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xinyixan · 3 years

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recuerdos de Playa del Carmen 001

Pasaba mucho de mi fin de semana trabajando en mi nuevo proyecto de un libro digital. Tenía que terminarlo para el fin del día lunes porque tendré un taller que voy a presentarles a mis compañeros (se recomienda encarecidamente que compartimos habilidades y conocimientos entre nosotros para aprovechar las habilidades de las personas del grupo para hacer vale la pena de convivir y viajar juntos). Empecé a escribirlo el viernes pasado y lo terminé sábado por la tarde. Solo tomaba 4 descansos durante todo el fin de semana. Sábado por la mañana, encontré con con una amiga de mi grupo a este cafe se llama Bio Naturals. Discutimos tanto sobre su negocio como entrenadora de vida y su aventuras de trineos para perros y la navegación a vela!

Al fin de sábado y el comienzo de domingo, trabajaba un poco en mi podcast para lanzar un nuevo episodio. Justo a terminé con las tareas que quería hacer para mi podcast el domingo, fui a un cafe se llama Ressio con otra amiga para conocerla mejor. Ella es una diseñadora de UX y me preguntó tantas cuestiones interesantes! Empezó su carrera como una arquitecta pero cambió su campo de trabajar hace un par de años.

Después esa cita, me quedé ahí para crear y terminar el diseño de mi libro. Lo terminé por completo a las ocho y media ayer y le envió a mi esposo para celebra esta meta que cumplí! :-)

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Don’t Be Strangers ✨☺️ is a pen pal community and podcast for learning to create meaningful connections together via collaborative conversations!

Statistics show that (1) social isolation is on the rise and (2) the number of close friends someone would say that they have is decreasing. Considering that having a strong social network is one of the key factor in general happiness, overall health, and prolonged longevity, my hope is that this podcast will serve to bring awareness to the issue as well as provide a platform to start solving the problem, together!

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Chihiro from Spirited Away + Kiki from her own Delivery Service!! ☕️💐Mood: post vaccination coffee date catch ups! Visited this new coffeeshop called Buzz and Bustle at @thevillagedallas and couldn’t help but to draw over this little corner!! Check my reels for the drawing time lapse 💫▶️✨ #studioghibli #studioghibliedit #chihirofujisaki #kikisdeliveryservice #miyazaki #digitalillustration #illo (en The Village Dallas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS3AjVas54w/?utm_medium=tumblr

#studioghibli #studioghibliedit #chihirofujisaki #kikisdeliveryservice #miyazaki #digitalillustration #illo

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Introducing… Lyn the birb and Vy the cat! 🐥🐈They’re sisters even though they don’t look like it, but the matching hair tuffs is their dead giveaway genetic link!! 🌱 Back in April, Lyn had a lil bday and this is a photo of Vy being a proud big sis!! ✨ Their sisterhood is very precious 💖 Ps. Seizure warning for the time lapse video of me trying a million colors to decide on these and I’m not committed so expect to see these colors change every time lol 😂 #bigkidenergy (en The Cat's Den) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ4iVImnIDY/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Co-Host: Mei (Xinyi’s little sister) | Host: Xinyi @xinyixan

Hello~ Thanks for joining me for episode 3 of Don't Be Strangers, a podcast and social experiment for learning to create meaningful connections together via collaborative conversations! The way this works is that anyone of any background can apply to come on and chat with me about anything they want. The goal is to raise awareness of social isolation and to narrow the gap between all of us as humans. Today I have a very special guest because it's my one and only favorite little sister. I feel very fortunate that I have such a tight relationship with my sibling because I know it's not a universally shared experience. We recorded this podcast kind of spontaneously because we were having one of our usual conversations this morning, and I suddenly turned to her and said something along the lines of: "ok stop talking, we need to record this so it can go on my podcast."

And I think it's perfect because I got feedback from episode 1 that maybe I should have given more of an introduction of myself so this will be the ultimate introduction as my sister will lovingly roast me by describing 1. what a bad older sister I was as a child, 2. how our relationship developed and was strengthened with age and maturity, 3. a really thorough astrology breakdown of me, her, and my husband including a relationship analysis between all three of us (don't worry, she gives an 101 introductory crash course so the conversation shouldn't be too hard to follow even for an astrology newbie like me) and 4. her sharing some really entertaining and vivid dreams which will also paint a picture to you of what my mornings look like.

