Finding Purpose

Work

Saying yes to God ā€“ one year on

In their hearts humans plan their course, but theĀ LordĀ establishes their steps. (Proverbs 16:9) I wrote that verse out and put it up on my room walls the night before my ā€˜Aā€™ Level examinations....

Work

I’m at my boiling point

IĀ recently graduated, aged 25. My bros and I are at theĀ life stage where things like gainful employment, having found a girlfriend, and engagement are supposed to be on the cards. Speaking as a...

Finding Purpose

Where are you going?

Kayaking is fun. I especially love the feeling of being pushed around by the waves. You’reĀ in control, but not fully. You’re safe, but not totally. I took a kayaking course recently, and...

Mental Health

If I don’t show up

Some nights, before I sleep, I browse through my phone calendar. (Not the best way to deal withĀ insomnia, I’ll admit.) I have little reminders set up for almost every day of the month. They...

Mental Health

Please, help me see

I onceĀ believed that one day I’d change the world in a good, unselfish, non-superficial way. But real life hit me hard. I was overrun byĀ a deep existential crisis. No, not the kind you feel...

Finding Purpose

Why be like everyone else? Just be you

Let’s say you’ve just entered a room. You don’t know anyone there. So you spend a bit of time observing everyone. How they move. When they speak. Where they stop. Their facial...

Family

What a mother would give up for you

When I graduated from medical school in 2007, the plan at that time was to become a general practitioner. But thenĀ I becameĀ pregnant with our first child, Josiah ā€“ and I struggledĀ with whether I...

Workplace

Why I love my work, where I am, whatever it is

Work. It’s a scary word. From a young age I got the impression workĀ wasn’t a good thing, justĀ something we had to do. My familyĀ had always struggled financially. Though my parents...

Work

So you call yourself a filmmaker, musician, actor, artist. What makes you say that?

I was interviewed recently for a magazine.Ā The writer asked forĀ my occupation. “Should it read: Josiah Ng, 27, Filmmaker? I heard you were a filmmaker?” I paused and surprised even...