ShirleySpace = a simple online space to foster Shirley's attempts at quiet creativity.

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Hi, I'm Shirley.

Melancholic and sanguine at the same time, I draw myself towards introspection and self-examination. This, perhaps, stemmed from the way I was raised where a kind of idealised diligence, propriety, and efficiency was prioritised. After some time, I have decided to let loose a bit from those and focus instead on what I am capable to do vis-a-vis my identity as a whole.

Yes, I know, it's always hard to live up to expectations. My life's trajectory has always been about this; and true enough, it could definitely be very exhausting. It also fueled a kind of inexplicable burnout that began eating at me from the very core of my being, and I was totally unaware about how to manage my "failures". Yet, every dawn of a new day promises another possibility to rise from where we have fallen: messed up the day before? All is well (to quote that line from Bollywood's "The 3 Idiots"). We get up, we dream, we work, and we give thanks for another life and another opportunity to be alive, no matter how difficult.

You are not alone.

~ Shirley