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"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." - Dalai Lama Let's be honest, in today's world, though there are still many restrictions, there are also various ways we can identify ourselves. Even what seems to be plain black and white issues can have disclaimers printed in the tiniest of...

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"Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you're wearing, who you're around, what you're doing. Recreate and repeat." - Warsan Shire My very first diary was a product of boredom at the tender age of five. I still remember the purple notebook my mum got me, I think, for the purpose of practising my alphabets. But, nay, I...

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"Aren't we all waiting to be read by someone, praying that they'll tell us that we make sense?" - Rudy Francisco Influenced by my reading on habit formation and maintenance, I've been analysing my habits for a weeks now. Sometimes it's nice to put yourself under a microscope, no matter how uncomfortable or confronting that may be. I've made the following realisations (and...

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"Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look." - Jodi Picoult How's your 2017 so far? Did you write New Year's resolutions? Or are you a Rebel or a Questioner (read Gretchen Rubin's four tendencies) and you don't need a new year to come up with new goals and resolutions?  As for me, I don't have "proper" resolutions or...

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