When she is not knee-deep micro-philosophising, Angeline enjoys travelling, looking out for the latest tech, visiting museums and galleries, watching documentaries, reading biographies and people watching. She also enjoys intellectual and philosophical discussions to understand and learn from different perspectives. Once a while, she indulges in binge-watching drama series (alone; so that no one will ask questions). But her real super ability is sleeping for a long, long time without waking. Her record? 20 hours!

Angeline has a Master of Education (Human Development & Psychology) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Postgraduate Diploma in Museum Studies from Harvard University.

Life Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Wonderful

Life Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Wonderful

Angeline Tong
Life Musings

A poster on my office wall reads: Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful

I bought the poster because the text sounded very wise. And I thought I understood what it meant.

After all, it’s a simple philosophy, no?  

Yet, more often than not, we insist on a perfect curriculum before we can launch a programme, a perfect story before we can move forward for an exhibition, and a perfect picture before we can hang a work of art on the wall.

If I haven’t fully appreciated the wisdom of the poster text, then 2018 has offered me quite a few opportunities to do so.  

The past year has been less than perfect. Life has knocked me with some hard punches. It’s been a year of more downs than ups.

Over the year I have had to look at the poster many times, remind myself of this outlook on life, and rationalise the circumstances.

And I have asked myself: Why reserve my smiles for only when life becomes perfect?

Here’s wishing everyone a happy holiday. May your life be wonderful – even though it may not be perfect … yet.

Cheers to 2019!

Angeline Tong is an architect of narratives and Chief Curator at HOL, an experience strategy and curation consultancy. Angeline has a Master of Education (Human Development & Psychology) from Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies from Harvard University. She currently resides in Singapore.

To contact Angeline, email atong@hol.sg

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