The prompt for yesterday was: Choose one point on each line to share
with your blog readers – one thing you have accomplished and one thing
you hope to accomplish. Bonus points if you have a photo from the event
on the first line.



I thought about this a while ago and I’ve decided that my biggest
accomplishment was getting into Carnegie Mellon and getting to come to
the United States. That’s where all the rest of my accomplishments
started. My citizenship. Teach for America. Jake. David. Goldman.
Google. None of it would have happened without moving to the United
States for college.

As for the second line, I guess one of my current aspirations is to
complete a full painting. I’m working on it and taking a class but it’s
not something I’m inherently talented at so it requires a lot of effort.

I am catching up to all the “Freedom” prompts so you will see three in a
row. Here’s the one from Monday: Share an old photo of yourself and
a current photo of yourself with your blog readers. Tell them a little
something that has changed and a little that has stayed the same.

Here’s the first photo that came to my mind. One from a long time
ago:

And One from May of this year:

Let’s talk about what’s changed:
Hair Color. Hair Length. Weight (Free food is great but not for your
weight.) New York vs Palo Alto. Goldman vs Google. Coding vs Not So
Much. Single vs Married. Not a Mom vs a Mom. Back then I didn’t have a
fancy camera and wasn’t nearly as into photography as an art. I hadn’t
begun scrapping. I was writing novels. I had never gone camping. I
didn’t really know how to drive. Creative Therapy.

Let’s talk about what hasn’t changed:
Working. Trying to balance it all out. Trying to figure things out.
Taking photos. Reading. Blogging. Jake. Many of my friends. Pursuit of
Happiness and Peace.