Quick notes here, 1. she does cuss maybe 2-3 times so just FYI if you have any sensitivity to that sort of thing and 2. we've been told that we have pretty similar voices so hopefully the conversation won't be too hard to follow....

TIMESTAMPS & Highlights

01:39 - Mei's personal introduction 01:55 - What is a trash slave? lol 04:08 - How Mei ended up low-key flying 06:48 - Can ignorance be a choice? 07:24 - How did we transition from not being that close to where we are now? 09:29 - Being so academically focused that I was blindsided to the greater reality of life 10:26 - When I graduated school, I felt like there was no meaning in life. 13:25 - Making assumptions about family members and stereotyping them 15:04 - Co—star : “Most horoscopes ask what month you were born. Co–Star asks what minute. Powered by AI that merges NASA data with the insight of human astrologers.” 15:26 - 姐姐 (jie jie = big sister) 15:35 - "If you were a mom and your child called you by your first name, it’s just like… did you just disown me? Because I’m about to disown you!" 19:52 - Xinyi asks: So, what did you find out about me? (Astrology analysis) 20:09 - She offered to analyze my husband so I figured, hey if you’re going to do all this analyzing can you do a cross ref check? (Regarding our compatibility) 20:36 - Astrology crash course 101 20:39 - Astrology: the elements 22:17 - Xinyi's chart 23:01 - The Big 4 explained: Sun 🌞 , Moon 🌙 , Rising (ASC), Midheaven (MC) 26:36 - Mei's chart 28:55 - Hubby's chart 31:06 - Relationship and cross reference of us 3 (based on our big 4) 32:43 - Venus signs and compatibility (love and relationship) 35:05 - Conflicts and communication styles 35:28 - Xinyi asks: Wait you’re the crazy one? 40:17 - Xinyi's communication and conflict resolution style 41:31 - Mei: "There’s a lot in your chart that makes you feel alien" 44:09 - Resting angry baby face lol 45:48 - How Xinyi's chart aligns with Don't Be Strangers as a passion project 48:13 - Mei's Dreams 48:50 - INFP and why Mei dreams 50:06 - Dream no. 1: Spaceship Whale Boss Battle 52:46 - What is an HP bar? ( for non gamers) 54:57 - Dream no. 2: Sea Soup 58:50 - Dream no. 3: Lake queen Extermination Mission

And we cut it off there because honestly we can talk for hours about absolutely nothing and everything. Yes, I'm aware that I totally forgot to ask her the key question of, "how do you define a stranger and how does one transition from being one to not?" but I'm obviously extremely flawed, so I'm just going to forgive myself on this and keep moving forward. Maybe, if you enjoyed this episode enough, I can bring her back on and remember to ask her next time. Or better yet, I can do a little family reunion episode where I get both her and the hubs together.

Anyways, as always, I'd love to hear if you had any thoughts, as you can always shoot a dm or leave a public comment and start a community thread @dontbestrangers on instagram! So I'd love to know, do you care about astrology or personality typing? If so, what are your signs? What are your favorite personality tests and how have they helped you? And it would be an honor if you know anyone else who is passionate about having deep conversations or community building, if you could connect us! Or if you're feeling adventurous, you are always welcomed to apply to co-host an episode yourself! And with that.... ciao!

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How do you define a stranger and at what point do they transition from being one to not? (62:02)

“I think it’ll always be an internal feeling of comfort…I could be an acquaintance with someone in 10 mins, where I could be strangers with someone I’ve known for years or months…Disclaimer: how you perceive someone can always be inaccurate… I do think though through art and other forms of communication, you are able to feel more deeply connected to someone where you don’t necessarily need to meet them…And I guess these tacked on labels of strangers, acquaintance, friend, good friend…they don’t undermine or establish the possible connection you could have with someone. I think in technicalities because words are so technical, there’s how we feel, connections of how we feel, and labels of how we feel… I feel like you can be deeply connected to someone who is just a stranger, and you can feel honestly not connected at all with someone who you’ve been friends with for 5 years.” — @artybraud

Episode 002 w/ Arty Braud 🛋🎨📸 interior designer, painter, photographer and nomad + asking: are we actually insane??? 🎙 LINKED IN BIO 🥳 & applications open to co-host an episode!

