episode 53 covers my take into the next phase of adulting - entering adulthood!

Some discussions include:

• summarizing 10 years of adulting
• entering adulthood with more life events to come
• things we don't love in first 20 years of our lives
• valuable life skills and values

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episode 52 covers a special story from Vicnes, just Part One

Some discussions include:

• how Vicnes and i met
• single parenting and pursuit of education
• navigating male dominated technical industries, moving from small town to big city
• surrender and trust the journey

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episode 51 covers a break from almost three months of hiatus, where somehow quarter one of 2025 felt like the longest rut i had.

Some discussions include:

1. being in the ups and down, the ebbs and flows
2. how do i snap out of it
3. quarter one of 2025 braindump

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this is a repost of an earlier episode where Natasha and I discussed on our interests and journeys with reading. we touched on:

• our reading journeys
• is reading essential for everyone?
• how to cultivate the habit of reading?
• physical book VS ebook

episode 50 covers my reflection on 2024

Some discussions include:

• AP24 tarot - highlights, neutral, lowlights
• what's next for AP25 and the Annual Project
• my 2024 - highlights, neutral, lowlights

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episode 49 covers a reflection on 10 lessons i learnt in 2024! another year down, a new year comes!

Some discussions include:

• enjoy the process as much as the outcome
• letting go of judging people
• friendship changes and it's okay (to move on)
• unsolicited opinion is out, suggestions are welcome
• weight loss should be done for you yourself only
• be unapologetically yourself

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episode 48 covers my attempt to define modern dating in 13 bylaws / rules, experienced from 10 unknowing years of casual dating and situationships, as a traditional dater.

Some discussions include:

• why a guy doesn't pursue you, even though you are a catch?
• how do guys get emotionally involved?
• why do guys say words or promises that they can't keep?
• go with the flow means go with the modern dating flow?
• the reason i am single is because i am overweight and unattractive?
• it isn't my fault, but i date wrongly in a modern dating world
• timing, you could have done all the wrong things but land the right person if your timing is right
• 8 mindsets to have to navigate modern dating!

Credits to Rahul who has graciously provided his inputs to the modern dating rules! Connect with The Annual Project on Instagram @theannualproject OR the official website www.theannualproject.com

episode 47 covers some myths about tarot, my view on whether it's true or not

Some discussions include:

• my tarot discovery since 2021 and learning since 2023
• myth 1: tarot is not science
• myth 2: tarot is fortune telling
• myth 3: tarot is a cult
• entering spiritual age
• destiny and fate

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episode 46 cover part 2/3 on my venture with tarot where I explored @thetarotdiagnosis Two Weeks Tarot practice. Come with me as I discover my relationship with tarot via remaining 7 questions since learning them in December 2023. Part 1 is on episode 44!

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episode 45 covers my recent Taiwan trip and how I find back my wanderlust!

Some discussions include:

• losing wanderlust due to pandemic
• highlights of Taiwan trip
• lowlights and learnings of Taiwan trip

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episode 44 cover part 1/3 on my venture with tarot where I explored @thetarotdiagnosis Two Weeks Tarot practice. Come with me as I discover my relationship with tarot via 7 questions since learning them in December 2023

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episode 43 covers on having principles and also being triggered because of having principles

Some discussions include:

• a peek into some of my life principles
• if principles are overrated?
• how having principles trigger me?
• aligning to your principles
• tarot reading on principles

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episode 42 covers my recent realizations on a few life concepts, these are also fairly easy concepts i understood but never really grasp and practice them

Some discussions include:

1. doing too much in life, and forgot about the actual being
2. whatever i do, i would like to enjoy doing and being
3. truly prioritize what is aligned and deprioritize what does not serve you anymore
4. one can't have it all and don't have to have it all
5. peace vs happiness: happy with the process, at peace with the outcome

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episode 41 covers some unintended modern dating 'mistakes' from a traditional dater

Some discussions include:

• some people are dating traditionally in a modern dating age
• dating a projection instead of getting to know someone
• dating on possibility instead of being present
• dating the potential instead of reality
• if it's yours, it will be yours
• action speaks louder than words

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episode 40 covers the experience sharing on my refresher 3-day Vipassana meditation short course.

some discussions include:

• 3-day refresher course experience after 1.5 years
• it's ok to take things easy sometimes
• one cannot quite find peace but to experience peace
• practicing meditation is a commitment
• vipassana teaching on equanimity, law of impermanence, anicca (change)
• defining peace
• triggers arise due to being (more) principled and how to manage triggers

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episode 39 covers two ladies' dating stories and perspectives on modern dating their thirties. this episode welcomes back Yin Li who was featured in a much earlier episode in 2022!

Some discussions include:

1. Our definition and dating experiences
2. Difference between dating teens, twenties, thirties
3. 5 types of attractions and 3 types of relationships
4. The concept of interdependence
5. Handling traumas from heartbreaks and how relationships shape us
6. Our take on looking for love right now and would we want to change about modern dating

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episode 38 covers a dive on the famous HBO series - Sex and the City involving the lives of a group of ladies at their thirties navigating love and friendship in the hustling New York.

Some discussions include:

• Character discussions from Samantha Jones, Miranda Hobbes, Charlotte York to of course Carrie Bradshaw
• Finding out via tarot if which lady I resonate with
• Sociological discussion on the series - female friendships, navigating modern dating, types of femininity
• Tarot reading for the collective, depending if you are team Samantha, Miranda, Charlotte or Carrie

Plug: Running a 50% promo on my newly launched tarot reading services until 31st May!

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episode 37 covers some pondered thoughts on people losing compassion and gaining judgment as we grow up? Is it right/wrong? Is it good/bad?

Some discussions include:

• Losing compassion and compassion being a choice
• Having a right to have opinion but it's how we process and express the judgment
• Practicing more compassion and less judgment with Vipassana meditation and tarot reading
• Tarot reading for the collection on compassion and judgment
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episode 36 covers a recollection of memories from the past. there is actually so much to learn from my younger self, to inspire the current me.

Some discussions include:

• the innocence, curiosity and unassuming of things
• academic breakthroughs
• being discipline and diligent with healthy habits 
• perseverance and calmness riding through the waves
• being creative
• navigating 1st job and love life with best intention

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ep35 covers a book club discussion on Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis with a friend - Carmen Thong, a literature academic and scholar from University of Warwick, University of Oxford and Stanford University. Also, this episode was recorded way back in November 2021 and finally seeing the day of light in February 2024.

Some discussion includes:

- What makes Mere Christianity an interesting book

- A dive in C.S.Lewis' life as an author

- Our book club experience

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