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La Dilettante

  “The difficulty for me is that I’m interested in so many different things. I could never really imagine myself doing one thing.” — Emma Watson I’ve always had an eclectic mix of interests. Hats I wanted to wear, things I wanted to be. Some complemented others, some straight up contradicted themselves. On Writing Once upon a time, I wanted to be a journalist. I was actually the editor in chief of our high school paper for two years. I was also a constant delegate to the annual schools’ press conference — even won a couple of awards in the news writing and editorial categories. I guess I just have a natural tendency to organize and be a grammar nazi, so this was kind of a no-brainer. As much as these traits stayed with me, I did not really bother to pursue this career. On Reading I love books. I love reading. My hair is always in a bun. So at one point, I thought, why not be a librarian? But no, I did not become it. Simply because I didn’t look therefore didn’t find a library to wo...