The highest wealth for a kid: growing up with two intellectually curious parents who have the courage to take risks, and who remain enthusiastic about their own agency and their own ability to write a great life story. That's the kind of parent you should aim to be.
Just because it feels difficult doesn't mean you're on the wrong path. Some of the most important chapters of your life will require you to keep going before you see why.
One of the most common ways to watch your whole life go by without much ever happening is to keep all the options open but never nurture enough courage to actually take the jump and commit to anything.
The most defining periods of your life always feel overwhelming: there is too much to do, there is never enough time, your relationships suffer a bit, but because you are also being forced to question everything about yourself, you inevitably evolve and upgrade who you are.
Sacrificing your relationships with family and friends who care about you, in order to be more "successful" and get more validation from a society of strangers who actually don't care about you is never a good deal, but sadly, many people can't see it until it's already too late.
Facts about Alysa Liu
> 2X U.S. champion
> Youngest U.S. champion
> 140 IQ
> Olympian
> Speaks fluent Mandarin
> Owns medieval maps
> Part-time Byzantine scholar
> Baldwin IV defender
> Crusader respecter
This isn’t just a figure skater
This is a Crusades scholar with skates
"There’s a special kind of loneliness in realizing someone can’t connect with you as deeply as you could connect with them. It isn’t something to fix. It’s something to slowly accept.” ~Lori Deschene