Survival • Perseverance
The Many Phases of Success
How I Landed in My Happy Place
6 min readSep 20, 2021
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…