Sometimes the best thing you can do is stop trying to figure everything out. Have you ever had one of those nights when you suddenly feel like you need to get your entire life together? You just came home, and yet, you started thinking about work, again, and also, money, your health, or that unresolved relationships, or that thing you haven’t finished, or the email you forgot to answer. On top of that, the five things you said you’d start “next week.” And somehow, at 10:47 p.

When I first moved abroad, something happened that, looking back, was both a little silly and embarrassing. There was a guy at work who would occasionally text me. Nothing too obvious—just little messages here and there. Then one day, he suddenly asked: “Wanna grab coffee sometime?” Simple, right? If I saw that message today, I probably wouldn’t think much of it. But back then, my Taiwanese brain translated it into something completely different. Here is my background story:

When your list is supposed to help you, but somehow makes you feel worse. Have you ever written down everything you need to do, looked at the list, and immediately felt tired? Same here. A to-do list is supposed to make life easier, but sometimes, instead of clearing your head, it just gives you a piece of paper with 17 reasons to feel behind! And the funny thing is, you might not even have that much to do, the problem is that your brain doesn’t always see a long list as a he

You probably don’t need more photos. You might just need a few words. I used to think taking photos was the best way to remember a trip, and I still take a lot of photos, probably too many. But here’s the problem: I take them, come home, and then… they just sit on my phone. I’ll tell myself I’ll organize them later, make an album, maybe print a few. Don't get me wrong, sometimes I do... But most of the time, I only get to show them to my friends, and even when I look through