Little Asian, Big World

i'm growing up, and finally, i am beginning to understand how complex aging is. in this short entry, i begin to open up about feeling my age. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

what is the purpose of your art? explore this shower thought with me in this entry! more labw ;) site/blog: @ little asian, big world https://littleasianbigworl.wixsite.com/mysite ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

spirituality is not a subject for the faint of heart, and Sarah Johnson wants to have an open, vulnerable conversation about religion, spirituality, and morality. living in small town mississippi, sarah has not had the best experience with religion. through self-exploration, she has begun to educate herself on different practices, and due to our difference of religion, we thought it would be beneficial to share our conversation. perhaps, the world is a bit smaller than we thought. more labw ;) site/blog: @ little asian, big world https://littleasianbigworl.wixsite.com/mysite ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

toxic masculinity is destroying our boys, and it's prohibiting them from developing into men. since when did it become shameful to have emotion? since when did it become weak to even feel emotion? since when did our boys who do express emotion become scolded for not being man enough? since when was this acceptable? our idea of manhood is so desperately skewed, we can't help but damage our children emotionally, mentally, even physically. i can't help but say that we have no idea what a true man looks like. the light must be shed on the undeniable pain that has been so swept under the rug; boys don't even know how toxic their mindset can be. so let's stop telling him to be a man and let's start telling him that he's human. join Caleb Nolan, Jake Holcomb, and I as we discuss the toxic masculinity. what? the podcast ig: @ _whatthepodcast_ https://www.instagram.com/_whatthepodcast_/ Caleb: @ nolanboi__ https://www.instagram.com/nolanboi_/ Jake: @jake14holcomb https://www.instagram.com/jake14holcomb/ more labw ;) site/blog: @ little asian, big world https://littleasianbigworl.wixsite.com/mysite ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

yes, in love of any kind we often deserve more than we accept but that means nothing if we don't want it. so, where do feelings come into play with relationships? emotion cannot be the defining factor. how do you know when commitment overcomes feeling? join erin harrison and I as we discuss what it truly means to love beyond your years.  more labw ;) site/blog: @ little asian, big world https://littleasianbigworl.wixsite.com/mysite ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

perceiving beauty through fast fashion, media, and the male gaze creates unlimited insecurities that are pushed on to the masses. everyone- and i mean everyone- has felt the pressure from themselves or other outside influences to meet an unattainable standard of beauty. it seems change is the only way to accomplish acceptance, and i’m not just talking about your clothes. site/blog: @ little asian, big world https://littleasianbigworl.wixsite.com/mysite ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

hi hi! i hope you’ll stay a while :) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

hi hi! it's me again, and i'm not dead. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

we experience so much throughout our lives. it can be hard to digest everything that we go through, and sometimes we want to hold on a little too tightly to the good and the bad. one lesson we will never fully master is letting go. i, for one, allow my control freak nature to hinder my growth mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. i want to get personal about the things that i cling to and ways that i let it all go. verses

writing has always been a passion of mine, but recently, i have discovered the power of a letter. there's something so enchanting about a handwritten letter. the intimacy is unmatched. this lost art form is so magical, i wonder why it has been left in the dust. through written messages, we connect more than we ever could through text messages. so, let's put down the phones and write together. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

we are all just trying to figure out life. no matter what age you are, there are endless problems and obstacles and people and places that cross your path. at 17, you walk dangerously, swaying on the cusp of full immersion into life and all that it encompasses. life has changed exponentially within the past few generations. From social media to challenging, new ways of thinking, these new obstructions to our day to day lives have us scrambling for relief. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

friendship has never been my point of strength. many don’t know how to take my sarcasm and overall brutal personality, which does nothing to aid my friend making abilities. even in all of my faults, God has provided. i have been blessed with life-long friends who i have done nothing to deserve. for 16 years, these losers have stuck around, and i’m so glad they have. along the way, i have had the privilege of meeting new people who have hearts of gold that have become some of my closest confidants. without yall, i truly do not know where i would be. this one is for yall, our friendships, where we’ve been, and where we’re going. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

We all long to be salt and light, magic and color. We want to matter, to be more than ourselves. Fantasies of being known as beautiful, breathtaking, even awe inspiring ring through our heads. No- grandeur does not matter. We wish to exceed the norm, yet we don’t even fully know what we are reaching for. In our own way, we desire to be nothing more or less than everything genuinely lovely. To whom? That also varies from person to person. Some wish to be salt and light to just one, others desire for their magic and color to shine so brightly, the colors echo through the sound of their name. With these fantasies come blandness and darkness, dullness and pallor that we diverge with thoughts beyond actuality. What if we are overbearingly average? What if these illusions are just that, illusions? We dream so vividly, we hallucinate our dreams into our realities. What if someone else more worthy, more- simply more- is supposed to take hold of these dreams we cling to so tightly? What if we are destined for mediocrity? It calls our names, yet we hear nothing but empty praises and false encouragements pushing us towards expectations we are not meant to achieve. The persuasion of fantasy is so irresistible, our sensibility is thrown so off kilter we cannot locate our authentic lives. There is not one singular day that we don’t escape into our minds creating worlds and people we wholeheartedly cling to, since escapism is what we are truly best at. The desire to change into our ideal and seemingly perfect version of life lulls us deeper into this false reality. We fall so deeply that we cannot decipher our creation from actuality. We live anywhere but the present. Gladly, we sail down, down, down into our hallucinations without a second thought. But, sometimes, isn’t that better than our dreary and drab world? Don’t we have to imagine becoming the salt and light, magic and color that fills this world with joy? Isn’t hope necessary for survival? But where is the line between fiction and reality? When do we have enough substance to create our mind’s picture of glamorized perfection into something physical? These questions are unanswerable until the timing is undeniably supernatural. Until that time comes, we can only give in to the unending cycle of wishful creation meant to distract our thoughts from the impending doom failure holds. I am no exception from these adventures of the mind. I find myself to be most guilty of these foolish dreams that almost warrant the name aspirations. Selfish ambition is not to be rewarded so highly with such an exuberant name. I know deep down, I am nowhere near sufficient, but every day I reach for the impossible and untouchable with the unshakable certainty that I will never succeed at being salt and light, magic and color. Whether that’s foolish or futile or courageous or hopeful is for me and me alone to decide. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

