What’s a place you visited that felt like home? For me, feeling at home is a little different. I have spent different years of my life in different places. So, for me, home is not simply the place where I live. Home is a place where I can be myself without fear, without overthinking, andContinue reading “When a Place Feels Like Home”
Category Archives: Inner reflection
I Wish I Had Listened to My Own Voice Earlier
What’s one thing you wish you had started doing earlier in life? When a Butterfly First Saw the Sky Differently There was a little butterfly. Since childhood, she had believed whatever she was taught and told. She accepted those things as the truth and started living her life accordingly. She never really thought that thereContinue reading
Phoenix
If you could pick any fictional animal to be your lifelong companion (like a Pokémon or fantasy pet), what would it be? I would choose a Phoenix. Not because it is powerful or magical, but because it knows how to rise after everything falls apart. I would want a companion that reminds me that sometimes,Continue reading “Phoenix”
What Does It Really Mean to Grow Up?
What’s the best advice you’d give to someone younger than you? If I were asked to give one piece of advice to someone younger than me, I would begin with this: growing older does not simply mean that your age has increased. Growing up also means understanding yourself better. Sometimes, we say that we haveContinue reading “What Does It Really Mean to Grow Up?”
How Money Shapes the Way We See Success
How does your mindset affect your financial success? Our financial situation is not always within our control, but the way we think about money can influence many of the decisions we make. When I think about money and career, the two often seem closely connected. I am still not completely financially independent, and I haveContinue reading “How Money Shapes the Way We See Success”
What is True Happiness?
The word “happiness” is enough to bring a smile to someone’s face. There is nothing unusual about that. But when we really stop and think about it, what is happiness? Do we even know what happiness means? Or are we actually happy? These questions have been circling around in my mind for the past fewContinue reading “What is True Happiness?”
The Courage No One Sees
What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever done when no one was watching? We often call something courageous when we have done something extraordinary, or when we have put everything we have into doing something difficult. Perhaps that is courage too. But sometimes, there are things we do without telling anyone. Sometimes, we cannot even explainContinue reading “The Courage No One Sees”
Why I Had to Learn to Say No
What’s something you do completely differently from how you were raised? I think everyone would have a different answer to this question, depending on their own experiences and the way they were raised. The things we are taught as children, and the way we are brought up, stay with us as we grow. But somewhereContinue reading “Why I Had to Learn to Say No”
Kindness, to Me, Is More Than Just Compassion
What’s the kindest thing someone has ever done for you? To me, kindness is not just a word, nor does it simply mean feeling sorry for someone. Kindness means something much deeper to me. Sometimes, something a person says stays with us so deeply that we remember it even when we are going through theContinue reading “Kindness, to Me, Is More Than Just Compassion”
The Book I Never Finished, But That Still Stays With Me
What’s a book you never finished but still think about?