Even before we prepared the outline for the Neat Obsessions book, I already knew in my heart that I didn’t want the book to become a manual that offers a one-size-fits-all solution. After all, organizing […]
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The One Who Gets It
When ABS-CBN asked me to write a book, I had a hundred different feelings at once. I called my best friend Cindy to help me try to make sense of what I was actually feeling. […]
Introducing: The Neat Obsessions Book
Dear You,
Hello! How have you been? I hope that you are well and good. Safe from any harm and always strong in facing all the challenges that a lot of us are having right now. I want to share with you one thing that has been very close to my heart for the past few months. Many of you know that I have been a private person most of my life, then I found my passion. It started from being a mom, to becoming “obsessed” with being neat and orderly at home, to finally sharing special moments with people that I discover along this journey. The journey apparently is not to be the best organizer in this planet, this journey is about happiness. I want to share with you my first book –
Meeting Marie Kondo
We are sentimental beings.
I bet that some of you still have your very first blanket, very first toy, or maybe your or your child’s very first dislodged tooth. If ever you have given them away or thrown them out, I am pretty sure that the experience was not easy. But there are some things that you can never be able to give or throw away, like memories.
Teaching through Listening
I started driving when I was 16. Learning how to drive at that age is empowering. It’s a different kind of feeling to be behind the steering wheel, to be in control of something, in […]
Why Mother’s Day is Special
My mom and my mother in law have their own ways of keeping a home together. Many of the things I know about motherhood are things I observed from how they are as a mom […]
While in Lockdown
Our week was full before the weeklong Metro Manila-wide class suspension was announced. Knowing what the class suspension was really for, there was no other choice for me but to cancel all our projects for […]
The One with the Mudroom
Do you remember the first time your teacher asked you to draw a house on a sheet of paper? Most of the houses we drew then were made of four elements: a small box and […]
Up and About
The past few weeks were somewhat different. I am thankful for so many things in my life, but for some reason I felt something was different. So many things are happening that a normal person […]
NEAT OBSESSIONS 