01/12/2025
Adulting is supposed to be your era of clarity — a season defined by goals, movement, ambition, and intention. Yet somehow, between planning your future and surviving your present, may isang distraction na kahit hindi mo sine-search, kusang nag-a-appear, TADA! eto angTsismis.
Ang weird lang, Ang dami mong plans sa buhay.
Ang dami mong “next big thing.”
Pero when noise arrives "sabi ni o sabi nila" you still stop.
You still lend your ear. You still give it airtime.
Let’s be honest — hindi ka naman nakikinig kasi kailangan mo.
Hindi ka nakikinig kasi may impact sa buhay mo.
Kung minsan, you listen because it feels entertaining to know more.
Hindi dahil tanga ka, kundi dahil umo-occupy ng space sa isip mo ang hindi mo dapat domain.
Kasi habang nakatutok ka sa chika nila
yung mga goals mo naka-pause sa kabilang tab.
Hindi siya canceled — naka-delay lang.
Ikaw din ang reason.
Kung baga sa workplace, ang tsismis ang pinaka-malakas na internal memo.
Walang deadline, walang supervisor, pero mandatory ang attendance.
Libre. Walang effort. Pero mahal ang kapalit: focus, time, mental bandwidth.
So maybe it's time we rewrite the attitude:
Kung hindi part ng growth mo, wag mo gawing project.
Hindi ka involved sa plot, wag mo gawing field work.
Because the more you listen to nonsense conversations,
the less you hear the voice that actually matters —
yung inner self mo na sinasabing, “PUK*NA TUMIGIL KANA!”