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12.02.20 | dear @a.kindelan, 🌙 I remember at the end of 2018, I reconnected with my photographer friend @bekahthehedgephoto and I verbalized to her one of my goals in 2019 was to model more. My intentions were to embrace who I could become as another prop/player to expand the possibilities of my own art. ✨ To do this, I needed to force myself out of my comfort zone so that I could overcome (1) the awkwardness of being in-front of the camera and (2) desensitize myself to photos of me (I have a tendency to nit-pick my own appearance 😭). I went on so many shoots in 2019, both planned and impromptu! ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

I'm finally releasing shots from this shoot Bekah and I did with @_kencao and @tru_freedom back in August! We rented out an airbnb and everything cause heck, why not!! And now I'm having fun with the edits because I'm embracing my #bigkidenergy !! (swipe for original + edits by Bekah) How are you living out your childhood dreams?! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

〰️🌙🐉✨〰️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⁠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

CREDITS⠀

・make-up/art direction/edits/model: me⠀

﹅ photography: @bekah_thehedge⠀

⌿ software: Affinity Photo⠀

⌁ stock photos: Unsplash⠀

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12.01.20 | dear @jcampuza , I've decided that my word of 2020 would be 'focus' — to immerse myself completely in my interests, regardless of what they are and where they will take me. After all, aren't all experiences additive? ✨ So here's cheers to more heartfelt conversations under the warm sunlight by the waterside, feelings of freedom pursuing our happiness, and marveling of sunrises and sunsets in far away places that feel simultaneously foreign and exactly like home. If I could capture this feeling and freeze it in time, it would look like this illustration (above), sound like this poem (swipe left), and taste like this tea (below):⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀

name: 龙凤凰星云 dragon phoenix nebula ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀

origin: Shangri La, 昆仑山 ⠀⠀

notes: cardamom, honey, saffron ⠀⠀

Snow chrysanthemum flower buds are picked from the Kunlun Mountains and sun-dried at high altitudes. They are then scented laboriously with cardamom and saffron to give the tea a light & ethereal flavor. Honey is infused during the brewing process to strengthen the rich, floral taste but add a hint of earthy undertone. The result is a highly complex but soul-warming flavor that can be enjoyed both hot (curled up next to a fireplace and book) or iced (under the sun). ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀

🍊@dontbestrangers #dontbestrangers⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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…It was really apparent to me from our first meet up (with @artybraud ) which was an urban hike through the Boystown neighborhood (Chicago) that took upwards of 2-3 hours, and I was so intrigued because he's a multi-disciplinary artist who does it all, has a free nomadic soul that I completely relate to, and thinks about things profoundly. Highlights of this upcoming conversation includes (1) an analogy of why it isn't healthy to draw all your energy from one thing or hobby similar to how you shouldn't depend solely on one person, (2) upcoming travel plans to California and an extended work from home situation in Mexico, (3) Arty's potential future business plan for a creative space in Chicago, (4) my top cities I've traveled to and what is the commonality between them, and (5) are we actually insane? ⚡️

Episode 002 w/ Arty Braud 🛋🎨📸 interior designer, painter, photographer and nomad + asking: are we actually insane??? 🎙 OUT NOW! 🎙

These are some questions I asked him on the podcast & you should answer them below as well!:

+ How do you balance your time across all your art outlets? (06:42)

+ Are you generally pretty good at keeping your own commitments? (09:20)

+ Do you feel like chasing productivity is detrimental to your mental health? (18:22)

LINKS IN BIO 🥳 apply to co-host an episode & listen to all (2) episodes out now!

