Ask the Author: Mia Kim
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Mia Kim
Two different selves that work contradictory to each other. Wait--actually there's a tribe of various selves living in me--all jostling to direct, nudge, bully me. Sometimes they do band together to help me, and when does that happen? That's the inciting incident.
Mia Kim
The simplest yet hardest way is to write through it, putting words on page whether they have any meaning or not, just pouring out whatever comes into my head.
If that doesn’t work, I think about why I began writing in the first place, and try to recall that urgency, joy and passion that brought me to writing.
If that doesn’t work, I think of my last day on earth, and how I would try to make meaning through writing one last time. And that usually gets me back in the groove.
If that doesn’t work, I think about why I began writing in the first place, and try to recall that urgency, joy and passion that brought me to writing.
If that doesn’t work, I think of my last day on earth, and how I would try to make meaning through writing one last time. And that usually gets me back in the groove.
Mia Kim
It’s very important that young people struggle, and even suffer. It’s bewildering when a young person faces challenges for the first time, but I'd like to tell her/him/they that failure is not what defines us. We are defined by the way we face challenges and work through our failures. In overcoming the hurt, we build our inner strength, and through it, we learn compassion. If we were cocooned in love and protection 24/7, we would never become strong enough for what awaits us once we leave our safe nests.
So--I'd say welcome the hardship. It’s the best tool for building young mind's humanity. And remember that at the end of each dark night there always is a new day.
So--I'd say welcome the hardship. It’s the best tool for building young mind's humanity. And remember that at the end of each dark night there always is a new day.
Mia Kim
I found myself more forgiving after having written the book because I could trace my current behavior that’s triggered from the past.
For example, I always preferred small spaces. I didn’t want to own properties or accumulate things. In the back of my mind, I was always ready to pack up and go somewhere, unencumbered. I felt safer in small places. Large places made me feel uncomfortable. While writing ME THEN I made the connection. I grew up owning nothing, living in a tiny space. That was all I knew, and it’s where I learned to fight and keep safe. Later, when I got married, I felt lost in the big house that suited my husband’s taste, but making the realization helped me to feel more at ease in my larger home and see the space without relating back to my childhood. I enjoy our space now.
I struggle daily, small and large things, and often emotionally, because life is a struggle. We all suffer regardless of fame, success or failure. I dare say even the Dalai Lama suffers and struggles. We are human and suffering is as much our property as happiness is. The beauty is in how we manage the struggles and challenges that come our way.
For example, I always preferred small spaces. I didn’t want to own properties or accumulate things. In the back of my mind, I was always ready to pack up and go somewhere, unencumbered. I felt safer in small places. Large places made me feel uncomfortable. While writing ME THEN I made the connection. I grew up owning nothing, living in a tiny space. That was all I knew, and it’s where I learned to fight and keep safe. Later, when I got married, I felt lost in the big house that suited my husband’s taste, but making the realization helped me to feel more at ease in my larger home and see the space without relating back to my childhood. I enjoy our space now.
I struggle daily, small and large things, and often emotionally, because life is a struggle. We all suffer regardless of fame, success or failure. I dare say even the Dalai Lama suffers and struggles. We are human and suffering is as much our property as happiness is. The beauty is in how we manage the struggles and challenges that come our way.
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