Elizabeth Tai

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My experience ‘going paid’ on Subastack in 2024

Last year, I activated the option for readers to pay me on a lark, and was surprised by what happened despite my very low expectations.
Weekend Tales #7: Year ends and bodice rippers in the desert

Reflecting on 2024 while watching trashy TV. Also, links to articles I’ve written and have read.
I love Malaysia. I also resent it.

It’s complicated. A bittersweet letter to Malaysia on Malaysia Day. 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
5 more reads from Asia

The results of my painstaking digging of the interwebs for your reading pleasure.
Malaysians stunned by Kuala Lumpur sinkhole

Like many Malaysians, my eyes are glued to news a sinkhole that swallowed a woman in the middle of the capital. 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
That time when I lived in a haunted house

It’s Hungry Ghost month so what better time to talk about the haunted house I lived in? 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
The circle of competence and our information diet

When it comes to information consumption, am I focusing on a subject that will help me improve my life or make it worse?
What’s happening in Britain?

Documenting my efforts to find a more nuanced point of view about the British riots. Consuming news has become so hard, honestly.
Auditing my social media use and information consumption

When you get such extreme mental fatigue from social media and you just want to check out and sleep all day – you know you’ve got a problem.
The reason why you’re so tired at work: Context switching

Cal Newport says that knowledge workers end up mentally exhausted because of the constant context switching at work, but how do we actually fix this?