setting deadlines
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Curiosity Must Be Selective
As part of the Yale course on the science of happiness, provided for free online through Coursera, I did some sort of test of my strengths. The dominant strengths for me revolved around curiosity. Now, as with many a strength, if misdeployed, it can turn to a weakness. I remember a quote from a book Continue reading
About Me
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 