What's Your Escape Velocity?

005 / Soo Uhm / "I just need to know the goal"

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Soo Uhm is learning the art of acupuncture after a globe-trotting journey of jobs in teaching, finance, and advocacy. It all began with a worried cab driver in South Korea.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 1:22 - From college to South Korea
  • 5:16 - Detox retreat and traveling
  • 7:00 - The influence of immigrant parents
  • 8:35 - "You can't be good at everything"
  • 9:36 - Red flags to watch for in a job
  • 11:40 - Being happy vs. being satisfied
  • 13:30 - The impact of the pandemic
  • 19:19 - Finding roots
  • 20:22 - Straying from parental expectations

    • QUOTES

    • "I just felt like I was trapped in this chair for no reason in this confined space, and I just felt like, 'This is why people age.'"
    • "I was happy enough but I wasn't satisfied."
    • "Because my parents were immigrants, you have to do 10 things with one thing: What can I do make this happen with what I have?"
    • "What really hit me hardest was when I wasn't good at things."
    • "You can't be good at everything. You just can't be too hard on yourself. I think that's the biggest thing: Give yourself a break."
    • "I think it's very easy to be satisfied. [...] But I wanted to do something that actually was going to be a part of me. I wanted my job to be a reflection of who I was, and not a separate entity."
    • "What my parents envisioned for me was nothing that I did. And that's OK. But it was many years of friction."
    • "As long as you understand *why* you're doing it, and you understand that it's not going to easy, but you really think this is what you need in your life—I think you should go for it."

      • RESOURCES

      • Lonely Planet (travel guides) https://www.lonelyplanet.com/

        • SOUNDTRACK

        • "Palms" by Text Me Records / Bobby Renz
        • "Trip to Ganymed" by KieLoKaz

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