This Is What Happened When I Stopped Being Consistent on Medium.
You know how sometimes life just happens? Maybe, you: Start a new job Move to a different country Need to settle into a new city Move in...
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Irene Chu
- May 18
- 4 min
3 Unusual Tips To Make Every Day A Good Day
“When you’re stuck in a rut, every step feels like you’re walking in quicksand.” I’ve been in a negative rut lately. Work has been busy....
Irene Chu
- May 8
- 7 min
7 Relationship Lessons I Learned The Hard Way
When I was in my teens and early-to-mid twenties, I never thought about: How to be in a relationship How to be a good partner How to even...
Irene Chu
- Apr 9
- 2 min
Stop Believing In “The One.” It’s Harming Your Chances of Having A Fulfilling Relationship.
For most of my life, I romanticized love. I believed in “the one”. In soulmates. In fact, I was obsessed with the Myers-Briggs Golden...
Irene Chu
- Mar 5
- 3 min
5 Reasons I Write On Medium That Have Nothing To Do With The Medium Partner Program
“Hi there, Thank you for applying for the Partner Program, and for all of your writing on Medium. We’ve reviewed your application, and...
Irene Chu
- Feb 22
- 3 min
5 Truths I’ve Learned After Writing 25 Articles On Medium In 1.5 Years
I started writing on Medium in April 2021. When I first started, I wrote sporadically. About once a month. And when I stopped in July of...
Irene Chu
- Feb 10
- 3 min
Unpopular Opinion: Finish Books You Don’t Like. Here's Why.
Life is too short to read books you don’t like. Look, I get it. Our time on Earth is limited. And we should “hold every hour in [our]...
Irene Chu
- Feb 3
- 6 min
7 Pieces of Wisdom I’ve Learned On My 10-Year Health and Fitness Journey
I was the “chubby Asian girl” in high school. (I was nicknamed FUP, standing for fat ugly pig.) Then, the summer before university, I...
Irene Chu
- Jan 25
- 4 min
9 Lessons I Learned In 2022 That Has Given Me More Inner Peace
Don’t take advice from family, friends, or anyone who doesn’t have the career, relationship, or life you want. Why? Because they’ll give...
Irene Chu
- Jan 25
- 3 min
I’m Painfully Average. But Here Are 4 Reasons Why It Will Help Me Become A Better Writer.
What’s your unfair advantage? Personally, I had trouble coming up with an answer when my partner asked me this the other day after I told...
Irene Chu
- Jan 25
- 3 min
5 Reasons Why I Like Working Full-Time Alongside Creating Content
I work 42 hours a week from Monday to Saturday at my day job. Yet every week, I write: 1 Medium article 3 LinkedIn posts 5 tweets Social...
Irene Chu
- Jan 24
- 6 min
How I Consistently Come Up With Ideas To Write 1 Article Every Week
If you’ve ever asked a writer: “What do you write about?” “How do you consistently come up with article ideas?” Then, this article is for...
Irene Chu
- Jan 24
- 6 min
7 Time Management Tips To Help You Consistently Create Content While Working Full-Time
I’ve consistently created on Medium, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube for 8 weeks… Which is a HUGE milestone for me! Here’s how I did it...
Irene Chu
- Jan 24
- 3 min
4 Benefits of Scrolling Your Medium Feed With The Intent To Leave 3 Meaningful Comments
Have you ever kept moving your finger up on the Medium app to scroll through your feed? Maybe you’ve done it on other social media apps...
Irene Chu
- Jan 24
- 6 min
Why I Quit Freelancing For A Digital Marketing Agency
When I decided that I wanted to write online to make money, the first place I looked for opportunities was Upwork. After I made my...
Irene Chu
- Jan 24
- 5 min
Why I Go On A Walk Every Day
I go on a walk whenever I feel anxious. Mad. Sad. Lazy. Tired. Or uncreative. And always, without fail, I feel much better afterwards....
Irene Chu
- Jan 24
- 3 min
3 Mindset Shifts To Help You Stop Feeling Like You're Better Than Others
After I started my personal development journey, I felt like I was better than everyone else. What’s more, I wanted them to be more like...
Irene Chu
- Jan 24
- 7 min
Why I Quit Teaching After 2.5 Years
In this article, I share: How I started teaching 3 reasons why I liked teaching 4 reasons why I quit teaching What my plans are How I...
Irene Chu
- Jan 24
- 5 min
Stop Blaming Your Environment. Instead, Build More Willpower. Here Are 5 Ways How.
If you’re anything like me, you know you should go to the gym or read, but you’d rather do nothing. Or you want to eat a croissant and...
Irene Chu
- Jan 24
- 5 min
I Don't Have A Lot Of Friends... But I'm Okay With It
Because I prefer quality over quantity. So, it doesn’t bother me that I don’t have thousands of followers on social media or that I don’t...
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