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Crystal Chen

Crystal Chen

When you don’t know what’s wrong but you want help

X: Nothing is wrong with me physically. So it already feels weird asking for a doctor. I have my struggles but it’s not like my life is…

Jun 3

Jun 3

Crystal Chen

So you have a friend who’s trying to write a Book

And you have so many well-intentioned questions

Nov 24, 2023

So you have a friend who’s trying to write a Book

Nov 24, 2023

Crystal Chen

Stop “Following Your Passion”

Don’t you love it when etymology reveals deeper human wisdom at play? I just found out recently that “passio”, root of the word “passion,”…

Jul 17, 2018

Stop “Following Your Passion”

Jul 17, 2018

Crystal Chen

Strange Blessings

It was just small talk in a blown-out church in Central London at the end of a bad summer. Afterwards, I was never the same.

Dec 14, 2017

Strange Blessings

Dec 14, 2017

Crystal Chen

Behold Me Not: Why Snapchat Spectacles Are a Moral Travesty and a Threat to True Freedom

Snapchat released its Spectacle for online purchase today. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels weirded out.

Feb 21, 2017

Behold Me Not: Why Snapchat Spectacles Are a Moral Travesty and a Threat to True Freedom

Feb 21, 2017

Crystal Chen

What Strength Really Looks Like

We look to the news for direction. But we already know the answers.

Nov 11, 2016

Nov 11, 2016

Crystal Chen

What To Do Next, Now and Forever

A handy, tough-love, all-pep guide to getting yourself out of your post-election bad feelings!

Nov 11, 2016

What To Do Next, Now and Forever

Nov 11, 2016

Crystal Chen

Confessions of a Liberal Elite

Atonement and recovery in the wake of the 2016 U.S. Election

Nov 9, 2016

Confessions of a Liberal Elite

Nov 9, 2016

Crystal Chen

The Easiest Path to Excellence

It was the 90s. My dad was on his soapbox again. “Never be mediocre,” he said. “You must make quantum leaps to get to the top.”

Sep 6, 2016

The Easiest Path to Excellence

Sep 6, 2016

Crystal Chen

The 8 Stages of Funemployment

This is one candid account of leaving one’s job.

Aug 31, 2016

The 8 Stages of Funemployment

Aug 31, 2016

Crystal Chen

Crystal Chen

Writes, reads, and listens. Fond of what the dead have to say about living. Instagram at @smallphilosophies.

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