By Laura Grande — 2021
We recently chatted with painter Jocelyn Teng about how she unwinds, nixing the work/life balance ideal and what’s next for her.
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CLEAR ALL
As we peer around the corner of the pandemic, let’s talk about what we want to do—and not do—with the rest of our lives.
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A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.
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