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There is not one American Dream, because it is something that changes with time. My mom is a good example of the classic American dream. She’s from China and grew up poor. Came over with like “$20 and a rice cooker”, and worked her way up. I grew up pretty comfortably middle class.

My American dream may be the pursuit of happiness on my own terms. But I never thought of myself as patriotic until my early 30s when a guy I was dating said…

“That’s fucking bullshit. You are America. The way you are is America.”

I sort of do whatever it is I want. I set my own goals. I do what it takes to achieve them. I put structures around me to make myself successful. I take risks. I have an out-to-the-frontier kind of mentality.

E is…

  • 40 Years-Old
  • Female, Cisgender
  • White
  • Asian American
  • Agnostic
  • Lower Middle Class
  • Heterosexual