The Pressure to Achieve Before 25 By 25, I need to have achieved this, this and that…. I am now 22, am I close to achieving my goals? Is there any measurable progress? Every day, there is pressure to keep going on. Every minute of rest feels like there is something that you need to do. The yearn to live the life that one desires pushes you to just keep going. Rarely, do we listen to our bodies. ‘I’ll be viewed as lazy, one who doesn’t fully show up,’ and all other phrases tha

The Myth of a Fresh Start After Immigration There is a particular fantasy many immigrants carry quietly in their suitcases: the belief that moving to America guarantees a clean slate. When I left Uganda for the United States, I believed distance would erase my trauma. I was exhausted by repeated heartbreak and painful relationship patterns. America, I thought, would be my reset button. Distance, I believed, was the same thing as healing. It wasn’t. Immigration and Trauma: Why