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Burnt out? More like plugged out

Burnout. You hear it so much these days. Candles burn out when there is no wax left to draw from. Fires burn out when there’s no more oxygen left to fuel the flames. Engines burn out when...

Workplace

Rethinking work-life balance: It’s about injecting life into your work

Work-life balance. That’s the dream, right? We all want to find that balance, giving us enough time and energy for both work and everything else in our life. Not only do employees want it,...

Work

Just started work at your first job? How to transition from student to salaried worker

I’d been a student for 16 years, so when it was (finally) time to graduate, I threw my mortarboard into the air with glee. It was freedom at last, no more assignments, presentations, late...

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 work wasn’t a good thing, just something we had to do. My family 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. The writer asked for my occupation. “Should it read: Josiah Ng, 27, Filmmaker? I heard you were a filmmaker?” I paused and surprised even...

Workplace

How to grow the church – in your office

After spending my early 20s helping to rebuild my church’s youth ministry from a dwindling group of 15 jaded young people to a healthy, growing community of more than 80 believers, I was certain...

Workplace

The Plate Spinner: Advice for busy young adults

Have you ever seen a plate spinner? A guy sets up a stick, puts a ridiculously fragile plate on top of it and spins the stick, such that the plate on top spins in tandem and stays upright in an...

Workplace

Why I stay in my job, despite bad bosses and dodgy practices

I used to think that engineers had a life relatively free of “work politics”. After all, the stereotypes suggest engineers are shy, awkward and harmless, right? So fresh out of college, I...

Devotionals

Time to pay the price

Redeeming the time (kairos) because the days are evil. (Ephesians 5:16) Man’s days are evil — full of pain and laborious trouble. Yet in between the humdrum of life, God appoints kairos...