Seven weeks ago, I joined an IT Solutions company in Makati as a Data Architect. Oh, just how fast the time flies! After almost six years of being a Data Analyst in an automotive company in North America, it was definitely a whole new work environment. I have been assigned…

I promised to myself that the liberation, escapades, clarity, euphoria, and new perception that the month of April has brought me will always be something that I will hold on to when dark times decide to invade my life once again. Yes, you read it right. In the beautiful month…

Whenever a change is happening around me — may it be in my personal or professional life — I tend to be that one person who tries to resist it. If I am being honest, that is the ideal reaction you will get from me. If I am not in…

“Above all, it is necessary for a person to have a true self-estimate, for we commonly think we can do more than we really can.” — Seneca, On Tranquility of Mind Self-awareness has always been a mind-stimulating topic for me; From what I have learned, once you have self-awareness etched…

“Keep in mind that it isn’t the one who has it in for you and takes a swipe that harms you, but rather the harm comes from your own belief about the abuse. So when someone arouses your anger, know that it’s really your own opinion fueling it. Instead, make…

“I suppose it would be no exaggeration to say that the world is composed entirely of unhappy people. But those people can fight their unhappiness with society fairly and squarely, and society for its part easily understands and sympathizes with such struggles.” Written in 1948, this book surprisingly describes mental…

“The notion of my future suddenly snapped into focus: it didn’t exist yet. I was making it, standing there, breathing, fixing the air around my body with stillness, trying to capture something — a thought, I guess — as though such a thing were possible, as though I believed in…

“I don’t agree with those who plunge headlong into the middle of the flood and who, accepting a turbulent life, struggle daily in great spirit with difficult circumstances. The wise person will endure that, but won’t choose it — choosing to be at peace, rather than at war.” …

“Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nourished it and grateful to the tree that gave it growth.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations There were so many moments in…