When life’s a play during lockdown

Most of the time, I don’t feel like I am the main character in my own story.

I am not sure if this idea ever crossed anyone’s mind, but being a people pleaser growing up in a conservative family means you’ll always get compared with your peers, cousins, or one of the neighbors' kids for most of the time. So I don’t have much pride or confidence in talking about my own achievements if they are not coming out from someone else as approval.

When it comes to my peers’ stories, I want to step in and help them fix what they need to get done. I want to see a brighter chapter, a promising happy-ending scene when time goes by. But looking back at my own story, it always feels like things will not get fixed and ameliorate themselves.

Have you ever had a deep-down jealous instinct that why the grasses are greener at the other side? Why can you easily congratulate your colleagues or friends but not for once take a pace and appreciate what you’ve accomplished so far? Nonetheless, I believe that we all possess an enthusiasm to strive for the better as a part of our nature. Therefore, I try harder to push myself into a wider environment and community to meet inspiring people and take some ideas back home.

What’s important here is that we live in a changing environment where our surroundings keep moving forward. Could it be…