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Tag Archives: worry
Worse Case Scenario
Many passages in Salman Rushdie’s Autobiography ‘Joseph Anton’ stood out for me, but this passage in particular. He would not live his life by the worse-case scenario. That would turn him into their prisoner. He was nobody’s prisoner. Salman Rushdie … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Books, Midlife Musings
Tagged anxiety, faith, Joseph Anton, Salman Rushdie, spirituality, worry, worse case scenario
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Always Regret Reading the Headlines in the Straits Times
All it does is to give me intense anxiety. Why is there never any good news. It’s all gloom. It’s all about money and it feels like in this country (and perhaps many others other than the Scandinavian countries) you … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Singapore Living
Tagged anxiety, cancer, cost, distress, immunotherapy, worry
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Happiness Gift that Banishes Negativity for a While
I need an off switch for my mind. Here I am, awake at 4am and unable to go back to sleep due to worry. What better to do than to compose a blog post. Haven’t been updating the blog lately … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, Singapore Living
Tagged anxiety, babies, children, happiness, joy, kids, Life, worry
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Hollow
I don’t even hope for happiness. All I hope for is peace of mind and no more of this zero self esteem. It has plummeted so low and I feel like a total failure. I just have to keep writing … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged anxiety, burden, depression, fear, feeling, hollow, low, sadness, self esteem, worry, worthless
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Exploring how to Find Inner Peace
Wow. What Jim Carrey expresses is something I have tormented myself with as well. Wish it was easier to live in the moment rather than to worry about future events that haven’t yet occured. Sometimes things we imagine will be … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged anxiety, bad office, Eckhart Tolle, happiness, how to stop, inner peace, Jim Carrey, now, Oprah, spiritual, worry
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Emotionally Draining Day
It’s been a hard day. I’ve been on a mental emotional roller-coaster. I feel so drained right now. Glad that one of my loved ones is ok for the moment and I hope out of the woods soon. Someone close … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged dealing, distress, emotions, feelings, grief, help, Life, pain, psychological, sadness, thoughts, worry
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Singapore Coolness Featured in the Telegraph made me think of the Income Gap
Full article titled, Singapore: from old colonial to new cool and you can read it here. It’s all very lovely. Singapore is beautiful. Gorgeous architecture, the works. I feel proud when we are featured and lauded in the international press. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged income gap, Life, Living, poor, rich, Singapore, Singaporeans, society, worries, worry
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How Do I Make Money on a WordPress Blog?
I have been pondering this, since I don’t think I can go back to working 9-5 which is more like 8-8 pm at least in a Corporate job in Singapore. I also realized that my true love is writing and … Continue reading
A Minimalist, Serene Life
I feel frazzled, stressed and poor, by a consumerist society that is continually telling me what you need to own in order to be happier. It made me wonder if there was a healthier way to live. Well there is. … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Art, beautiful, beauty, calm, culture, design, distress, habits, happiness, health, holiday, Life, Living, love, mental, mind, Minimalist, money, nature, peace, personal, photos, physical, pretty, reading, serene, Serenity, slow, stress, travel, trip, worry, writing, Zen
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