Author: myhappyplace

Last week, I had a chance to hang out with my cousin Rhea. She told me she wanted to quit her office job and start her own restaurant instead. She had an interesting concept that specializes in serving quick portable foods. Rhea really is a very good cook and I believe that her food-to-go concept…

During my first 10 years in school, I prided myself on being a consistent honor student. I used to be grade-conscious and everything was a competition for me. I had to get a perfect score on a quiz, I had to become a leader in every club I was in, I had to win declamation…

When I found out that my friend Aimee decided to quit her job in the city to move to the countryside with her BF, I got mixed feelings. I was happy and excited to know that she and her BF took their relationship to the next level. I was also surprised because she had a…

My cousin Jennifer had some serious problems letting go of her ex-boyfriend. He broke up with her several times, cheated on her and treated her really bad yet she still begged him to stay and asked him to at least keep her as an option in his life. Most people would judge her as crazy,…

We live in an imperfect world, that’s why erasers, correction pens, undo buttons and the word “sorry” are all options to reverse what has been done, because it is but natural for things to get all messed up every once in a while. After I wrote a 10-page paper in college, the power cut off….

Five years ago, my friend Jess had her first child and since then, with all the cooking, cleaning, and nursing she never has any time for herself. She always tells me that she’s a living proof that “me-time” is BS once you become a mother. However, what she failed to realized was that the risk…

Do you see yourself living comfortably 20-30 years from now? Or do you see yourself buried in debt and still working just to be able to get through the day? Whether all you need in life is a little bit of fine tuning or a total make-over, here are some investments to make that are…

Have you ever encountered people who just keep on complaining about certain things in their lives that they can’t seem to solve but they’re just actually sitting on their hands and not doing anything about it? One of my closest friends, Nikki, feels bad whenever she goes shopping for clothes. She’s always having a hard…

Have you ever felt that everything in your life seems to be out of your control and that you are just merely living your life on auto-pilot, going wherever the wind takes you? There was a point in my life when I had a good job, I was earning a fair income to sustain my…