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Bakugou in @amugonna yo I’m so late with posting this they don’t even sell this hoodie anymore 😂 but hey better late than never?? Just needed to get this off my camera roll so I can start posting newer stuff!! I’m also getting better at replying to things and one of my New Years resolution is to simply be better at promoting #dontbestrangers @dontbestrangers and just featuring my loved ones and artists that I support 🥰 it would mean the world to me if you could use the hashtag and meet someone new in this comment section or elsewhere on the internet!! Also I’m digging adding neon colors into my everyday fashion! What’s something new you’ve tried lately that is inspiring you? 🍋 #conceptart #artistsoninstagram #bnha #bakugoukatsuki #digitalillustration #characterdesign (en Oso Climbing Gyms Design District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJzNu0Anjdo/?utm_medium=tumblr

#dontbestrangers #conceptart #artistsoninstagram #bnha #bakugoukatsuki #digitalillustration #characterdesign

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This was the day she realized she was homeless. Besides the things she stowed away in the space that used to be her bedroom back at her parent’s home, everything she owned fit into one carry-on luggage and one backpack. Every couple of days, she’d move to a different city, or a different neighborhood, converse with new friends, tire her feet out from cafe hopping, then do it all over again. So with this adventurous spirit she realized that she was, to a certain degree, homeless, but, also, incredibly at home in the world. After all, she knew that if she was forced to start her life anew anywhere, she would be just fine. ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍊@dontbestrangers #dontbestrangers⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 〰️🌙🐉✨〰️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⁠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Just things I've been thinking about since I started full time traveling for work back in early September. I've been exhausted but also very content. 💗My friends keep telling me I'm in my honeymoon phase and that I'll soon burn out once I hit the half year mark but.... I want to disagree! 😂The above photo is my 3rd and last installation of my Salt Flats photoshoot mock album design project, the tracklist! I felt like it really captures the essence of me being a nomad, just sleeping anywhere and nowhere so I can get back up to go exploring again the next day! As always, this wouldn't have been possible without the power couple @the_dragonfruit & @drakebalius (anyone wanna hire us for your creative project? 😂).⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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002: w/ Arty Braud 🛋🎨📸 interior designer, painter, photographer and nomad + asking: are we actually insane???

Co-Host: Arty Braud @artybraud | Host: Xinyi Xan @xinyixan

Arty’s portfolio + website: https://www.artyb.art

Hi, I hope that you're having a good day and I want to thank you for making me/us part of your day? This is episode 2 of Don't Be Strangers, a podcast and social experiment for learning to create meaningful connections together via collaborative conversations! The way this works is that anyone of any background can apply to come on and chat with me about anything they want. The goal is to raise awareness of social isolation and to narrow the gap between all of us as humans. Today, I'm talking with my friend Arty (I hope it's ok that I call you that if you're listening, because he told me that only his close friends call him that but... LOL). I got some feedback from episode one and people were insisting on an introduction of some sort of the co-host, so I'm going to be super extra and not only introduce him from my point of view, but also ask him to introduce himself!

So, I met Arty in Chicago May of 2021 (so pretty recently if you're listening in real time) via this FB group called Asian Creative Network. I was spending 5 weeks out there which is pretty long for a nomad like me so I felt like I needed to establish some friendships so... I just searched the term "Chicago" in said FB group and dm'd anyone who had ever mentioned Chicago in a post or comment up to 3 years back asking for local recommendations as I'd just moved to town. So yeah, that's how Arty & I started speaking and we've only met twice in person and today's conversation will actually be the 3rd time we've ever talked and we cover a lot. It was really apparent to me from our first meet up which was an urban hike through the Boystown neighborhood that took upwards of 2-3 hours, and I was so intrigued because he's a multi-disciplinary artist who does it all, has a free nomadic soul that I completely relate to, and thinks about things profoundly. Highlights of this upcoming conversation includes (1) an analogy of why it isn't healthy to draw all your energy from one thing or hobby similar to how you shouldn't depend solely on one person, (2) upcoming travel plans to California and an extended work from home situation in Mexico, (3) Arty's potential future business plan for a creative space in Chicago, (4) my top cities I've traveled to and what is the commonality between them, and (5) are we actually insane? I'll include all the timestamps and more in the show notes and if I've piqued your interest... here's Arty, introducing himself...

