Day 82

Xine Way
Xine Way
Jul 24, 2017 · 1 min read

I bagged groceries for ten hours today, ran into a former Chinese teacher of mine’s, and vidchatted with a few APO peeps about designing a new website for Duke’s APO chapter.

I’m really excited about it! I think it’ll be a valuable learning experience for me, even if I only have a CompSci101 background.

Also, seeing so many families at H Mart while bagging groceries for the past three days has gotten me thinking about marriage.

According to the Pew Research Center’s reports, millennials don’t see much difference between living a single or married life. In other words, marriage doesn’t necessarily guarantee happiness.

I guess I’m kind of the same way.

While I view marriage as the ultimate promise to commit yourself to one person more fully, I don’t see it as necessary to have a fulfilling relationship with someone else.

If I’d followed my mother’s footsteps, I would’ve been married for a year by now.

Which is absolutely mindblowing to think about.

But everyone has a different pace for living their lives, so there’s really no pressure to be or act a certain way.

And that’s perfectly fine. Life’s more fun that way, anyways.

Not much more to talk about today, so bye!

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