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Kristie Huang

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i live in the city, but my heart is in the trees and open sky and singing birds. it is pure euphoria when you’re standing above the world looking upon the thrilling vastness & the multisensational RICHNESS of mother nature — feeling the connection to earth, the gratitude for my health, and the joy of discovery. almost everything i’ve done this year has been in pursuit of mountain time: it is healing; it is therapy. an ex used to comment that i always wanted to do too much. it is fair and accurate criticism. in chase of doing everything and experiencing everything, sometimes it comes at the expense of other people, and other times it comes at the expense of my own wellbeing. but i do want to do it all — it comes from a fear of having not lived my most healthy years to my fullest. (see: 100 alternate lives) i want to maximize on every axis - work, play, love, health. it’s why i work a job i adore in electric NYC (new york or nowhere), dedicate all my PTO to the mountains (this year, on t

alternate title: on purpose, privilege, ambition, obligation, and the euphoria of nature i live in the city, but my heart is in the trees and open sky and singing birds. it is euphoria when you’re standing above the world looking upon the thrilling vastness & the multisensational RICHNESS of mother nature — feeling the connection to earth, the gratitude for my health, and the joy of discovery. almost everything i’ve done this year has been in pursuit of mountain time: it is healing; it is therapy. an ex used to comment that i always wanted to do too much. it is fair and accurate criticism. in

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