Reflection

This excellent essay from Karolina was the best I’ve read this year. I can related with many of her point on why friendship muscle looks different for every person. Abroad, I meet local people who don’t hang out with expats because they have their Martas. Every time I hear a Dutch or British person say “we’ve known each other since we were little”, I can’t help but feel a pang of regret. I’m moving countries, schools and jobs and leaving those valuable connections behind, while people who stay in their neighbourhood are easily bound to their friends by time and proximity. ...

Herbert Lui writes about his experience getting writing feedback from editors: My editors were giving me comments and suggestions on all of these posts, but I noticed a tension: as I accepted these changes and resolved comments, they would effectively disappear into a basement-equivalent dropdown menu, never to see the light of day again. I would lose the majority of the feedback that I received. But it’s difficult to learn from your mistakes if you don’t reflect on them. He then starts logging the feedbacks he receives: ...