interesting — a blog

I wrote this to tell the story of my life over the past few months.

What you need to know about this customer experience metric.

What makes a good UX professional? Delight is more complex than you think. The False Consesus Effect.

So you have a healthy lifestyle but your loved one doesn’t. Here’s how to convince them to get healthy according to health behavior theory.

How to avoid burnout in our #HUSTLE culture.

When it comes to adopting a healthier lifestyle, ditch the “go big or go home” mentality.

What’s going on when we say IDK too much, or when we refuse to say it at all? How can we really own saying IDK without shame?

A self-development system I engaged in during Summer 2020 for those who are idle, in limbo, or out of a job.

Four lessons from twelve weeks of pandemic baking.

Self-love, self-care, and self-work. How are these buzzwords different and which is the most important?

This app is about running and it’s not about running — Here’s my take on NRC’s guided runs.

If your life were a start-up you are the CEO of, what would you do to help it succeed?

Losing weight does not always equate to healthy. So why do we keep conflating them?

My analysis of shame, comparison, disengagement, and scarcity in our world-class education system.

TDLR: Perfectionism kinda sucks. And it doesn’t equate to high performance.

Spoiler: It has nothing to do with speed reading.

What does being inquisitive even mean? Why don’t we ask more questions? Why does being inquitive matter? How can we be more inquisitive?

Hello, dear friend! I’ve been quiet here for about two weeks because I was, honestly speaking, having a tough time thinking about what to…

On the train back home one day with a new friend, she popped an innocent getting-to-know-you question, “what are some of your hobbies?”…

Hello, dear friend! I recently read the 4-hour Work Week, a rather unconventional productivity book by Tim Ferriss, and thought I would…

Just this week, I decided to crack open a fiction book for the first time in years. Where The Crawdads Sing, a 2018 best-seller by Delia…

Let’s talk networking. What do you think of when you first hear the word? Is it “fake interaction”, “talking to someone just to get…

Hello, dear friend! Thank you for tuning in. I recently (just today, actually) finished a new book — How Will You Measure Your Life? By…