This year, I had a lot of fun creating a Year in Review visual, something I might try doing for future years. Perhaps the most compelling aspect of this year’s Year in Review is that — despite a difficult year of burn out, COVID fatigue,… Read More
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Radical Candor: The Importance of Being Honest
Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in something known as a Brain Trust. During a weekend earlier in February, Six diverse people (with little to no previous relationship) gathered together to ask for and provide candid feedback over the course of two days. What… Read More
How Not to Do a Year in Review: A Review of my Annual Review
Want to finish the end of the year feeling dejected and depressed, feeling bad about yourself and like you pummeled yourself in the face? If so, do an annual review. And do these following things: Spend all day on the couch binge watching TV for… Read More
2020: A Year in Review
I’ve been staring at this blank page for several minutes now, running off every so often to pet my pup, check email, or scroll through Twitter. As someone who has an extreme allergy to Twitter, I can tell this is my body’s sign that I… Read More
Use Self-Discipline to Build Your Self-Worth
@thefemalehustlers This post resonated so strongly with my philosophy in life that I was compelled to reflect on the importance of this phrase and how it has personally impacted me. An important life skill I wish I had cultivated earlier on is self-discipline: (n.) The… Read More
Journaling: A Cheaper Alternative to Therapy
Recently, a friend reached out asking for recommendations of journals for daily reflection — something she could use daily and take a few minutes to write down her thoughts. I could not have been happier to hear this request. I’ve tried therapy.I’ve tried coaching.I’ve even… Read More
Getting Fooled: How to Make Hard Things Easier.
I decided on a whim one day that I would start writing and sharing down my thoughts. I’ve owned this domain (yinahuang.com) for years — kind of as a failsafe to stake my identity on the world wide web. But it’s been untouched, defunct and… Read More
How Reflection Helps: 3 Science Proven Benefits
Life moves astonishingly fast, especially in this day and age. Thanks to Moore’s law, technology is advancing at an exponential rate, which means that our lives and pace of life moves just as rapidly as a secondary consequence. Because of this, more often than not… Read More
Getting Back on that Horse: Morning Routine Woes
With my startup stagnating and facing significant setbacks, lately I’ve observed a lapse in discipline and consistency in my day to day routines. It’s been harder for me to jump out of bed, I procrastinate on work, binge-watch Netflix or doom scroll, constantly put things… Read More
An attempt at a Non Zero Day on a Zero Day (Thus Far)
Today has been rough. I spent most of the day embroiled in an emotionally taxing negotiation. No excuses or complaints or anything, but this meant at the end of it I was completely depleted. AKA I’ve been sprawled on the couch from 10 AM onwards,… Read More