THURSDAY
4:30 AM
Woke up. Pinapakiramdam ko kung masakit pa rin likod ko. Parang medyo na lang.
5:05 AM
Month: November 2023
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Happy Things #20
Practicing Comfortable Conversations
I am so proud that I initiated an interaction with a workmate today. Ang weird pero parang takot na ko sa tao. Kinakabahan talaga ko pag merong potential interaction na magaganap. Para ma-neutralize yung kaba ko, kelangan ko ng practice. Gusto ko ng more face-to-face interactions with random people and nagawa ko sya today. Yay.
Je vais essayer d’écrire en français aujourd’hui. Hier, c’etait très froid même si ça semble chaud, parce qu’il y a du soleil. Je me manque la neige sur les arbres. Si ça va etre froid, j’aimerais voir de la neige.
I will try to write in French today. Yesterday, it was so cold even if it seems hot, because it’s sunny. I miss the snow on the trees. If it’s going to be cold, I would like to see some snow.
Umiiyak ako habang ine-explain kay Kenneth kung pano ko natutunang i-embrace ang pagka-crybaby ko. Hindi kasi aware si Kenneth na di porke’t umiiyak ako, negative na agad. Minsan kasi pag naguusap kami at may ine-explain ako sa kanyang intense moment, or pag nagshe-share ako ng feelings, may kasabay na pagiyak. Minsan positive naman yung rason (tulad nung kinekwento ko sa kanya na I feel loved pag mine-mention nya ko sa workmates nya) pero maiiyak pa rin ako. Basta anything na emotional, automatic iyak.
* formerly called ‘fake twitter’
I immediately thought of my parents and grandparents 🥺
Since maaga akong nagising ngayon, naisipan kong basahin ang newsletter ni James Clear. Parang binasa yung utak ko kasi sakto yung mga quotes dun sa newsletter!
I am still feeling some anxiety, and I have a collection of quotes (from books, newsletters, and podcasts I consumed) ready for me to read when I have this overwhelming emotion. Here’s one that made me smile and helped me ease up a little bit:
“I’ve found that it’s of some help to think of one’s moods and feelings about the world as being similar to weather.
Here are some obvious things about the weather: It’s real. You can’t change it by wishing it away. If it’s dark and rainy it really is dark and rainy and you can’t alter it. It might be dark and rainy for two weeks in a row.
But. It will be sunny one day.
In the same way that one has to accept the weather, so one has to accept how one feels about life sometimes. “Today’s a crap day,” is a perfectly realistic approach. It’s all about finding a kind of mental umbrella. “Hey-ho, it’s raining inside: it isn’t my fault and there’s nothing I can do about it, but sit it out. But the sun may well come out tomorrow and when it does, I shall take full advantage.”
Stephen Fry
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Na-miss kong magsulat ditooo! Sobrang dami kong unfinished entries na nakatambak lang sa drafts. Bakit ba ko nawalan ng time magsulat dito.
Gleniz da Menace 