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In principle, all women should give themselves permission to demand good treatment, but the world made doing so profoundly difficult.
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Mary H.K. Choi
“I want to be happy,” says dad. “I want to be interested and challenged by whatever verb I elect to noun in any given moment of my life. If I am healthy, my family’s healthy, and I am of sound enough mind to sustain curiousity around my work, then I’m blessed.”
Mary H K Choi, Permanent Record

Mary H.K. Choi
“What is modern society’s obsession with wiping out all diversity and nuance in favor of cheap, shoddy monoliths?”
Mary H K Choi, Permanent Record

Mary H.K. Choi
“You’re not going to change your life in a day. It took two years and antianxiety medication for me to stop getting overwhelmed about even getting out of bed. Do the next right thing and don’t worry about anything else coming down the pike.”
Mary H K Choi, Permanent Record
tags: life

Mary H.K. Choi
“Why do things cost what they do in New York? How am I expected to survive here?”
Mary H K Choi, Permanent Record

Mary H.K. Choi
“But seriously, how am I supposed to learn how to do this when I’m already in the type of financial ruin that metastasizes this violently?”
Mary H K Choi, Permanent Record
tags: money

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