Questions & Highlights [ Timestamp Index ]

00:51 - Xinyi’s intro of Arty

02:28 - Arty’s personal intro

02:45 - Q Xinyi asks: What is your medium of preference as a multidisciplinary artist?

03:54 - Arty: “You can’t get all your energy from one person. Each relationship from a different person gives you a different value… Which is why it’s probably unhealthy to focus all your attention on one.”

06:18 - Xinyi: “I don’t think I’ve ever thought of that concept applied to my arts or hobbies!”

06:42 - Q Xinyi asks: How do you balance your time across all your art outlets?

07:09 - Arty: “Society insists that we can only focus or be good at one thing.”

09:20 - Q Xinyi asks: Are you generally pretty good at keeping your own commitments?

10:24 - Q Arty asks: Are you good at balancing your time?

12:52 - Arty’s solution to filling your free time when you have so many interests and want to do everything!

14:40 - Arty: “He’s been painting for 8 years!! How does he still have the motivation to keep painting?!”

Book Rec: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

16:19 - Q Arty asks: Do you find that creating a schedule for yourself is beneficial?

17:06 - Q Xinyi asks: Do you feel like chasing productivity is detrimental to your mental health?

18:22 - Q Arty asks: Do you feel like chasing productivity is detrimental to your mental health?

18:49 - Xinyi: “I don’t necessarily think that productivity equals happiness. Chasing perfectionism just leaves you feeling unhappy all the time.”

19:29 - Arty: “Traveling to gain perspective and to learn to enjoy your time”

20:18 - Q Xinyi asks: where are you going in September?!

24:41 - Q Arty asks: You’re going to Mexico for 2.5 months??

Remote Year & WifiTribe

Lingoda for language learning (Spanish, French, English, German)

39:34 - Q Xinyi asks: what is this potential business plan you have?

45:34 - Arty: “I want to be able to provide a place where people can talk creatively. And feel creative and feel themselves.”

48:04 - Q Arty asks: Top places you’ve visited and what is the commonality between them?

55:37 - Xinyi: “The commonality is that while all these places are foreign to me to some extent, made me feel at home.”

58:17 - Q Arty asks: Given these cities are such diverse selections — can you pinpoint why they give you the feeling of home?

60:39 - Q Arty asks: Do you think the time spent in a city or the cultural context influences your ability to establish a routine?

62:02 - Q Xinyi asks: How do you define a stranger and at what point do they transition from being one to not?

63:34 - Arty: “I think it’ll always be an internal feeling of comfort…I could be an acquaintance with someone in 10 mins, where I could be strangers with someone I’ve known for years or months…Disclaimer: how you perceive someone can always be inaccurate.”

67:37 - Arty: “I do think though through art and other forms of communication, you are able to feel more deeply connected to someone where you don’t necessarily need to meet them.”

68:12 - Arty: “And I guess these tacked on labels of strangers, acquaintance, friend, good friend…they don’t undermine or establish the possible connection you could have with someone. I think in technicalities because words are so technical, there’s how we feel, connections of how we feel, and labels of how we feel.”

74:13 - Arty: “I feel like you can be deeply connected to someone who is just a stranger, and you can feel honestly not connected at all with someone who you’ve been friends with for 5 years.”

75:02 - Xinyi: “I love that you got so meta. That’s what we actually feel vs our language (which is just a tool) and an abstraction of our feelings and hence may not actually accurately portray how we feel…”

76:29 - Arty: “I feel like there is a negative connotation when it comes to that word ‘stranger danger’”

76:57 - Arty: “I think within strangers or people we don’t know we see a part of ourselves in them… And then of course there are the ones who are the ‘stranger dangers’…”

79:51 - “Everything is always based on what we see… which could be close to reality or really removed from reality”

80:07 - Arty: “We all have comfort knowing that we’re sane…”

81:30 - Q Arty asks: What inspired opening the podcast and what are your goals?

I am always so inspired when I meet people like Arty because they're just brimming with life and possibilities. As always, I'd love to hear if you had any thoughts on anything we touched on in the conversation. Please feel free to shoot a dm or leave a public comment and start a community thread @dontbestrangers on instagram! I will also link all of his socials in the show notes and associated instagram posts (if you want to reach out to him yourself) or I can always also totally make an introduction. Just reach out and don't be strangers.

