As someone who grew up in an Asian household, affirming those closest to me has always been hard. Affirming strangers o…
By Vanessa Oi-Gwan Lau · AI
As someone who grew up in an Asian household, affirming those closest to me has always been hard. Affirming strangers or acquaintances was always easy, but the closer someone was to me, the harder it became to tell them I love them, that I’m thinking of them, or simply just expressing the qualities I admire about them. Little did I know this was also a reflection of how I treated myself. Especially if your career is online with tons of feedback and opinions thrown at you on a daily basis, the…