Aww :)
Ardyssian
Often. A lot of my friends are attached, so whenever I hang out with them, I'm reminded of the disadvantages of singlehood.
What about Glass Bottles?
Singapore - Mother Tongue is a compulsory subject to take up until Uni. Being classified as Chinese racially, I had to take Mandarin during my formative years - but I'm still not good at it lol
Interesting - in Singapore the widespread expectation in 2025 (at least among the elderly) is to get a plastic bag / food containers (sometimes multiple) from the shop whenever one buys something. Albeit since 2020 these now cost 5 & 30 cents respectively
I'm not an expert, but you mention that you have job security - you could use that by allocating Friday as your unofficial self-learning / rest / low-work day, and block out the time on your work calendar if you can. It works better if the day is one where you can WFH
Singapore
I'm in the same boat; I no longer have any motivation to self study and pursue excellence in these skills - 'AI' has destroyed that. At least back when searching Google / Stackoverflow / reading Documentation was still a thing I saw the value in making my own notes so as to reduce the friction in recalling the concepts, but with AI it's become trivially easy to get an answer to any question.
I've been distracting myself with learning other skills (i.e. how to drive, taking certifications, applying for Working Holiday Visas), but these are dead ends.
I'm still employed, but only a matter of time before I get laid off I think.
Yeah but I can't remember the words, only the melody