Just as a reminder, anyone can apply to co-host an episode and if you were so gracious, I would love to hear your feedback or if you know anyone who is also passionate about making friends and community building, I would be floored if you said hi and/or even helped to make a few introductions. Thank you for being who you are and I just want to let you know that you make a positive impact on this world no matter how small it is, I promise you that you've most definitely changed someone's life. Until next time... let's talk again soon.

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“You can’t get all your energy from one person. Each relationship from a different person gives you a different value… Which is why it’s probably unhealthy to focus all your attention on one [hobby or art medium, either].” ⚡️ A little wisdom from @artybraud ~ & I can’t agree more.

Episode 002 w/ Arty Braud 🛋🎨📸 interior designer, painter, photographer and nomad + asking: are we actually insane??? DROPPING SOON!

Meanwhile, I’ve revamped the website from this placeholder links page that was my quickie solution to post up ep 1 to a more customized solution! Happy that it’s responsive and looks decent on desktop & mobile (putting my day job skill to actual use outside of work hours hahah)! If you check it out, please let me know what you think!

Also, what small accomplishments have you made recently?! I’d love to feed off your positive energy.

LINKS IN BIO 🥳 apply to co-host an episode & listen to all (one) episode

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Hi & welcome to episode 1 of Don't Be Strangers ✨☺️ a podcast and social experiment for learning to create meaningful connections together via collaborative conversations! Statistics show that (1) social isolation is on the rise and (2) the number of close friends someone would say that they have is decreasing. Considering that having a strong social network is one of the key factors in general happiness, overall health, and prolonged longevity, my hope is that this podcast will serve to bring awareness to the issue as well as provide a platform to start solving the problem, together!

My name is XinYi and I dreamt up this little experiment... and when I say experiment, I stress, this is a complete experiment because I fully intend to treat each episode as a test and learn and improve along the way. So I thought I'd start off easy and not put a lot of pressure on myself by asking someone whom I already knew that I adored having conversations with ... my husband, Joseph. I kind of forgot how wordy we both can be and it was made extremely apparent during the recording because I think we ended up recording close to 3 hours of content (which I was able to edit down to only 1 and a half hours?), so if you like long-format podcasts or if you listen to everything at 2x speed like me — I've got you covered! And to avoid making this any longer... let's just cut to it.

Table of Contents

〜 introductions + getting to know who we are 〜

00:01:13 - XinYi asks: "Why don't you introduce yourself?"

00:01:22 - XinYi asks: "What does your ideal day look like?"

00:14:51 - XinYi asks: "What have you been thankful for lately?"

00:17:11 - XinYi asks: "How does someone pique your interest to start a conversation with them?"

00:22:14 - Joseph asks: "What does your ideal/typical day look like?"

Hack Your Sleep with Oura Ring: https://ouraring.com

00:32:35 - XinYi asks: "What is the common thread between all your hobbies?"

00:36:20 - Joseph asks: "What is the common thread between all your hobbies?"

〜 deep stuff + vulnerable conversations 〜

00:42:55 - Joseph asks: "What is the origin of 'Creative Chimera'? Why do you align with that?"

00:53:42 - XinYi asks: "How do you define a stranger and at what point do they go from being one to being not?"

00:57:23 - Joseph: "When someone becomes...not a stranger, it only requires a one-sided interaction and when one can identify with something about them [(the other person)] ... with them."

01:07:07 - XinYi: "Which begs the question... do you think there is a category that lies between a stranger and acquaintance?"

01:10:00 - Joseph: "I think there's an essence of still agreement between us..." ← this is how our "arguments" typically end 😂

01:11:45 - Joseph: talking about our relationship between a normal romantic person with an aromantic alien (XinYi)

01:12:18 - Joseph asks: "What does being aromantic mean to you?"

01:14:15 - XinYi: "Aromanticsm: people catch feelings... I don't."

01:16:40 - Joseph asks: "Describe how it felt — at the moment of us being really close friends — for me to confess that I liked you in a more than friend capacity... despite knowing that you were aromantic?"

