Minh

three years ago i wrote about my move to austin and how i admire this city. i am three years in this month and thoughts on building roots are rising✨ wrote about convo with friends about settling down this week on @substack minhwrites.substack.com/p/building-roo…

life is in the little things. sometimes i'm in a beautiful moment with a loved one and i wish i could bottle it up and re-experience it on command

Sometimes I feel writer block coming but then I see someone create a really good piece of content (video/podcast/essay) every week so consistently and i feel motivated to come back to my creation process. Is this weird🙃

writing about the ideal writing environment - wonder if i should share on substack, is it too niche?? I just KNOW writers are particular about their environment - unless I'm in my flow then I can write on my phone at a diner bar (true story)

@the_transit_guy you are making me depressed with these pictures lol

Two neighborhoods built in the same year but in different countries. (Weesp, NE & Edmond, OK)

i watched eternal sunshine of the spotless mind yesterday for the first time and this confirmed once again that i am indeed a late bloomer. movie is a work of art!

your brain inner work and wiring change when you learn a new language. learning a language is such a gift. i hope more people start doing this in these trying times, it helps us become more empathic and open to other cultures

I wrote about hobbies because why not 🧚🏻‍♀️ always exploring the dance between enjoyment and discipline with the stretch of time minhwrites.substack.com/p/freedom-to-s…

i wrote a piece today about making a place home vs. moving to places to try to find a home (provided your current home is safe) its crazy but youre actually trapped if you are constantly in a race to find a better place. its liberating to build roots and be happy doing so

it seems like people love reading about friendships, sharing it again on here <3 minhwrites.substack.com/p/growing-out-…

i read yesterday that constraints give meaning and i couldnt agree more. whenever I have a whole day to myself, i end up feeling like I didn't do enough but if i have an hour to write and come up with something, i am satisfied

@the_transit_guy now this is something that might actually work!

I write about the case to build high speed dial between Chicago and Minneapolis: open.substack.com/pub/thetransit…

“The US is too big for high speed rail!” China’s HSR overlaid on the US:

i love local businesses where you can obviously see their intentional sourcing of products - quality, locally sources, taste, etc. make you feel cared for as a patron

It's impressive how the act of writing (even for others) can unintentionally clarify your own thoughts

@shime_sh I love this book! Read this 2 years ago and noted down many sentences

@minhwrites I really really liked this one for many reasons, including her witty style that made me smile as I was reading it.

what are some good books on writing you read in 2024?

happy lunar new year🧧 to those who celebrate. hope you have fun with family and friends

@octopichael ahh it is almost always fun for me as in entertaining. and then i spend three hours in total scrolling on various platforms

@minhwrites weirdly i think a good strategy is "have more fun". be sensitive to fun above all else, have as much fun with it as possible and be aware when its fun-ness fades. which ime was actually rather rapidly

how do you use social media and not let it consume you?

@KyleBowe4 😬😬😬 much needed one though

@minhwrites This is what happens when you leave!!

came back to twitter and now its not even named twitter anymore - what a world we live in 🙃