferentiated commodity business. - Peter Thiel
Successful people find value in unexpected places and they do this by thinking about business from first principles instead of formulas.
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
The paradox of teaching entrepreneurship is that such a formula (for success) necessarily cannot exist; because every innovation is new and unique, no authority can prescribe in concrete terms how to be innovative.
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
What happens when we have gained everything to be had from fine-tuning the old lines of business that we have inherited?
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
I have a phrase I use which is that diamonds used to be a girls best friend but you can only sell diamonds once. Scarce skills you can sell every week, every month, every year for the rest of your life.
Beryl Platt
The woman who will go just that much farther, who is willing to take just that much more , who will risk falling into another hole and find the courage to climb out of it again, is the woman who is going to succeed.
Georgette Mosbacher
The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.
Dee Hock
May there be many a day spent reading in front of a fireplace this winter for our Australian and New Zealand bookshelf lovers.
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In the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. Perhaps then you might gain that rare tranquility that comes from knowing that you have had a had in creating something of intrinsic excellence that makes a contribution. Indeed, you might even gain that deepest of all satisfaction: knowing that your short time here on earth has been well spent, and that it mattered.
Jim Collins, Good to Great
