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Continue reading →: Week 8 – Social Connection (II)Week 2 of 4. This update is days late. I just started my first week at my new work, and needless to say, socialising and talking to people became easier. As discussed in class, putting yourself in an environment that supports your habit actually makes your environment force you to…
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Continue reading →: Week 7 – Social Connection (I)For the last four weeks of the course, we are asked to choose one activity from the rewirements we’ve done in the first 6 weeks. One that we’ll be sticking with for the last 4 weeks of the course. I chose Social Connection. The reason is I think I’ve stayed…
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Continue reading →: Week 6 – Time Affluence!Week 6: 6 February – 13 February Last week’s rewirement activity is a surprise one: Time Affluence. Last week, the course gave me extra time. Instead of doing a specific rewirement activity, I can use the time I have to do things that “spark joy.” Girl, I did have a…
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Continue reading →: Week 5 – Meditation & Gratitude VisitWeek 5: 30 January – 6 February Meditation has always been a go-to realignment activity for me when things go crazy up there. It’s heaven-sent that it’s one of the rewirement activities this week. Your girl needs it. Aside from setting a quiet time for my brain, I also need…
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Continue reading →: Week 4 – Exercise & SleepWeek 4: 23 January – 30 January This week’s rewirement activities are my main goals for the year: Sleep for at least 6 hours a day and do at least 10 minutes every day. I’m not sure if I mentioned this ever in this blog, but I ahve PCOS. I…
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Continue reading →: Week 3 – Kindness & Social ConnectionWeek 3: 16 January – 23 January This week’s rewirement is a bit challenging, to be honest. Kindness and Social Connection. If you think about it plainly, it seems like talking to people and being kind is easy, right? The golden rule says that we should to others what we…
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Continue reading →: Week 2 – Savouring and GratitudeWeek 2: 9 January – 16 January My second rewirement activity encourages me to step a few steps back, savour, and be grateful for the present moment. To track my activities, I continued writing in my gratitude journal (you may follow me at @nessynotes on Instagram if you want a…
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Continue reading →: Week 1 – Measure Your Happiness and Discover Your StrengthsWeek 1: 2 January – 9 January See my progress here. For the first rewirement activity for the course The Science of Well-Being, I got explore my strengths and practice at least one of them for each day. I took this survey from VIA Institute (again, this is not sponsored),…
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Continue reading →: The Science of Well-being“Is it destiny, algorithm, or an output of a great marketing team?” I asked myself as I enrol to this course in Coursera. Despite not taking up Psychology as my undergraduate degree, I’ve always been a fan of it and observing what make people tick, and thanks to the pandemic,…
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Continue reading →: 18 Again & Again & AgainIf the universe miraculously gave you a chance to undo your mistakes, would you have done something differently? On the night he lost his job and his wife decided to file a divorce, Hong Dae Young wished he could turn back the time. After a successful free-throw shot, he found…
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Continue reading →: YouTube Videos You Might EnjoyWhen life gets a bit too quiet for me, I turn to YouTube to give me some kind of white noise that I understand. In the middle of my shift weeks ago, I didn’t realise I’d been scrolling through my YouTube homepage like it’s Twitter just looking for a “perfect”…
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Continue reading →: Wish YouThe 2020 Korean series or 2021 film depending on which version you watched, has most of the things I like in films: It revolves around people who make music. It’s romance!!! And it’s Korean. However, despite these, I ended up with an audible “Huh???” while I watch the end credits.…
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