by Calista | Feb 26, 2019 | #LearnByDoing, Advice for My Younger Self, Life Lessons, Personal Growth
Originally given as a workshop presentation for Davis Women in Business (DWIB). Photo was featured on Editorial Section by Unsplash (Feb 28th, 2019). . . . When I was first approached by Zoe about hosting a workshop for Davis Women in Business (DWIB), I was…...
by Calista | Feb 4, 2019 | Life Lessons, Personal Growth
“I swear I’ll shoot her in the neck with a horse tranquilizer in the next class.” “I know! Doesn’t the professor get annoyed?” I walked out of my calculus class, shocked to have witnessed the above conversation unfold before me. The technique to formulating good...
by Calista | Jan 21, 2019 | Books, Life Lessons, Personal Growth, Recommendations
The Diderot Effect is… Wait, what? IT HAPPENED I had an epiphany last year that the #Konmari #Cline method had slowly infiltrated my wardrobe, which was repulsively spilling out fast-fashion items with only up to 20% wear rate. A short, mindless trip to the mall...
by Calista | Jan 7, 2019 | Everyday, Life Lessons, Personal Growth, Photography, Self-Love
About six years ago, I had a brief partnership with Zespri that didn’t quite materialize. The photography materials I developed wasn’t up to par. One day, I stopped hearing back from them. I was rendered in a state of confusion. In my bulky camera bag, I...
by Calista | Jan 4, 2019 | #LearnByDoing, Life Lessons, Personal Growth
it’s been one of the homiest and most challenging years of my life. i learned everything is always evolving. knowledge. relationship. people. technology. though some remain. i learned to love. that compromise comes after effort. arguments. they make you...
by Calista | Nov 23, 2018 | Life Lessons, Personal Growth, Recommendations
Published on Her Campus @ UC Davis . . . I’ve been binge watching some of the best “Golden Buzzer” moments on America’s and Britain’s Got Talent, where participants arrived on the big stage with untold stories they wished to unfold. Some were more emotional than the...
by Calista | Jul 5, 2018 | Books, Personal Growth, Recommendations
We all fall into a rut. Sometimes, we need all the help we can get to crawl out of the black hole. But the main determinant of your outcome is the next step you’d take to deal with it. Last week, I felt all sorts of dejection typically experienced by a college...
by Calista | Jun 9, 2018 | #SingleShadowSeries, Beauty
Summer’s officially here! A few weeks ago, my man and I had the most wonderful trip to Maui for his birthday. Maui was a tropical dream, and to put the cherry on top, a perfect place to escape from the windy Bay Area. Prior to our trip, Colourpop conveniently...
by Calista | May 18, 2018 | #LearnByDoing
I recently wrote an article on time management for the Optimal Living Daily podcast to surface our awareness for this particular sentence we tell ourselves every day: “I don’t have time” — as referenced in my previous post on the 24 Things I...
by Calista | May 9, 2018 | #LearnByDoing, Personal Growth
A little over a month ago, I applied for a scholarship offered by the Sequoia Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). They highlighted the importance of applicants to have demonstrated passions in education, community service, civil rights, and cultural plurality. I...
