People often talk about flow in writing. When the flow is flowing, creativity is available in full force. Writing feels good and happens naturally. Time passes quickly. Meals and restroom breaks are forgotten. Excessive force isn’t necessary. Sentences are pieced together almost unconsciously; meaning drips from each written syllable. Things process smoothly. There is a predictable rhythm and regularity…
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Last August, I uprooted from California and moved to Southeast Asia, an entirely different locale with different languages, food, and cultural norms than home. I left home initially to expand my comfort zone, to embark upon unfamiliar grounds. I sought an adventure unlike anything I’d previously experienced in college or…
I started this blog in August 2018. No one was paying me to write and barely anyone was reading. Nonetheless, I was writing every day for hours at a time, despite a full-time job. My first few articles were only read by my family and friends. Convincing even them to read it…
I watched my graduation cap drift slowly down to the floor as if it were enjoying the view up there. I had thrown it proudly and with vigor. Four years culminated in one triumphant toss as I stood shoulder to shoulder with my peers. The faces I saw around me…
When I graduated, I had thought of myself as mature. I had a shiny new college degree and a salaried job. I felt like a grown up, and was proud to declare it so. I was a kid full of ambition but without a direction. I wanted to leave my…
Thinking of home fills me with things that once were and things that will never be again. I encounter the nostalgia that lurks behind all memories, the shadowy nostalgia that sometimes welcomes us with a smile and other times inspires a wistful sorrow. When I think of this place today—home—I…