What Copywriting Actually Is (And Why Your Business Needs It)
Are you a small business confused about copywriting? (It’s persuasive writing.) Learn the difference between copy, …
The Airport Made Me Choose: Filipino or Non-Filipino?
A Filipino-American’s first trip to the Philippines: Why visiting my ancestral homeland felt less like a homecoming and more …
You Can Still Bring Heels: a Long-term Minimalist Packing Guide
A one-bag packing guide unlike any other.
Books of 2025
Books I read in 2025 and some brief thoughts on each.
Let's Host a Death Fest
Living Funerals, Death over Dinner, and Other Explorations of Mortality: My search for ways I can foster a healthy relationship …
Beautiful Things
A running list of things that I am grateful for or that have supported me in some way.
Wellness Goals
Taking care of my mortal vessel.
Lessons from Long Term Solo Travel
Travel lightly.
Easier to keep track of your things if you have less things. Also, it’s easier on your back, especially if you …
Encounter at a Hostel in Tokyo
Or, “How I met my Husband”
Memory of a Fellow Vagabond
One of the most memorable encounters during my 2 year stint as a vagabond was another traveller at a hostel in Christchurch, New …
Introversion is Overrated
I would call myself naturally more introverted.
I used to spend hours happily writing inside my private notebooks, never opening …
What a 32-Liter Backpack Taught Me About Wanting Things
Two years of carrying everything I owned in a single bag turned out to be less about minimalism and more about paying attention.
On Writing in the Early Morning, Before the House Wakes Up
The best writing I do happens in a narrow window — after the coffee, before the chaos. Here’s why I protect it like …
The Country on My Father's Passport
Visiting the place my family came from didn’t answer the questions I thought it would. It asked better ones.