Staying True

Often I've been told to start a YouTube channel, or to write a serious blog. What I mean by serious is that I should be writing about relevant things - things that would attract traffic, like restaurant reviews, etc. And while I certainly have my strong opinions about food, the whole purpose of my happy blog was to not have to worry about what others thought.

I often struggle with finding balance. You obviously have to push yourself in order to grow, and not get comfortable. But at the same time, I don't want to spend my entire life striving for the future. I want to be happy with my present as well. In terms of my career, I try to keep tabs on what I need to get where I want to go. But (and there always seems to be that "but") I'm so young, don't I have my whole life to figure that out? Isn't that the big problem with people in their 20s-- trying to have everything figured out right away? I've been told by my older friends that you try and try so hard, but you never end up where you think you will, so you might as well not kill yourself over it. I'm trying to listen to that advice.



Yesterday was my one year anniversary with Mario. There were many culinary adventures, and part of me thought "Oh I should write about the food in detail. I should practice food writing" and yet, while I love talking about food, I still don't know if I would want a career out of it. And part of me wants to keep our weekend private.

So instead I'm just going to post some of the photo booth pictures we took at a subway station, all the David's Tea I bought (Toasted Walnut, Quangzhou Milk Oolong, Secret Weapon, Organic Pu'erh Ginger, and Fantasy Island), and a book I found while we were looking in the bargain section of Book City.

I'm trying to ask myself "Why am I doing this?" before I act nowadays. If it's purely because I feel obligated to, or for others, then I try my best not to. And so, this is all I'll be sharing for now :)