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< h1 > I take questions, or what I call "mini-interviews"
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< p > I hope that with the following question-and-answer(s), the reader may gain a better
understanding of me. Dare I hope that the following may even be < i > useful< / i > to
the reader.
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< h3 > At a glance
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I'm trying to lead a minimalist lifestyle, after
reading an online article. Do you find
it hard to adjust after a lifetime of buying whatever you want,
unless it was too expensive?
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What has been one project or assignment in which you broke the rules
and had fun in the creative process?
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Tell me what is your oops-boo-hoo moment this week, and what you learnt
from it.
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What other things are you doing to manage your mental health? Share
your tips with us!
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What’
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< li > < a href = "#andy" > What new skills have you learnt later in life (and/or not related
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to your work line)?
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< li > < a href = "#steven" > What advice has stuck with you for a long time?
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< li > < a href = "#jane" > What do you do to stay on track with your goals?
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< li > < a href = "#ratna" > How are you coping with the tightening Covid-restrictions in Singapore?
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< li > < a href = "#hannah" > What does creativity mean to you?
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< li > < a href = "#hannah2" > What book has had the most significant impact on your life?
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< li > < a href = "#jeffro" > What could you do to feel relaxed, calm and free, under 2 minutes?
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I'm trying to move towards a minimalist lifestyle, after
reading an online article. Do you find
it hard to adjust after a lifetime of buying whatever you want,
unless it was too expensive?
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I had a "rude awakening" after a series of incidents that involved expensive stuff I've bought. I either misplaced it, or someone else stole it. After experiencing that, I simply could not bear to see any more of my money fly away so suddenly. I became more determined to use more of free stuff (such as clothes and accessories) that other people are giving away (because they no longer want it.)
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What has been one project or assignment in which you broke the rules
and had fun in the creative process? - Joseph
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I once took an undergraduate-course on Composing Music in the Classical
Style (for example, in the style of Mozart). For an assignment in that
course, I wrote a musical work that appears to be thoroughly
twentieth-century, instead of looking eighteenth-century. My
course-instructor did not accept my work, but I still had fun.
(I’
value creativity and innovation - which is not everyone, and I
certainly don’
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< p > - Approximately 4th April, 2020
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Tell me what is your oops-boo-hoo moment this week, and what you learnt
from it. - M.P.
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An “oops-boo-hoo” of mine, as you call it? I run a blog where I post
photos from my trips to art-galleries in Sg. Art-hunting, if you will.
But I got a little lost; something didn’
blogging) anymore. I asked the person known, on LinkedIn, as Alin
Sneha Abraham, for her perspective on the matter; I said I wasn’
if my blogging was adding value to the world. Alin said something to
the effect that it is more important that I enjoy myself; that way, at
least one person benefits. So my oops-boo-hoo was to overlook my own
enjoyment of the activity in question. I concluded that I liked
visiting galleries, but posting photos on social media? Not so much.
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< p > - Approximately 4th April, 2020
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What other things are you doing to manage your mental health? Share
your tips with us! - M.P.
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Oh, it's you again, M.P. (Hi again!) I try to have some fun with the ground that is
given me. Like, I try to appreciate the ground I have - yes, the
ground. Like, it’
who seems to teach yoga, elaborates the idea, in the following
blog-post:
< a href = "https://thestillspace.org/2020/03/22/ode-to-the-ground/" >
https://thestillspace.org/2020/03/22/ode-to-the-ground/
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< p > - Approximately 7th April, 2020.
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- Mark
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In my early twenties, I volunteered to facilitate a week-long camping
activity, during which I got very little sleep. I would evaluate my own
performance, during that camp, as poor - I just wasn’
sleep.
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Fast forward about a decade, now I value my sleeping hours. I avoid
taking on overnight jobs, because I know I won’ ’
learnt to manage myself a little, I guess - and that counts as a
success to me!
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< p > - Approximately 3rd May, 2020
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< p > < b > What’
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< p > Difficult to say which has been the best for me, since there are a
few good ones I can identify (which I am thankful for, of course). I
would highlight, as my response to your post, opportunities that a
teacher gave me, when I was 10 years old (approximately). I had
interest in making flashy animation with the software Macromedia Flash
(which is now apparently obsolete). I guess that teacher liked what I
was doing with Flash, because the next thing I knew, I was given the
opportunity to produce animation, for showcase at a major school event
(the anniversary of my Primary School, or something like that). I
didn’
make, but even till today, I am still pleased and flattered that I got
“talent-spotted”, in a way.
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< p > - Approximately 28th May, 2020
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< p id = "andy" > < b > What new skills have you learnt later in life (and/or not related
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to your work line)? - Andy
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< p > Comedy (as well as a sense of humour, if I may say so myself). My research includes
watching episodes of Seinfeld, and reading manga. I hope their comedic effects are something I can absorb.
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< p > - Approximately 2nd June, 2020
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< p id = "steven" > < b > What advice has stuck with you for a
long time? - Steven
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< p > I get reminders to avoid becoming arrogant, when I read the Bible.
One passage reads: "if anyone thinks himself wise in this age, let him
become a fool, so that he may gain wisdom." So, I'm quite happy to
think of myself as a fool, if only so that I can seek wisdom.
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< p > - Approximately 3rd April, 2021
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What do you do to stay on track with your goals? - Jane
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< p > To stay on track with my goals, I learnt to say No to a lot of things, so
that I can say Yes to the things I care about.
< a href = "https://sive.rs/hellyeah" > As Derek Sivers put it
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< p > - 20th May 2021
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< p > < b > How are you coping with the tightening Covid-restrictions in Singapore? - Ratna
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Every day I write down three things I'm grateful for. And on days
when I feel down, I look back at all the pages of gratitude I've written.
It helps me feel better. (Right now I'm grateful for shelter from the rain).
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What does creativity mean to you? - Hannah
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< p > The artist Sophie Kao once said to me, "Even if you can
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make your artwork look like a famous artist's artwork,
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what is the point of that? Art is about opening a door inside yourself, seeing
things in a new way."
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< p > < b > What book has had the most significant impact on your life? - Hannah
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< p > The Bible is important to me. (I read it every day.) I've
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found the Biblical book of Proverbs helpful, and so are the Psalms and the (Biblical) book of
Ecclesiastes.
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As for more secular stuff, I've felt encouraged by Robert Frost's poem, titled "The road not taken".
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I've also benefited from a book titled "Not Knowing: The Art of Turning Uncertainty Into Opportunity", by Diana Renner and Steven D'Souza.
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< p > - 27th May 2021
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What could you do to feel relaxed, calm and free, under 2 minutes?
I head outdoors and gaze at the clouds! - Jeffro
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< p > Yoga is helpful for me. I may not be the best at it,
but I feel better after certain poses. You could try looking up "parasympathetic yoga" on the Internet for some ideas.
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< p > - 14th June 2021
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