Hello dear listeners: I'll be taking a hiatus for the rest of September but wanted to share a few messages before sounding off for a bit. I'll catch you in the next one soon.

In this episode, embracing the back-to-school season, I discuss how you can create a personal curriculum to explore your interests outside of the classroom! Who says learning is limited to being in school? Learn how you can craft your own curriculum, stay accountable, and most importantly have fun in the process.

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0:00 Intro

1:40 What is a Personal Curriculum?

3:12 Choose Your Content Pillars

5:04 Know Your "Why?" & Learning Goals

6:07 Establish Subtopics

6:43 Gather Resources (Inputs)

7:57 Define Deliverables (Outputs)

9:31 Establish Schedule & Means For Accountability

14:09 My Fall Topic Pillars

17:19 Example: My Chinese/Cultural Connection Pillar

24:06 Fall Bucket List

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In this episode I chat about the fleeting nature of summer, dissect the roots of my summertime sadness, and call out some personal highlights from the past few months.

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0:00 Intro

1:32 When is the end of summer / start of fall?

3:00 Summer growing up vs. now

4:20 Hating summer in NYC

7:32 When I felt the most summer energy this year

8:38 Summertime Sadness

17:20 Summer Highlights Intro

18:10 June (Bday, The Joy of Watermelon, NY Aqueduct)

24:29 July (World Cup, Six Flags, Pokemon)

29:00 August (Leo szn, Reflection, Cyanotyping, Bird Watching)

35:07 Concluding Thoughts

Notes on Grief Zine (linked in Substack post)

In this episode, I break down my experience at Anime NYC 2026 and talk about social conventions, how to emulate the joys of a con post-con, and what shows I've been enjoying.

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0:00 Intro

1:25 ANYC Review

3:37 Pricing

5:09 Vtubers

7:00 Artist Alley

8:40 Food + AI Posters

10:14 Thursday: Artist Alley

12:15 Saturday: Con & Cosplay Masquerade

20:07 Sunday: Notable Cosplayers, Daps & Dancing

26:20 Cons and Social Conventions

32:57 How can I evoke con energy outside of the con environment?

36:43 Anime I enjoyed this year

Welcome to Longing Mind (the podcast!) In this episode, I dive into how habits are formed and why it’s so hard to break bad ones. How can we approach changing long ingrained habits and how long does it actually take to create new ones? 

00:00 Intro

01:16 How are habits formed?

04:09 Why is it so hard to break a habit? (MIT rat study)

06:17 Step 1: Building awareness

10:32 Step 2: Understand the routine and reward

12:14 Step 3: Replacement

15:00 Tips for breaking habits

19:26 How long does it actually take to form a new habit?

Welcome to Longing Mind (the podcast!)

In this episode, I talk about turning 30, my outlook for the new decade, and changing my tune on birthday celebrations.

If you have a side quest suggestion for this decade, feel free to comment on Spotify or message me on Instagram @longingmind

0:00 Intro

3:00 On Looking Young

5:14 Time Distortion from the Pandemic

7:34 Expectations vs. Reality

10:49 Plans For The Decade

16:35 Do Birthdays Your Way!

18:52 My Birthday Celebrations

22:01 Optimistic About the Future

Happy August! I've been on hiatus for a while, but I'm excited to be back. In this episode, I discuss a handful of prompts to help you reflect and reset. From questions like "What's left on your summer bucket list?" to "Do you feel like you're cruising or choosing your life right now?", we cover a lot of ground. The full list of 40+ prompts can be found on my Substack.

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0:00 Intro

2:35 1 month of summer left. What's on your bucket list?

4:40 Did I start something this year and abandon it? Is it worth trying it again?

5:56 Do you think you spend enough time with yourself?

8:00 What is one word to guide the next 6 months?

9:00 Do I feel like I'm cruising or choosing my life right now?

13:38 What do you want your August to feel like?

16:14 What's something you're proud of doing this year?

17:59 What are 1-3 ways you can push past your comfort zone this month?

21:15 What music have you been enjoying this summer?

23:34 Have you told the people you love and appreciate how much you do? Call/text someone just because.

25:14 What does everything working out look like?

Welcome to Longing Mind (the podcast!)

In this episode, I discuss my intentions for starting this podcast and dive into the immense value of showing up for yourself.

0:00 Intro

1:45 Why A Podcast?

4:12 Follow Your Longing

8:00 What does it mean to show up for yourself?

9:58 Why is showing up for ourselves so hard?

13:45 Agency and Rescuing Yourself

21:23 Getting Out Of My Head

27:30 Work In Progress

28:56 Conclusions