Category: Reflection
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All I could be doing
I caught myself mid scroll, frantically hoping for another hit a quick video. I find myself way too often searching for video after video to entertain myself. There I am waiting for algorithm to make me laugh or think. When instead… I could be reading a book, getting lost in composing images of the fictional…
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Decluttering
There is a pile over there, haunting me, taunting me. It contains all of the papers that I told myself I would need to get through. Of course, there might be an important detail in there that I will need at an yet undisclosed point in time. I can’t let go of it, because I…
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I owe him this blog
Four years ago today, I started blogging in earnest. I put up my first real post on this site. It was about Virgil Abloh, founder of Off-WhiteTM and former creative director of Louis Vuitton menswear. I started back watching fashion shows after not really engaging with the field. His shows were more than just a…
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More burdensome please
I had been so busy over the last few weeks that I couldn’t stand the idea of cooking. It was just a unnecessary drain on my limited time. And now, here I am, unable to eat longing for the chance to play with seasonings and to be in the kitchen playing with food. Funny how…
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Unapologetically vain
“Hey, do you have any resolutions for this year?” “Yes, I plan to be more vain.” There were two responses to my answer. The first was questioning all the time I’d be spending in the mirror. The other was thoughts of all the makeup and fashion that would be entering my life. My real reasoning…
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Day one
My gym app records how many visits I’ve had per week. It is depressing. Let’s not review the data. Now on January 1, like so many other people, I’m eager to commit to going more regularly. I will be a part of the New Year, New Me crowd. Years ago, I used to go the…
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Watching squirrels go by
As I walked around Boston Commons, I saw a curious thing: Squirrel photo sessions. People feeding squirrels. People gleefully pausing to try and interact with squirrels. It was baffling to me. Why were people so excited to interact with these rodents? Why were they so excited to potentially touch an animal that I know more,…
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In with the old
The year is coming to an end. There are just a few days left on the calendar. Where did all of the time go? Where did all of the opportunities go? What do I have to show for another 365 days? I can’t help but reminisce and wish for more time, for different times. I…
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For you
What will you do for you today? Like you, the real you. Not for other people’s gaze, not for the you that you “should” be, not for your parents. What are you doing for you?
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Training wheels
I thought it’d be temporary. I thought that the need to write everything down, keep a tight schedule, and organize everything was a phase, just a moment in my life to get me through school. I thought that as a serious adult working a real job that i was done with that. So I let…
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