The Incandescent, podcast, writing, and more

In the beginning of the week, I became the Critical Writing Director of The Incandescent. This means I make the final call on which pieces to publish on our blog, and more importantly, that I will be constantly thinking about how to improve our non-profit. I am honored to lead a team of six wonderful people, and we are in charge of cultural reviews, news stories, podcasts, editorials, and many more. I attended several Executive Board meetings and planned all my team meetings.

I also lead the podcast team, and our first episode is about COVID & wellness. We researched about the best apps for recording remotely, and decided on Anchor. After about an hour of testing and practicing, we are ready to record our episode in the next few days. I take hosting this podcast as a chance to improve my public speaking skill and (literally) use my voice to make people less alone.

There is a lot more communication involved in leading two teams than I imagined. I have to keep in touch & report everything to the executive board, check in with my team members to make sure everyone sees the announcements and understand what we are doing, and get the journalism editor to approve our podcast topic, etc. During the past week, I’ve grown a lot as a leader, and I’m super excited for the next weeks to come.

I attended our history class throughout the two weeks, though I am not participating for grade. I am very interested in the discussions about the relationship between materials we studied last semester and the corona virus. For example, how this pandemic is/will affecting the economy and the politics in the near future.

I decided to join Camp Nanowrimo for my writing project! That means during the month of April, I’ll be writing 20,000 words in total. It will be a challenge with the other projects going on, but it’s a challenge I have completed before. As a writer, I feel a sense of duty to record what is happening for the generations to come.

I have also been reading and writing lots of poetry. At this confusing time, it is important to pay attention to what we consume for the sake of our mental health. I have been reading/watching mediums that bring me hope and creating art that brings hope to others.

I take a hour-long socially-distanced walk every day outside. The outdoors air keeps me sane. The nature goes on even when our life is disrupted, and it never fails to inspire me.

A non-related update: I shaved my head! I think quarantine is the exact right time to try something you wouldn’t normally do. For me, I know I want to do it at lease once when I’m young, so why not now? I’m not quite used to the look yet, but I’m glad that I tried it.

Stay safe everyone!