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03/07/2025

Some moms and dads arenโ€™t tired because theyโ€™re lazy.
Theyโ€™re tired because they havenโ€™t rested in months.

They clock out at 3 AM.
By 6, theyโ€™re already making breakfast.

They miss meals.
Sometimes forget to eat.

Coffee becomes lunch. Brunch becomes dinner. Rest becomes rare.

They switch between Zoom calls and boiling rice.
Mute microphones to calm down crying kids.
Type reports while folding laundry.
And sometimes stop, asking themselves, โ€œDid I even hug my child today?โ€

Not because they donโ€™t want to, but because the day moves too fast.
Theyโ€™re doing all they can to stay afloat, to prepare for something better.

Working offshore has its perks:
No traffic.
More time near home.
More chances to save and provide.

But it also has its weight.
Unstable sleep.
Silent burnout.
The pressure of building someone elseโ€™s dream while putting your own on hold.

Some are blessed with kind, understanding bosses.
Others are micromanaged, timed, and treated like machines.
Especially when the one in charge only sees results, not people.

Still, they keep going.
They apply. They adjust. They endure.

To the ones reading this while tired but still hopefulโ€ฆ.
You are not behind.
You are not alone.
You are doing your best, even when it feels like no one notices.

God sees it.

The late nights. The skipped meals. The tears you donโ€™t talk about.
Your time will come because you never gave up.

And when it does, youโ€™ll look back and realize

You were never just surviving; you were becoming stronger all along.

I saw a photo today. An old one.It was me, sitting on the floor of our tiny living room, surrounded by papers, a secondh...
29/06/2025

I saw a photo today. An old one.

It was me, sitting on the floor of our tiny living room, surrounded by papers, a secondhand laptop, and a cup of instant coffee that had gone cold again. I remember that moment so clearly, not because it was special, but because it was everything.

Back then, I was juggling work, grief, guilt, and dreams that felt too heavy for my tired hands. Some days, I cried quietly while my family slept, praying not for more, but just enough. Enough strength. Enough peace. Enough hope to wake up and try again.

But there were also days I laughed. Deeply. Days I sang while washing the dishes. Days I felt joy just by watching the light move across the walls.

And now?
I still cry. I still laugh. I still get scared.
But Iโ€™ve also grown. I've healed in places I thought were permanent scars.
I've learned to hold both the grief and the grace in the same hands.

If you're in the middle of your "almost," your "not-yet," your silent battles...
Please stay.
One day, your ordinary moment might be someone else's reason to believe again.

๐Ÿ’›

19/06/2025

most exhausting thing isnโ€™t the tasks.
Itโ€™s the mental pressure of always feeling like youโ€™re catching up.

New systems. New expectations. New tech.
And oh, donโ€™t forget to learn AI while managing life.

This is the reality of working online today.
But youโ€™re doing it.

Youโ€™re still here. Still learning. Still showing up.

Donโ€™t underestimate the quiet resilience youโ€™ve built.

Got rejected? Read this.Most of us take rejection as a dead end.But hereโ€™s the truth:Rejection isnโ€™t the end of your sto...
18/06/2025

Got rejected? Read this.

Most of us take rejection as a dead end.
But hereโ€™s the truth:
Rejection isnโ€™t the end of your story. Itโ€™s just redirection.
People working at your dream company?

They didnโ€™t get in on the first try.

Some got ignored.
Some got ghosted.
Some heard "no" five times before the one "yes" that changed everything.
What made the difference?

They didnโ€™t quit.
Keep applying.
Keep showing up.
Keep getting better.

That door you thought closed might just be waiting for the right knock.

Follow for more real talk on careers, rejection, and not giving up when it gets hard.

Sometimes, just showing up is the win.Not with perfection.Not with a big gesture.But with presence.With kindness.With lo...
17/06/2025

Sometimes, just showing up is the win.
Not with perfection.
Not with a big gesture.
But with presence.
With kindness.
With love.
Because being there, even when life pulls you in a hundred directions
It isnโ€™t always easy, but itโ€™s what leaves the deepest roots.
So, hereโ€™s to those who keep showing up,
not because itโ€™s convenient... but because it matters.
๐Ÿ“Œ Kindness isnโ€™t a tactic.
Itโ€™s a lifestyle.

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Sometimes the job doesnโ€™t feel wrong... ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ฒ.Like ๐๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ, hoping itโ€™ll click again.But hereโ€™s the...
17/06/2025

Sometimes the job doesnโ€™t feel wrong... ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ฒ.
Like ๐๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ, hoping itโ€™ll click again.

But hereโ€™s the truth:

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐. It means you ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐.
The ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž isnโ€™t always a promotion.
Sometimes, itโ€™s a ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ. A ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ.. A ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ.

Youโ€™re allowed to ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž.
Youโ€™re allowed to ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž.
Youโ€™re allowed to ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.

โœจ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž.

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๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐›.Youโ€™re just trying to get through the day without fall...
17/06/2025

๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐›.

Youโ€™re just trying to get through the day without falling apart.

You open your laptop. You check your emails. You scroll through job boards. And you start to wonder if anything youโ€™re doing still makes sense. Youโ€™ve fixed your resume so many times, rewritten your cover letters, applied to roles you know youโ€™re capable of, but still get nothing. No response. Not even a rejection.

๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ.
๐‹๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ.
๐‹๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก.

But hereโ€™s what Iโ€™ve come to realize: ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ. The process is exhausting. Companies are moving slow. Everyoneโ€™s playing it safe. And a lot of good people are being overlooked.

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ. Your persistence means something. The way you keep showing up, even when it feels pointless, is proof of your strength.

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ข๐ญ. ๐ˆ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.

Keep building what you can. Even if itโ€™s just one small thing a day. Keep learning. Keep creating. Keep resting when you need to. And donโ€™t ever forget that your value doesnโ€™t disappear just because someone hasnโ€™t said yes yet.

You are not falling behind. Youโ€™re just in a tough season.
And youโ€™re doing better than you think.

They were just like us.A family heading home.A mother calming her kids.A crew member smiling at passengers.Someone chasi...
13/06/2025

They were just like us.

A family heading home.
A mother calming her kids.
A crew member smiling at passengers.
Someone chasing dreams in another country.

Flight AI171 never made it.
241 lives were lost.
Only one walked away.

We mourn for those who never returned strangers, yet somehow familiar.
Because it couldโ€™ve been anyone.
Because every seat had a story.
And every goodbye shouldโ€™ve been a safe arrival.

Hold your loved ones tighter.
Say what youโ€™ve been meaning to say.
And never forget: life is fragile.
Letโ€™s live and love like we know it. ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ

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