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The one thing he did show me was how I want to love and be loved. I want to counteract the hate that he’s put out. I want to clean off the rust and shine.

When you're an immigrant who spends your entire life working to be wealthy, oftentimes you work to the detriment of your health.

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.

Here is why you should prioritize yourself and avoid feelings of guilt this year when you decide not to visit your family.

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.

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. 

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.

In typical fashion, I have decided to simply let future me make the decision between further education and finding a job.

Chuseok, or Korean thanksgiving, is typically a time of gathering with family, cooking together and celebrating the year’s harvest.

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.