Work

Making the most of your time

In my line of work, I often have to do financial assessments for clients. I look at their income and the breakdown of their expenditure like food, transport and household bills. So, a typical...

Real Life, Real People

The healthcare worker who fell into alcoholism

There are days when we feel helpless. But I felt helpless on a daily basis. I lived all 25 years of my life believing it was easier to carry my own burdens. Thinking it was easier to struggle alone...

Church Life

Secrets from the circuit breaker: Sometimes you have to lose what is precious to find what is real

I developed Bellโ€™s Palsy on a Wednesday in late August last year. Some days you never quite forget. It had me quarantined at home for two whole weeks as I could do nothing but rest and try not to...

Work

One man’s journey from burnout to breakthrough

In 2017, I made the difficult decision to leave a job I loved, to deal with my burnout and take care of my mental health. I was trained as a social worker and had worked with various charities for...

Work

COVID-19: Don’t forget the freelancers

Young adults, our adulting quest just got super real.ย  For many of us, not only is this coronavirus market crash our first brush with a financial crisis as members of the workforce, it’s also...

Finding Purpose

What if I’ve lost my passion?

At an early age, I was already aware of my love for computing, and everything I did was geared towards that end. I studied relevant subjects in school, and jumped at the opportunity to go for an...

Money Matters

Resilience Budget: 6 things we young people liked

The situation is bad, you guys. President Halimah Yacob confirmed as much, through House Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin, in the lead-up to the Resilience Budget presented in Parliament today. With a global...

Finding Purpose

How I found my calling in helping others find theirs

Ever since I was a young believer, I always knew that I was called to point and guide others towards their God-given calling. I had no idea as to how that would take shape, but this I knew โ€“ God...

Work

Do you work to rest, or rest to work?

I think all of us are familiar with the question: โ€œDo you live to eat, or eat to live?โ€ The answer reveals our true philosophy โ€“ what defines us. If we eat to live, then survival is our...