Follow The Gap

Today is my 23rd birthday! Since the start of this year brought a huge unexpected change to my work, I reflect on my feelings about being 23, and things I've been struggling with lately.

As this year comes to a close, I share some of my top 2023 highlights and reflections! Thank you all for listening and being with me this year. Happy holidays and see you in 2024 :)

I moved!! In this episode, I talk about some feelings that are sparked by moving to a new home, including the weight of adulthood responsibility. I also reflect on my experience with my job so far and the current state of my academic/career goals.

I've been in Boston for 5 months now! I've gotten kinda used to living in the routine of a peaceful and "boring" life, and this past week I've fallen into a bit of an unmotivated slump. I finally get myself to record an episode, so I examine some of my feelings around this transition to a mundane life (e.g. changes in how I see my identity now that I'm significantly less social and my life is more insular).

Recorded in Boston, I talk about moving, leaving my old job and finding a new job, and settling into my new life! In the slower pace of a peaceful suburban neighborhood, I muse about my deeper level interests, goals, and purpose. I seek to understand my own identity through different threads of what I find fulfilling, as well as what I've been interested in and influenced by throughout my life so far. 

In my first episode of 2023, I share some life updates for the new year, including moving out of New York! I wrap up some reflections about 2022, which was an overwhelmingly eventful year. I also look forward to finding more peace and fulfillment in the new year, especially as I finally start to work towards my true goal of becoming a clinical psychologist!

I share my belated Thanksgiving gratitudes, as well as a little bit about my new relationship! I also ramble about some current musings on love, like the difference between "creating a love" vs "falling in love," and my process of shedding overly idealistic expectations I used to place on love as this all-powerful positive force. I talk about reclaiming ownership over my emotions, my sense of self, and my ability to create a healthy and supportive love :)

The end of my 3-week terrible illness means I can finally speak about my heartbreak healing journey's final stages. I talk about what it means to me to "move on"/move forward from a relationship that I thought was my entire future, and my experience finding peace (and even joy) in accepting that while this person I loved so much is no longer physically in my life, he will always be an important part of myself, and I can use and cherish that influence for good :)

My first guest ever on the podcast!! Justine is one of my best friends who just moved to NYC <3 We talk about recent changes, settling into work and life, navigating new dimensions of stress/uncertainty in adulthood, and finding stability through our parents. 

Recorded in Switzerland, I talk about enjoying the slower pace of my summer so far and making time for intentional thinking and resting. I also talk about what true love means, using insights from Bell Hooks' book "All About Love" and adding my own questions and reflections.