Merry Christmas! 🎅🏻🎁 I have a couple of small gifts for you today. These are some of my favourite resources on mental health, exercise, and productivity which I enjoy. May they benefit you as much as they’ve helped me throughout the year. Mental Health The Ultra Successful Newsletter This is a weekly newsletter I NEVER miss. If you’re looking for a newsletter that’s inspiring and serves up actionable advice, check out The Ultra Successful Newsletter. Success starts with believing in your...
29 days ago • 1 min read
The other day, I got a call from yet another unknown number. I panicked for a moment thinking back to the time my old workplace called me while I was shopping for groceries. But I wasn’t that busy this time, so I picked up out of curiosity, An automated voice answered me: “Hello, I’m from JobStreet, and your resume has been approved…” 🤮 I hung up immediately, but I wish I had let it ramble on because it would have given me great email fodder to write more stories. Still, scams like these make...
30 days ago • 2 min read
"Why are you making us pay the bill?" I ask, genuinely confused. "Because didn’t you ask for the bill?" the trainee waitress shoots back, sounding annoyed as if I’m backtracking on something I requested. We’d already had our appetisers, but our main course was taking forever. This back-and-forth went on for a couple more exchanges before she finally understood what I was trying to say: “No, listen,” I say slowly, for what feels like the hundredth time. “We don’t want the bill. We just want to...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Welcome! If you're new to my work, this is the best place to start. In my newsletter, I primarily write about mental health, physical health, and productivity. But I've been writing for this newsletter for a couple of months now, and I also send out daily emails. So unless you've been here from the beginning, it's going to be really hard for you to catch up on what will be most relevant to you. I want to make it as easy as possible for you to find posts that will be the most useful for you....
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Today I woke up and realised that I coincidentally named this weekly series, The Cooldown, after Formula 1's cooldown room. In F1, the top three drivers are required to head to the cooldown room at the end of each race, before walking out onto the podium to celebrate in front of thousands of adoring fans. It's in the cooldown room where they get to watch race highlights, chat with each other (assuming they're not already mortal enemies), and catch a breather. Something like this I have loved...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Welcome to another Reddit RoundUp where I answer this week's top Reddit questions on mental health, exercise, and productivity. Honestly, I overstretched myself this week at work, at the gym, and on my personal projects. So, there's not going to be a long intro to today's email cause I'll be using the weekend to recover In today's RoundUp: How does one even stop scrolling? 💀💀💀 Has your mental health improved after stopping watching the news? Why do I always feel too tired to exercise? How...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Rhea and I are celebrating our one year wedding anniversary today! 🥳 Which also means I have officially joined the club of marriage-advice-giving 💁🏻♂️ Now, I still got a full workday ahead so I'm gonna be chugging along, moving things forward before the pre-Christmas weekend. That said, a full day of work doesn’t mean I won't make time to pause for some gratitude and take a quick look back at the year we've had together. As an overview, here are my 8 lessons from a year of being married:...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
"Sorry guys, I just spent the past hour drafting out-of-office (OOO) messages for all my clients," one of my friends blurted as he hopped online for our gaming session last night. "Dude, why don’t you just use ChatGPT for that?" I asked, genuinely puzzled. For most of my work emails, I let AI draft the first version before tweaking them a little and sending them out, saving me a ton of time "Oh, uh, yeah, I’ve got templates from previous years," he replied. "But here’s the thing..." He paused...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
I'm at the grocery store, standing at the cashier counter. The attendant finishes scanning my items and prompts me to pay. I reach for my wallet, but then my phone rings. It’s that number again. I’d just rejected it a few minutes ago. My rule with unknown calls is to just ignore them. Scam calls are everywhere here, and I don’t even want to give them the benefit of potentially recording my voice. Who knows? They might have some voice-hacking software to trick those close to me. But since it...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read