your spiritual state is the most important aspect of your life. recently i have been going through a rough patch in my spiritual life, but i am getting better. i wanted to open up and share some of the things i have learned in this little rut of lukewarmness. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

in the movies, in songs, in art, in real life there is always that “it” girl that everyone secretly longs to be. conan gray’s latest hit, heather, has gen z feeling extremely inadequate. with hundreds of thousands of tiktoks being made about heather, there’s no way around feeling like the background character in a movie. being a part of gen z, i wanted to share how heather has affected me and my friends. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

there are many changes happening in this world as a result of the worldwide pandemic that has changed almost every fundamental aspect of our lives. covid-19 has affected education, socialization, our mindsets, and so much more. we haven’t even seen every part of the world this disease has touched. despite the rising cases and the lack of answers, many schools are back in person, including mine. as we are charting uncharted territory with continued in-person education, there are many obstacles that we are facing every day, and i want to share how they are affecting me physically, mentally, socially, and so much more. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

so listen... things happen, even in the middle of a worldwide pandemic and quarantine. i decided it was time to just sit down, slow down, and talk about all of the things currently in my life. with school starting back, schedule changes, and new things for the podcast, i’ve got a lot on my plate and a platform to share it. show notes highs and lows summer school things i've read walk with Jesus podcast changes- schedule and youtube more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast yt: @ Little Asian, Big World Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQePj1Z5VCMMRmYCRUJRvSQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

this term is destroying romance and chivalry. dating is nothing but a game of the most clever and nonchalant. “talking” makes things confusing when they don’t need to be. it creates a space for nothing but broken hearts and tears. romance is dying, but we’re confused as to why, yet we play these useless games that leave us in the same destructive cycle. we want the old fashioned love, yet we don’t even give it a chance to breathe. even though i’ve never been in a relationship, i’ve seen enough train wrecks and happily ever afters to know a thing or two. show notes talking vs dating what does this generation consider dating? single date vs dating old fashioned dating vs dating today we want the old love so bad, but we don’t change our habits. how does the term “talking” create a space for utter chaos? is chivalry dead? if we aren’t dating for marriage we date for heartbreak. how is this affecting the people who are dating for marriage? how is this affecting the “players”? why is impatience killing us? why is comparison killing us? why is coveting other people’s relationships is killing us? why hasn’t talking been cancelled before? have we lost all hope? can we fix it? how do I know that I’m ready to date someone? what does God say about dating? more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

even at the age of 11, life is impossible. there are countless obstacles that are difficult to overcome at any age. endless questions wander our minds. we can't help but be curious. life isn’t any clearer or easier to understand at a young age. miles wants to give you his perspective on middle school, family, image and more. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

promise? promise. pinky promises can't be broken, right? they’re sacred. we carry out this silly act of commitment to prove to everyone, including ourselves, that our promise will be fulfilled. even when we aren’t talking about something silly, like childhood crushes, we sometimes put our faith and trust into mundane ideas like pinky promises. questions like: won’t you stay? won’t you love me for me? won’t you let me love you back? where is your heart? how’s your spiritual life? are you okay? are hung on the flimsy solidarity of the wrapping of pinkies. show notes what is a pinky promise? why do we pinky promise? who do we pinky promise to/with? what do we pinky promise? why do we put so much faith into this little act? how are we post broken promises? his promises are good. some of God’s promises. why don't we rely on Him? why should we rely on His promises? how can we trust in God daily? more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

it’s no secret that i have a deep passion and love for food. i love all kinds of foods, and i eat like a teenage boy. but sadly i don't have the metabolism of one. nonetheless, my passion for food is ever-growing. i thought it was time to dedicate an entry to my one true, earthly love: food. i’m ready to talk breakfast, lunch, and dinner. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

i'm confident. i’m powerful. i'm independent. i’m beautiful. i’m strong. i think. self doubt always seems to creep in every once in a while, destroying the courageous walls of self love and self worth that i had built over time. the bricks of worth, love, peace, and kindness seem to crumble after just one hit from the bulldozer we call insecurity. i know that i am worthy and valid and loved, yet the whispers of the world creep in. the lies and the insecurities are so overwhelming and detrimental, that sometimes, my walls aren’t strong enough for the constant attacks. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

men and women are equal, they're just different. ladies, women, and girls alike are powerful, smart, loving, determined, honest, and so much more. so, why is the phrase “like a girl” used to demean and insult others? ladies, let’s take back our power and make “like a girl” become one of the highest compliments given to women and men. more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

i was adopted from China, and i’m unashamed. i want you hear what’s been going on in my head for the past 15 almost 16 years. this is my journey. my adoption videos! https://youtu.be/7vJ81xo80aI https://youtu.be/aIsI7OFvIAk more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message

who's the person behind the voice? more labw ;) ig: @ littleasian.bigworld https://www.instagram.com/littleasian.bigworld/ tw: @ labwpodcast https://twitter.com/labwpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/littleasianbigworld/message