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  • My Struggles with Prestige

    I’m worried that people look down on me. It’s something that’s strange for me to explicitly write down since I don’t think I currently have a bad sense of self worth. In this arena, I actually feel like I’m lucky because I’ve never felt like anyone was inherently better than me. In fact, whenever I’ve…

  • The Futility of Trying to Do Everything

    A Review of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman sounds like the typical self-help, productivity hacking book (which I’m kind of a junkie for), but it really is more of a philosophical outlook on our limited time in life and how…

  • Transitioning from a $180k Investment Banking Job to an Impact Investing Nonprofit

    I recently quit my investment banking analyst job earning $180k a year to join an impact investing non-profit where I’m earning a typical junior-level nonprofit salary. Surprisingly, it did not take me long to sign the offer letter after I received it. This wasn’t because I thoroughly thought through all the implications of such a…