Adulting, meetings, podcast, and more

During the past two weeks I learned a lot about the basic responsibilities of being an adult in this society, especially the tedious but necessary tasks. I researched about car insurances, learned how to apply for and manage credit and debit cards, and even looked into house ownership and mortgage since my mother wants to buy a house in the United States. I think I am not alone on dreading those things about adulthood, but they are inevitable parts of life and I am glad to start early. I also made lots of calls and slowly learned to manage my phone anxiety.

My Incandescent teams had a meeting every day this week except Wednesday. Our executive board committee is planning a summer mentorship program for the elementary and middle school students, which is very exciting! I had some discussions with the founder of The Incandescent and my team, and we are so delighted for the opportunity to amplify diverse voices of the youth. The bad news is our founder and chief executive director Ariel has an emergency and won’t be available in the next two weeks, which made things a little chaotic. But Ariel chose us as directors/managers for a reason and I trust everyone on the board to operate things as usual while she is on a temporary leave.

We recorded a podcast episode about social media and (modern) loneliness. Check out our podcast on our blog and on Youtube! My friend Anjali did most of the editing and she is awesome.

Blog link: https://www.theincandescentreview.org/blog

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZoGAxiaVs&feature=emb_title

I wrote a blog post about how this pandemic is affecting LGBTQ+ youth. I read another book. I did my first watercoloring in a while. We had some interesting discussions on the history blog. A lot has happened in my personal life this week, and I am grateful for all the healthy distractions.