reflection
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At my best, I cry everyday over something objectively small. My heart feels full at the thought of my best friend half a world away, and my eyes get wet. I see a raccoon run over on the road, and my hands start to shake. But when I’m busy, compartmentalized, or closed off, squeezing the…
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or what to do when your friendships are misaligned with your values. Yesterday I met up with an old friend who, unbeknownst to me, harbored active resentment towards someone very close to me that I love and trust. She described them to me, and I realized that nothing she stated about them was false. I…
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In a futile effort to encourage my rather pessimistic auntie to think more positively, I encouraged her to do gratitude homework alongside me. Everyday (when I could remember) we would list 3 things that we were grateful for. It seemed to work for a bit until I left the city and fell out of my…
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As I was researching the topic for my next post on filial piety and its effects on Generation Y in China, I opted to use DeepSeek to do a pros and cons list of the virtue and its impact. DeepSeek’s answer gave me pause, as it listed one of the cons as followed: Gender Inequality:…
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In a small village, there lived a young woman named Nanda who cared for her elderly, bitter mother. The mother had once been kind, but after losing her husband and enduring many hardships, she became angry, manipulative, and controlling. Nanda stayed, believing it was her duty. Her mother often said: “If you ever leave me,…
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warning: contains spoilers for the movie The Menu (2022). In December 2023, I deleted my social media presence from apps including Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, save a select few like Yelp and Strava. I had a (self-perceived) strong presence on Yelp, having achieved its 5 year ‘Elite gold-badge’ status along with a group of girlfriends…
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When I applied to college as a budding senior in high school, I wrote in my personal statement that I wished to become a teacher. After finishing my masters, I wrote about desiring to be a university level educator in my PhD statement of purpose. I attended a teaching seminar this past week, where we…
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