hi, thanks for stopping by my corner of the internet 🤸🏻♀️ i am a taiwanese american currently living in taiwan, trying to figure life out one day at a time :~)
professionally, i am a graphic designer and dabble in the social media space. beyond that, i love to read, advocate for sustainable fashion, and love exploring national parks
Thank you for sharing your experience, insight. It IS so valuable because it makes me feel less alone in this journey. I too am a Taiwanese American. Although I’m 24 years older than you and grew up on the east coast where my parents immigrated to. You inspire me to work hard, be kind to myself, be responsible, and maybe have the courage to make plans to go places and do things I’ve wanted to do but couldn’t afford or wasn’t practical. I’m really happy your channel found me.
aw been watching your vlogs recently, and I'm so happy for you & your new job! love these types of real, honest talks. you are so mature with your ideas. looking forward to your next journey x
hella commendable for you to uproot your life and move to a completely different country! i’m sure a lot of growth came out of it, hopefully i can do it sometime too :) agree with you on the data collecting theme, and treating every challenge and experience as an opportunity for growth 🫡
I really enjoyed watching this. Thank you for being one of the cool RU-vidrs around here. I felt like I was in the rooftop in Seoul myself. Please continue. I used to make videos like these but am only 16 and my parents didn’t want me uploading videos. When I grow up, I’ll make videos like you and travel. Thank you Ashley, for making me feel better about being lonely.
currently in a pretty tough internship, my next most exciting thing will (90%sure) be my internship in Seoul. Right now I'm struggling to make ends meet with my full time internship and I can't really speak out my true feelings about it. I am excited to start something new in Seoul and also set goals for myself like you did. Financial stress is also really tough to deal with sometimes but I feel like there's light at the end of the tunnel. With this said I hope we can both figure out where we want to be and get there. Thanks for your video!
Your reflection really spoke to me! Post college has only been a year for me but your thoughts about how friendships should be easy and not draining is so true!
i've learned so much about friendships post college haha it's wild how much can change when you're not seeing the same people for 4 years straight! hope your friendships develop out of a place of ease and aren't forced!
Hi. Same situation here. My uni close friend moved to Australia 3 years ago. It made me realized that it is really hard to maintain friendship. But she's too valuable to lose and we still want to be in eachother's lives even though we noticed that we were starting to grow apart. Random checkins became more and more meaningless as time went by. This year, we started a monthly update via email where we send each other lengthy messages with proper labels like LOVELIFE, FAMILY, CAREER etc. and we told eachother that it's okay not to respond if we don't want to. We know we value eacother, but having no frequent conversations is okay. This video is gold. Thank you for being brave to express your genuine thoughts about long distance friendship. I wish there were more people like you, like us, who are not afraid to go out of our way just to make someone feel they are loved and seen. Other people may say it's cringe, but i think they are just afraid. More power to your channel ❤
algorithm must be doing its magic bc this video hits so close to home - went on a 3-month solo trip to “soul search” bc I was rlly burnt out from school and life in general but just came back more anxious and stressed about unemployment and my future… ig I set myself up… like all of this is rlly frustrating and draining and can totally relate w the whole appreciating friends’ kind words and wishful thinking but also simultaneously being annoyed bc they’re not in the same situation as me. my parents are also supportive which is great but like almost makes me feel worse and more guilty for some reason… anyways, sending strength and good vibes your way and thanks for posting something so real and relatable!
ahh i relate to what you're saying as well :,) I quit my job last july to experience life here in taiwan but as my time here comes to an end I find myself not enjoying the everyday moments at times and just worried about what's my next move career-wise, i feel like i set myself up as well 😭 i know my friends and parents mean well and their support means so much to me when i'm feeling let down from the job search but that doesn't diminish the guilt of leaving my previous stable job and disappointment i hold in myself still just wanted to let you know that you're not alone in these feelings & experiences! i hope you're able to find some peace in your situation & score a job you're excited for soon! 🤞🏼 thanks for the kind words & sharing your thoughts as well 🌷🙂
omg hahaha I do that too! whenever I feel big emotions/get frustrated I actually try to harness my incompetency🤡 by putting them in my third or fourth not-too-fluent language because it forces me to simplify stuff, get to the nub without yapping in my head for too long cuz it's freakin tiring😂
omg THIRD OR FOURTH???? that's amazing that you know so many languages!! i think we really are on to something bc i probably would've rambled for twice as long had i been externally processing in only english 😵💫
dang our parents share the same mentality i can relate to everything you’re saying here. i moved back here from Vancouver and it’s been a rollercoaster (more lows than highs lol)
grateful that they're pretty relaxed about my current unemployed state but that just means i put all the more pressure on myself honestly 😭💀 hoping you have more highs than lows in the rest of march :,)
i resonate with u!! i haven't been full-time employed for about a year now and it's a whole time lol I never anticipated the job search to be so invasive to my daily peace - like yes! free time is nice! but wow it's so much easier to enjoy life with a job lined up! all the best <3
soooo true at the "invasive to my daily peace" i spend so much time thinking about it and actually applying for jobs is a whole full time job on its own </3
i feel some of the things you're saying haha. from the end of 2022-early 2023 i struggled sm with the job search bc i was looking for the stability away from my lowkey toxic environment job at the time. but then i got laid off and i took it as the universe telling me that i should just pursue the art i've been dreaming of making and sharing with the world lol. i spent so much time looking for another job that it mentally exhausted me, so the current life plans are to try to get by with being self-employed for a couple years before i need to go back into the corporate world again for the stability 🫣 i wish you luck on your job search tho!! getting rejected so many times is so hard, i've been there lol, it's rough out there 🥲
i've loveddd your tiktoks and seeing you pursue your art!! it's frustrating that financial + career stability is somewhat synonymous with "corporate", I wish it weren't so </3 thanks for your encouragement! 🫶
1. dominique i am cackling at this rn so grateful we met in said college program bc you pushed and inspired me to be better at design throughout the years your encouragement in every season means the world to me <3 2. only if youll come on as a guest ;-)
1. I thoroughly enjoyed this update. 2. You are talented af. 3. Start a podcast please you are great at story telling and speaking in general. 4. We welcome you back to California with open arms <3
mikOOOO 1. thank you for being here thru it all truly 2. you are too KIND!! <3 3. my full time job would just be a yapper 4. gonna force you to hangout w me again pls!!!
good luck on your move back to america! stay strong! you got this!!! ABG is not an option? this is the main reason im scared to take an extended trip to asia - afraid of no job when coming back =( can you design uniforms for a sports team? maybe i will commission you to a few design for me? =)
