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Fall activities for peace and bonding

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

There’s no better season than fall to begin reflecting on the year. It’s a good…

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Food adventures in China – My top recommendations

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on September 27, 2018September 25, 2018

Hi everyone! You may have noticed I’ve been away. I was back in China and…

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An emotional person’s guide to moving past sadness

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on August 9, 2018August 7, 2018

So I guess my “emotional person’s guide” is a series now. Perhaps you’re emotional like…

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Relationship things I learned the hard way

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on July 19, 2018August 2, 2018

Lately, relationship talk has been floating around in my circles. Despite being open about mental…

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An emotional person’s guide to letting go of regret

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on June 14, 2018January 8, 2019

Lately, I’ve been thinking about the flow of events shape a person’s life. Every choice…

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Empathy and the workplace

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on May 3, 2018May 2, 2018

I think this is the first time I’m covering another more serious topic so close…

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An emotional person’s stages of dealing with losing friends

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on April 19, 2018April 25, 2018

A few years ago, I had a mass purge of people in my life who…

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All in due time – for impatient people unsatisfied with life

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on March 15, 2018February 24, 2026

How impatient am I? I’m so impatient that I get road rage walking behind people…

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Just introverted extrovert things

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on February 8, 2018February 7, 2018

Officially, my personality type via this scarily accurate quiz is ENFP. So technically, I’m an extrovert by…

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“You’re not like others” – okay, but what does that mean?

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on January 18, 2018March 22, 2021

This isn’t my usual post, but it’s something that’s been on my mind and I…

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Career tips from some fashion pros and how they’re actually relevant

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on December 28, 2017April 8, 2018

Hi everyone! For those of you who noticed, I’ve been MIA for two weeks, but…

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Biggest lesson in 2017: Power of Consistency

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on December 18, 2017April 8, 2018

15 Days. That is exactly how many days we have left in the year 2017!…

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Career hunt of a 20-something, aka. let’s have another life talk

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on November 30, 2017November 29, 2017

There’s a quote I live by that goes like “you are here because of choices…

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Oh hey, I guess I’m an entrepreneur now!

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on November 2, 2017April 8, 2018

Entrepreneurship is such a broad term. It seems like when people think “entrepreneurship”, they think…

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Two things I’d tell my nineteen year old self

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on October 26, 2017December 11, 2017

In an ideal world, I’d be immortalized at nineteen (I’m turning nineteen for the fourth…

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Fun and effective youtube channels for sweating at home

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on September 21, 2017December 11, 2017

Part of living well is staying active, and as much as I love working out,…

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Movies and documentaries every fashion girl can learn from

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on September 7, 2017September 7, 2017

One of the only good parts of getting really sick is being able to nap…

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Three life lessons from three sassy and successful women

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on August 10, 2017October 10, 2017

Over the past weeks, Onah and I have been talking about starting a new category.…

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Our second vlog! Q&A with Onah

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on August 3, 2017January 3, 2026

Like my previous post, Q & A with Jin, Onah decides to pour out (under…

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Our first vlog! Q&A with Jin

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on July 20, 2017January 3, 2026

Onah and I have collaborated on a little heart-to-heart about our lives and why we…

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