Athena Zhang Baker

Many thanks for your kind comment, Brandon. It really does make my day. :)

I can totally relate to this, Lizzie. Right now, my mom thinks I’m a nutcase taking a gap year, but now that I’m a college graduate who is more confused about life than anything, I find that one is necessary. Fortunately, my mom tolerated my decision, but she still thought of me as a “privileged kid”, even though the reality of the situation was more…

Curious question, during your time in Bali, did you ever study any sutras? I read in books and heard from my yoga instructor today that yoga is more than about poses, it’s pretty much a way of life.

So true! Nice job, Kris. To answer the question, I would say that generally speaking, self-love is good, but of course, like everything in life, too much of a good thing is too much of a good thing. You gotta balance that out somehow.

Right now I’m taking yoga class, which is more about discovering yourself and being comfortable with yourself before you can become one with the universe.

Thanks for the claps, you guys!

Amen to all that!

Thank you @alainahurley as well for your comments.

For those of you not familiar with millennial writing or have never grown up watching “South Park”, basically, when I said, “In your heart (if you have one), In your soul(I know, sounds creepy)”, I don’t mean as in my sister’s mean and she doesn’t have a heart or a soul, I’m basically describing physical objects in the physical human body. As for the…

No problem, Mike. Anytime. :)

Amen to all of that, sister! You’re pretty dang good at figuring out what loving someone is all about. I especially love how you take apart each and every single one of those “pseudo-advice” tips and turn them around into something that we as the readers could see as the true answers to. I’ll admit, after reading this, I can officially see why…