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The Many Phases of Success

How I Landed in My Happy Place

Nancy Blackman
6 min readSep 20, 2021

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I’m a biracial Asian female who grew up as a Third Culture Kid. Success looked different in the many phases of my life. The first phase of success was obeying my parents. My Korean mom drilled obedience into us like a military sergeant. You’d have to ask my parents whether I succeeded in that area. I’m…

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Nancy Blackman

8X Top Writer. Editor. Writing Coach. Owner of Refresh the Soul publication. Read more of my writing: “Mixed Korean: Our Stories.” https://www.325kamra.org/buy.