Life Update – Happy Panda Is Back (Maybe?)

A recent flutter of notifications from WordPress (informing me that people are still reading what I wrote years ago) reminded me that I had (or have? Is this perpetual?) a blog. Once a pride point in my life, this space has been dormant for a while now. It is not that I haven’t wanted to…

Things That Made Me Smile Recently

It is an ordinary mundane day and you’re going about life doing the tasks you have. But you randomly stumble across something that breaks your face into a big smile. *sigh* I love such small moments. I have been struggling in life to find happiness and peace these past few months and so these little…

Mission 2024: Getting Healthy (Not Lose Weight)

The second month of 2024 is upon us and as per usual, I cannot believe how fast January ran away. Despite my many aspirations for 2024, I ended up literally wasting all of January. But I am motivated to do better this month and to keep myself going, I am going to post my progress…

How I Spent My Weekend After An Anxiety Episode

If you read my last post, you probably know that I had a small breakdown last week. I have been dealing with anxiety for a few years now but I’ve been dealing with it pretty well for the past few months. This anxiety episode was accompanied with PMS making it much much worse. But recovering…

Need A Serotonin Boost? Here Are Some Tips (Guest Post)

Sometimes you feel low because of a reason and sometimes you feel low because of no reason at all. This is natural and a part of being human. This roller coaster ride of highs and lows is what sums up human life. But the problem is we all love the happy moments but are never…

Adulting Woes I Don’t Know How To Deal With

Adulting is difficult. Despite not having a lot of responsibilities, I still find dealing with adult situations so tricky. I am really bad at confrontations and dealing with my feelings which adds to my woes while dealing with people around me. I have over the past few years started drawing boundaries but where does it…

Things I Haven’t Been Liking About Myself This Year

2023 has been a strange year for me. I have been struggling with some things but I’ve also been thriving in some other life aspects. It’s been a year where I’ve already had some really bad lows but it’s also been a year where I have found so many different things that make me happy….

Why Am I Scared?

Fear (n): an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm. Similar: Terror, Fright, Horror, Alarm, Panic, Distress, Anxiety, Unrest I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder a few years back and I have been working on improving my mental health but it’s been more challenging in the last few weeks. As I…

January 2023 Check-in: Where Have I Been?

I am back from a trip and an unplanned hiatus. Whenever I opened up a new post, I’d end up spacing out what I wanted to write about. It isn’t that I don’t have things to write about – I have so much to write about – it’s just that the things I do want…

2023: My Hopes and Wishes

2+0+2+3 = 7 Seven is considered by many to be a lucky number so maybe the year is already off to a good start? I have many hopes and wishes for how I want this year to go. But my biggest wish this year is to stop sitting on the sideline and make things happen…