Your work centers on AAPI joy and rest.
What are some things that genuinely bring you a lot of pleasure?
Im very much tied to my desk, and Im tied to social media.
But when I think about it, investing in your rest is a form of liberation.
How do you ensure that you keep some creativity for yourselfor are work and creative play combined?
Wow, this is a really good question.
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Im not creating and having someone approve my work.
Its Amazing How Its All Connected.
You wont catch me online.
How do you prioritize caring for yourself and setting boundaries around work and leisure?
Most of what I do is very much in service to the community.
At a certain time of day, Im logged off.
You wont catch me online.
I definitely have boundaries on the weekends.
Social media boundaries are important to me.
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Another thing that I do to center and ground myself is just having moments of complete silence.
I need to be with myself and by myself so that I can journal about what Im feeling.
Often when Im not pausing, I lose intentionality.
I forget why Im doing things.
What practices have you set in place to tell when you should probably recharge?
So I have a meditation practice.
I attempt to be disciplined about that.
The second thing is that I allow myself to be angry.
If Im feeling angry or sad, theres no way Im holding it in.
Ill literally put time on my calendar, and Ill say, Okay, turn everything off.
Youre going to be mad right now.
Ill push down the feeling.
Thats the truth of it, and thats valid.
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