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don’t let fear control you
When did you first become afraid? Fear is something that controls us in life as we get older. A child doesn’t understand the concept of fear right away. It is something that comes with experience because we don’t want to face negative consequences. Children have no fear of falling until they learn to walk. They have no fear of roads until they realize the danger. They have no fear to question things until they are shamed for being curious. Fear is something we instill in others by how we act. Sometimes it comes from a desire to protect, and sometimes the desire to harm. It can be positive. We learn…
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Decisions Decisions: How I Decided to Move Abroad
How did you choose Korea?
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Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival
Looking for cool events or cultural festivals to visit, I had stumbled across pictures from the Jinju Lantern Festival, and was immediately intrigued. It wasn’t too far away, and I started looking up information. Originally, the festival takes place in October, but due to Covid-19 it was delayed until December 2021. Information that was very hard to figure out if you can’t read Korean because there wasn’t a lot of news posted about it until later, so I may or may not have almost gone in October…. I went with a friend, and we decided to make an overnight trip since we wanted to stay later, as it is a…
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Intro to Korea: Uncertainty and Unpredictable
not know what to do, where to go, or who to see
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Korean Surprises
10 things that surprised me
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I’m Choosing to be Uncomfortable
Do you ever challenge yourself to be uncomfortable so you can grow?
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I Left America…
I'm running away to South Korea.... and didn't tell anyone.
being authentic in a filtered world
