The world continues to be not what it was a few weeks ago. Your mind is scattered. Everything you planned to do this year, all those goals you set for yourself, their deadlines simply won’t be met. It’s uncertain when life will become “normal” again. You don’t know how you are going to get through […]
It feels like the world is falling down around us, If you turn on any American news outlet, it is as if we are all going to die if we leave our homes. But for so many of us including myself, we simply don’t have a choice when it comes to interacting with others. In […]
Have you ever woken up and felt like you haven’t slept at all? You know logically that you did, you didn’t stay up late, you did the recommended seven to eight hours. But still, you are exhausted. You have tried to set boundaries for yourself with others but when it comes down to it, it […]
There has been many struggles in your experience living in the US. However, you felt like you paid your dues by having worked the gigs and the dead-end jobs. You may have even learned the American higher education system as well as that thing called FAFSA. You have dealt with it. Currently, you are in […]
You hear from your loved one about their struggle and you’ve tried to be there for them the best way you know how. Your loved one may not live so close to you. Distance makes the barrier higher for you to traverse. You don’t feel like you’re making headway. You wonder if only it weren’t […]
Sitting at the table, you listen to everyone’s chatter floating around you. You are fully engaged in the conversation, but either you don’t know what to say or how to say it. You don’t want to be the odd person out. Yet, you have some trepidation with speaking to others comfortably about what is going […]
You’ve applied to a million jobs and all you can hear is the sound of crickets in the background. You question everything on your resume. You second think your education from back home and ask, is that acceptable enough? Your work history is not in the United States, would they be willing to take the […]
It’s the second after you feel the elation of accomplishment or the closure that you have finally reached your milestone when you start to feel vacant. What do I do now? It should have felt like more. Did I do something wrong? Was this really what I wanted in the first place? You worked so […]
You feel like the world is on your shoulders. You worry all the time that what you have done is just not enough. Your family is stable but they don’t understand the pressure you are under. According to them, everything you have attained is luck. Your situation seems precarious and you keep trying to get […]
You have always been the one held responsible and were never allowed to make a mistake like anyone else in your family. You do what your suppose to do by going to work, paying your bills, and then sending money to your family. Without that money, you believe that your family will not be able […]