Author: Natsai
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First Sunday Quarantine: A Time to Reflect
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After Trump’s election four years ago, I sat in front of this very mirror at home in Long Island to capture that moment of reflection I was experiencing. An alarm sounded off in me to get my shit together because a storm was coming. At the time I felt so…
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I Did It, But Did I?
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This has been the most contrasted few weeks of my goddamned life. To hit a pinnacle moment career wise, but to also have to finally face my personal insecurities has been some complex shit. I’ve been wondering why I believe I’ll win an Oscar one day – and yet even…
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On Finding the Link Back to Love
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For a while now, I’ve been meditating on this question, “At which point/moment in my life did I feel the most safety? At which moment did I feel the most loved?” The memory came back to me last night. For me, it was when I was a child laying on…
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Rest In Peace, Stan Lee
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This quote resonates with me because I’m filled with characters not yet realized. Sometimes I think the exact same thing, especially growing up with so many ppl in medicine whose children chose that or law or engineering. For so long I thought I was useless because I excelled in nothing…
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The Day after a Life of Depression
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I was on twitter this morning and it brought to my attention that today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. I read this tweet from Hadi Kondabolu and it resonated with me. It felt like this past Sunday, I exited a months-long (lowkey lifelong) relentless depression. Yes I had good days in between and…