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"The theme for the INFP is advocacy and integrity ( Read more... )

( Buckling down and focusing on finishing my thesis now. I gave my two weeks' notice to KA and my manager was super understanding and supportive. He then promptly emailed the team, wherein the following ensued... )

( going going gone )

"I guess you're an example of someone who's exceeded my expectations. I don't know what happened, or how, but for many years I thought you were on the trajectory of being too rational, distant and emotionally handicapped but somehow you deviated and have actually stunned me with your emotional awareness and understanding ( Read more... )

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i feel like one of the hardest lines to walk in life is being both a good, generous person and someone who is not an anthropomorphic welcome mat ( Read more... )

In the cold frost of Beijing, on the outskirts of the Forbidden City, I asked my dad: "Can people change?" to which he replied: "People cannot change their character; after a certain point, at best they can only suppress or manage it. After a certain point, whatever traits they have cultivated becomes their easiest and most natural course of action ( Read more... )

Dearest Tabitha ( Read more... )

A year later, some time or another, we had stopped really holding hands. Instead, you'd grab my wrist and drag me alongside you.

Hey, I'd say, Stop it, I feel like your prisoner.

You would smile in that childlike way that I loved. You thought it was hilarious. You held my wrist at the dinner table with your friends: She thinks this is weird, ( Read more... )