Lisa JY Tan

A Cool Nerd

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Become a GOAT

GOAT: Greatest Of All Time I think in life, it just makes sense to want to be great. Otherwise, what is the point of living? It does add plenty of…

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Of Sums

We will always be the sum of all that we have lived through, the sum of all the people who came across us at some point in our lives, the…

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Of Storms

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over.…

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Of Cycles

Ok I am going to type this down and probably keep this in drafts. I realised that I go through this cycle. (Turns out, I’m posting this. This happened in…

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Tree

Plant a tree for your future generation to enjoy. The best time to plant a tree is 10 years ago, the next best time is now. An important first principle…

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Guiding Principle: Like An Immigrant

Life has no meaning, you just build meaning into it. That is my favourite rule and insight of life. That means I get to shape and mould life any way…

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Current mood (Jun ’21): Fairytales do come true. xx

Note to self

Dear Lisa, you’ll be fine. Just fine. You’re on the right path. Just make sure you don’t deviate too much or get distracted by the next shiny thing. Focus on the things that matter, and keep building building and building. It may be scary out there, but you have the world’s biggest cheerleaders and supporters behind you. You’ll be fine. Just fine.