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To review, Wellness Era

December 2025

: It’s almost the end of 2025! I think about what has yet to be done and don’t feel as anxious as what …

: Ending 2025 and starting 2026 by doing Susannah Conway’s Unravel Your Year 2026 workbook. There’s …

: I realise how much I learned (and remembered) from streaming on Twitch when I recently had to …

: Retirement Savings Calculator in Google Sheet Massive shoutout to the spouse for publishing a spreadsheet to calculate how much you would need to …

: Had and recovered from food poisoning on Boxing Day. Savage. Was so weak that I couldn’t even use …

: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays! It’s been a wild ride these past few days. But with hindsight, it …

: I’ve been thinking about this post A Few Things I’m Pretty Sure About by Morgan Housel. Quoting a …

: Currently learning something that has frustrated me for ages. Starting from scratch and I’m reminded …

November 2025

: Once I decided to shift my environment, I feel motivated and joyful letting go of items. Previously …

: All the things that I posted on Olio yesterday were grabbed within 30 minutes of posting. …

: Today, I decided something had to change. I decided to do tasks at home that future me would …

: Sunshine. The best-est light. I really dislike having artificial lighting in the daytime. It’s …

: This is going to sound angsty, so bear with me. Have you kept sending text messages (it could be via …

: Spent some of my SkillsFuture money on a RepairKopitiam one day workshop, Handyman: Home Repair & …

: Attended AlterCOP30 in Singapore. It’s been awhile since I attended events and I’m glad to restart …

: This respite has been really doing me good. It’s taken me three months to really sink into enjoying …

: Life skills necessary: Distinguish right from wrong. Distinguish who are ethical and moral people. …

: Who am I posting irreverent, humourous and heartfelt LinkedIn posts?! Three of them consecutively! I …

: easy microwaved eggs breakfast Breakfast has always been such a CHORE! At home, it was easier for me to eat nothing for breakfast. …

: Instructions my TCM gave me to lead a healthier life Noting down what my TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) doctor has told me to do and the …

: The depth of the human connection fuels me. I can meet friends once a year or less, and when we …

: An Instagram friend, Elisa, opened her house to strangers on her account, inviting them to come and …

October 2025

: modelling the change that I want to happen I love visiting my TCM doc. She’s so wise. Today I visited her and asked if my Other Half needed to …

: Decided to re-buy the ruiqing.blog domain last night and set this blog up again. I’ve been quietly …

: Ecstatic that today I managed to: Sit and read a non-fiction book for 1.5 hours. Avoid the phone …

: I use social media apps a lot, A LOT, and have felt my attention span really decrease. I miss …

: When I used to stream on Twitch, a Filipino viewer told me that in Philippines, Christmas “starts” …

: Being retrenched, I’m sometimes asked, “what are you doing at home?” Two possible assumptions: …

: Reconciling creating things that will be impermanent When I learned about Impermanence in Buddhism, I wonder what was the point of “creating things” when …

May 2024

: Useful Notes Layouts: Use a Topics / Thoughts Log, for Meetings with Lots of New Information via …

February 2024

: It’s been a loooong while, but finally I feel more “me”, than I’ve been. For quite awhile, I felt …

March 2023

: ‘It’s gamified’: inside America’s blood plasma donation industry “I also think a lot of people are …

: Bad Projection Is Ruining the Movie Theater Experience Multiplexes are failing at their most basic …

: In The Practice of Letting Go of Mental Constructs by Leo Babuta Everything we believe about …