botanical studies of internet magic

02. throwing away the iron rice bowl


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the "Iron Rice Bowl" is a Chinese metaphor for job security and stability (aka, what we, as artists and entrepreneurs, didn’t exactly choose.)

this is a beginning of a series about wayfinding, in which I’ll share the phases of my own decade long journey, from (almost) the very beginning.

I’m unveiling the ghosts of my head, and untangling a few themes:

  • inherited cultural blueprints of what “success” means
  • immigrant Chinese-American values, and de-programming
  • quitting the marathon of accomplishment & prestige
  • the SOS alarm bell of panic
  • on choosing to be a writer, with a 9-5 day job.

  • then, I begin to open the question: if not Iron Rice Bowl, then what?


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