Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Lyra Reyes
Lyra Reyes

52 Followers

Home

About

Aug 9, 2018

How to help an introvert survive that next social gathering

Help a friend out, yeah? — I work remotely, cook my own meals, and live in a two-bedroom flat that’s less than a 10-minute walk from various establishments. This means I rarely venture out and am quite notorious amongst my friends for refusing to go out on Friday nights (are you crazy? …

Introvert

4 min read

How to help an introvert survive that next social gathering
How to help an introvert survive that next social gathering
Introvert

4 min read


Aug 1, 2018

Working remotely? Here’s how I did it

I think I’m doing a bang up job in this remote working thing. Really, I think I am. — Before I started working as a freelancer, I absolutely, from the depths of my heart, hated the commute. Metro Manila traffic and public transportation are simply too horrible to even describe, let alone go through, so I really found a way for me to be able to work from home. …

Remote Working

4 min read

Working remotely? Here’s how I did it
Working remotely? Here’s how I did it
Remote Working

4 min read


Apr 2, 2018

How my wonky 10-year career path led me to the one I wanted

It wasn’t an easy ride but it sure was enlightening. — If someone would map my career, that person would probably shake her head in wonder. My path is not what you’d call straight. Or steady. Or even with a discernible order. Faking it After getting a degree in Economics, I started working at a consulting firm at age 20. I worked 75-hour…

Freelancing

4 min read

How my wonky 10-year career path led me to the one I wanted
How my wonky 10-year career path led me to the one I wanted
Freelancing

4 min read


Apr 1, 2018

How I manage PTSD so I’d still have friends and a job

It may never go away, but it gets easier. — When I started therapy about 2 years ago, I started experiencing the full extent of my complex PTSD. The way my doctor describes it is that everything is locked tight in a growing ball of knotted string (emotional isolation and regulation as defence mechanism). …

Mental Health

8 min read

How I manage PTSD so I’d still have friends and a job
How I manage PTSD so I’d still have friends and a job
Mental Health

8 min read


Feb 7, 2018

4, 3, 2, 1

4 weeks It was summer. It was fun. And for the first time after a long while I started feeling right again. Not like before, no. But not too wrong either. Nights were filled with laughter as we tried each other’s cooking and talked about where we’ve been, where we…

Love

2 min read

4, 3, 2, 1
4, 3, 2, 1
Love

2 min read


Jan 28, 2018

The Bogeyman: Caught between cannot and do not

One of the most disconcerting things I ever experienced is to face the Bogeyman every week and try to figure out how to get myself out of its hold. Oh, I know what caused it to appear. My head knows exactly why the Bogeyman is here and my overthinking, decidedly…

Mental Health

4 min read

Mental Health

4 min read


Jun 14, 2016

What I Learned from Working with “Kids”

The younger half of Millennials have been receiving a lot of flak from older generations. Here’s how to understand them better. — I used to be the youngest person where I worked. Now, at thirty, I am one of the eldest. It’s mind-boggling, really, realizing that. That realization was brought solidly home when we were out for lunch one sunny day and I excitedly mentioned that All Saints will be releasing a…

Startup

4 min read

What I Learned from Working with “Kids”
What I Learned from Working with “Kids”
Startup

4 min read


Jan 13, 2016

Universe Unfolding, or, when I keep shaking up my life

Life is eternal movement. I found this line in Radhika Jha’s Smell when I used it as my book report for an Asian Literature class back in college. At 18, I thought it very profound. At 29, I’m living it. Let me backtrack a bit. See, I keep a journal…

Life

4 min read

Universe Unfolding, or, when I keep shaking up my life
Universe Unfolding, or, when I keep shaking up my life
Life

4 min read


May 16, 2014

Be Picky

or, Things I’d Tell My 18-Year-Old Self — lyragrazielli2014 Today, I turned 28. I refuse to fall under the stereotype of women who deny their real age (though opinion may change when I do get older — ask me in 10 years). Apart from the odd existential crisis moments, I actually like getting old. …

5 min read

Be Picky
Be Picky

5 min read


Mar 16, 2014

27 Lessons

A list of the things a 27-turning-28-year-old learned about life. So far. — lyragrazielli2013 I am approximately on the 10,159th day of this adventure called my life and while I may not always have what I want or need, I figure I’m still luckier than I could have been. There are people and experiences that have turned all those days into great learning…

8 min read

27 Lessons
27 Lessons

8 min read

Lyra Reyes

Lyra Reyes

52 Followers

Writes stories. Goes places. Writer at e27.co

Following
  • Benjamin Sledge

    Benjamin Sledge

  • Manuel L. Quezon III

    Manuel L. Quezon III

  • Niklas Göke

    Niklas Göke

  • Nikkel Blaase

    Nikkel Blaase

  • kiwicopple

    kiwicopple

See all (123)

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech

Teams