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ATTACHED: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller I started reading it in February last year, when I was in Sweden, and the book stayed unfinished for a long while. Today, I closed the last page. Along with many experiences and realizations. It didn’t feel like I was just learning theory—it felt like I was holding a…
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Circles of Control
This is a very common diagram with three layers of circles, and you may have seen it in many places. My colleagues often remind me of it when I start worrying about work-related things — that something is outside my circle of control — so my worries don’t help at all. Keep this diagram in…
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Get to the POINT!
Sharpern your message & make your words matter Sometimes my thoughts are tangled, and my speech doesn’t know where to start or end. But this is a simple yet inspiring book that reminded me how important it is to find and deliver my point clearly and directly. I’m still learning — trying to make it…
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2026 Reading Wishlist
I made a commitment to myself: to buy fewer books and read more, not the other way around. So, I ‘allow’ myself to buy one new book only after finishing two. With that in mind, I’ve started a selective reading list, gathered from recommendations by friends and colleagues. Whenever I have a quota to buy…
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2026 – New Year’s Resolutions
I start my 2026 New Year’s resolutions by looking back at my 2025 ones. I want to adjust them and carry forward some pending goals that I didn’t complete in 2025. We often only truly understand what we did after a year has passed. It’s not bad — I managed to complete several points. 2025…
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20 Questions to Answer before 2025 ends
My sister–colleague at work sent me this list, and I’m using it as a way to close out 2025. Question 1. If you could use only three words to describe 2025, which three would you choose? Reborn, Betrayal, Confident. Question 2. Standing at the end of the year and looking back, does this year feel…
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The Midnight Library
A book about a mid-30-year-old girl — Nora — who wants to end her life, but then she is given a chance to experience the moment ‘in between’ life and death, in her library. Her current life filled with grief, peer pressure, regret, guilt, and depression — and somehow it all happens at once, like…
Lynn By Linh 