And that concludes our conversation! The point of this podcast is to encourage open and meaningful conversations so I'm very keen to know if you found any part of our conversation interesting or unconventional. Did you agree or disagree with anything? If so, why? This is your warm invitation from me to you to find the instagram post associated with this episode and to share your thoughts (I'll link them the show notes) OR if you feel so inspired... you can send a direct message to @dontbestrangers on instagram or email me at [email protected] and maybe potentially co-host a future episode with me? I know I would love to meet you.

Also, if you happen to know anyone who is passionate about community building, loves meeting new people, or simply enjoys listening to and participating in deep conversations — I'd be so honored if you could connect us. Again, you can reach out to me @dontbestrangers or email me at [email protected] or you can share this podcast with this loved one and see what they think!

So, thanks again if you've stuck around till the end here for sharing your time and energy with us! I hope something that we talked about made you laugh or smile at the very least and until next time, wishing you all the very best that life has to offer. ✨

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xinyixan · 3 years

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FINALLY joining in on the #toonmechallenge :-) This selfie was made possible by @pinchekelly because she gifted me a fun mani for my bday & I really wanted to show them off!! (I'm lowkey always trying to feed off her bigkidenergy 😋) Alsoooo thought this post would also be a good way to re-introduce myself! 👋

tldr; I'm a Creative Chimera 🌙 🐉 noun. visual engineers/storytelling scientists with no one medium, often guided by their curiosities rather than current skillset to define their method of execution. (swipe to read full definition!)

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name: xinyi (pronounced "shin-yee") ✨

age: 27 years young 🛹 | pronouns: she/her 💘

personality: xnfj (x, because I'm an ambivert), type 5w4, chaotic neutral gemini 💕w a leo rising 🦁☀️w bigkidenergy

LIKES 💗

+ making art

+ meeting friends (new and old alike!)

+ lifestyle design / biohacking

+ creative expression (fashion, photos, drawing, etc.)

+ playing with words (creativechimera.substack.com)

+ BLACK / every color imaginable (the louder the better)

+ travel / language / culture (中文/es/en + etc.)

+ reading books / listening to podcasts

+ being drenched in golden hour sunlight

FATAL CHARACTER FLAW ⚰️

- 🐌snail mail replier

If you read till this point, please (re-)introduce yourself below & maybe make a new friend! ✨@dontbestrangers

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xinyixan · 3 years

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On our relationship between a normal romantic person with an aromantic alien (01:11:45) He asks: "What does being aromantic mean to you?" (01:12:18) He asks: "Describe how it felt — at the moment of us being really close friends — for me to confess that I liked you in a more than friend capacity... despite knowing that you were aromantic?" (01:16:40) ✨🥰 PODCAST EP NOW OUT 🏁 LINK IN BIO 001: w/ the hubs 👨🏻‍💻❤️🔥 👩🏻‍💻 bonding over mutual nerdiness (tech vs. biohacking) + asking: why would you ever confess to an aromantic?! If you have any feedback, I’d love love love to hear! And it would be an honor if you know any friends/family who would also enjoy this conversation, for you to help build the community and pass the podcast along. 😌 https://www.instagram.com/p/CRfSFeQpVGb/?utm_medium=tumblr

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xinyixan · 3 years

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Fri 6/4/21 @ 6:42pm 🙈 Feeling: Slightly nervous. Been talking to Kris for 5 weeks since landing in Chi Town but didn’t actually expect to ever meet up. Last week, he suggested we should collab. Oh crap — my schedule is full…. How about the very last night before I fly out to Colorado? We didn’t even have a full convo before he pulled out his camera. Ok, we’re not wasting any time. I pull out a Pringles plastic cap and tell him I thought maybe we could try filtering our photos with it for a nostalgic, hazy, summer vibe?? He’s down!!! Ok, we might be onto something!! 📍(1/9) Pilsen, Chicago 🐉 practicing: modeling & #bigkidenergy 👯‍♂️ @kr.evangelista (en Pilsen, Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRB_tj7ssb-/?utm_medium=tumblr

#bigkidenergy

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