February 28, 2020
The Art of the Audition
Seven months ago, I took the leap and moved to Los Angeles to continue pursuing…
January 3, 2020
Trust the Dots Will Connect
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So…
December 6, 2019
New York State of Mind
The word “new” used to excite me as a glimpse of another world. I yearned…
November 1, 2019
Are You Ready for Work?
I remember this coffee chat to this day although it happened a few years ago.…
September 6, 2019
Are Elite Colleges Bad for The Soul?
Whether an elite college is bad for the soul or not is a very personal…
August 23, 2019
Where does passion come from?
NPR published an uplifting story last year about a 10-year-old boy’s dream that caught…
August 19, 2019
Who Can Teach You About Life?
David Brooks’s column “Mis-Educating the Young” opens with his lunch conversation with a former student,…
July 26, 2019
Love Life Boston
I met her at a job fair. I’d just finished writing my master’s thesis in…
May 31, 2019
Don’t Strive To Be The Best
Don’t strive to be the best. It creates an illusion of an endpoint—and a delusion…
May 3, 2019
Chinese Parenting and Some Dangerous Mistakes
If you like the article, please follow me on Medium and share! In my last…
November 26, 2018
On the Value of College
As I write this I have three weeks left of college. This essay is a…