In a capitalist society, everyone has a price tag. You are worth how much the system is willing to pay for your labour.
At times, you have the freedom to give a set of numbers to tell others how much you are worth (for x amount of time/work).
I find it so hard to put monetary value to my time; it is worth much more than whatever I’ll ever charge.
“What you resist not only persists but will grow in size.”
-Carl Jung
“Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.”
-Miguel de Cervantes
Good news all around!
My cookbook, One-Pot Wonders, is the Winner of Malaysia Gourmand Cookbook Awards 2018 under the category of ‘Easy Recipes’.
Next, this title will compete with all winners in other countries. If we win, our book will be the Best in the World cookbook for this category.
It’s also featured in Jelita’s magazine last month (Jelita means ‘pretty’ in Malay btw).
Most of us have spent a lifetime ignoring—or even suppressing—our intuition… It is not infallible, but neither is our reason.
– Michael Hyatt
Bosie: I really don’t know why people bother painting portraits anymore. You can get a much better likeness with a photograph..
Robbie: But a photograph is just one moment in time, one gesture, one turn of the head.
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Wilde: Yes, portraits are not likenesses Mr. Gray. Painters show the soul of the subject, the essence.
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(Excerpt from Wilde the movie)
I believe in continued education and realise the value of being self-sufficient instead relying on people around us (no matter how much skilful they are in comparison).
So my little cousin (who has ambitions to be a programmer) and I took a short four hours WordPress/basic programming class with David Wang. Here’s a list of things I’ve learned that are helpful for maintaining my sites:
1. To maintain a website, you need to constantly update:
That’ll prevent hacking (hopefully).
2. Html comment
* <! – – Hi There – – >
I was told that I shouldn’t play with html because one small mistake can ruin the whole thing. Solution: always jot down the changes I made within it using Html comment!
3. Check code
4. Then difference between HTML & CSS
5.Check colour on the web
Useful when choosing colour for my site(s).
6. Using Child theme
Once WordPress is updated, any changes you’ve made to its still will be lost. Using a child theme means that WordPress updates won’t override the changes.
7. How to check efficiency
8. Creating contact form
David recommended Ninja Form. Though I still can’t do it properly yet because of some mail server issues.
There’s so much more to learn! But I think the most important lesson is to know that I can and should do things on my own. If you have any comments on how to improve these sites, please let me know:
Next goal, learn to add a ‘RANDOM’ button to STICKGEEK so that visitors can randomly select a comic.
“Every day, your body requires energy to survive, to think, to do well, to be happy. You don’t get infinite energy. One way to replenish energy is to sleep. The other way is to eat well and exercise. But another way to replenish energy is to live a gentle life. As gently as possible. Which means all negotiation need to be smooth else they result in anxiety and fear and guessing…future depletion of energy. And then you die faster than the one who lived gently. Try this. Next time you are in a negotiation, don’t forget to relax your face”
– James Altucher, The Choose Yourself Guide To Wealth
Doings things gives me adrenaline rush, which in turns makes me want to do more – it’s almost like a drug. But time is always a limiting factor; so even my leisure time has turned productive (?!). What do I do on Instagram? Learn Japanese from Gudetama, my favourite lazy egg.
What I’ve learned:
