The fear of failure in an immigrant family
When you’re an immigrant who spends your entire life working to be wealthy, oftentimes you work to the detriment of your health.
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Another view of privilege
Cal in Color
I received this lofty treatment merely because, as an American, my relatives subconsciously associated me with capital and with power — or, more specifically, with access to it.
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Don’t feel guilty for not visiting family during the holidays
Here is why you should prioritize yourself and avoid feelings of guilt this year when you decide not to visit your family.
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Toothpaste Time
Hopping the Pond
Upon reaching my bathroom on Thursday, I realized that the tube was now a wrinkled shell. The toothpaste was finished and I almost burst into tears.
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How to keep in touch with friends and family while you’re at college
Regularly calling home and staying up-to-date with my family’s everyday affairs became my key to coping with feelings of uncertainty and vulnerability.
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Money, madness, misogyny: A history of the US work model
It’s easy to boil the work model down to plain economics: Certain capital, resources and investments have to be weeded out if they don’t prove economically viable.
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Keeping my options open
In typical fashion, I have decided to simply let future me make the decision between further education and finding a job.
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Signature dishes for Korean Thanksgiving Chuseok
Chuseok, or Korean thanksgiving, is typically a time of gathering with family, cooking together and celebrating the year’s harvest.
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Memories we choose to keep
Cal in Color
Especially because my overall life mentality is to look forward rather than to reflect upon old memories, I’ve realized that I have let many moments from my past fade away; I’ve allowed them to pass me by when I really should have held them closer.
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Road tripping through 46 states
During my family’s time in North America, we traveled around 46 states in the United States and five Canadian provinces, driving in our SUV and sleeping at local campsites.
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