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“Traditional Chinese Women”

A mini-memoir of the complex, strong women who raised me Growing up in a small town in China’s Guangxi Autonomous Region, I’d never felt I had anything in common with the women in my family. As a child, I was defiant, ambitious, fiercely independent, and more than anything else, I…

Memoir

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“Traditional Chinese Women”
“Traditional Chinese Women”

Jul 7

My Bizarre “Not Covid” Covid Experience

I never tested positive, until an antibody test After coming back from a three-week trip to Europe recently, I thought I developed severe jet lag. My head was heavy for half of a day. I was falling sleep as early as 7:00 pm. Classic jet lag symptoms that should disappear…

Covid 19

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My Bizarre “Not Covid” Covid Experience
My Bizarre “Not Covid” Covid Experience

Jun 6

I Put Together An Expensive-Looking Designer Home By Thrifting on Facebook

Learning to be relentlessly resourceful in the quest for uniqueness As a designer, I have an occupational hazard. Perfectly good furniture items on mass-market sites like Wayfair, West Elm or CB2 is not good enough for me. Since a few years ago, I have gotten into a vintage mid-century modern…

Interior Design

18 min read

I Put Together An Expensive-Looking Designer Home By Thrifting on Facebook
I Put Together An Expensive-Looking Designer Home By Thrifting on Facebook

Published in Creative Entrepreneurship

·Jan 3

I’m Doing Something Every Day, But I’m Doing Nothing

Why the pre-launch grind hits entrepreneurs so hard “When are your new courses launching?” said my eager students. “Haven’t you been working on them for months?” said my mother. “What do you do every day?” said my friend. As I entered into Month (X) of new course development, I started…

Entrepreneurship

6 min read

I’m Doing Something Every Day, But I’m Doing Nothing
I’m Doing Something Every Day, But I’m Doing Nothing

Dec 31, 2021

Does Immigrant Guilt Ever Go Away?

During time of COVID, immigrants are making choices they have to live with One day in May, I opened my mailbox and discovered a nondescript white envelope. Inside, there was a little plastic card that was previously stuck in processing for almost 3 years. It was my green card. For…

Immigration

7 min read

Does Immigrant Guilt Ever Go Away?
Does Immigrant Guilt Ever Go Away?

Dec 28, 2021

How I Learned To Embrace My “Resting Bitch Face”

What It’s Like To Be Told To Smile More Your Entire Life My first memory of becoming self-conscious about my face was around the age of seven, when my mother mentioned casually that I looked prettier when I smiled. Even as a child, I understood the unspoken message — I…

Culture

7 min read

How I Learned To Embrace My “Resting Bitch Face”
How I Learned To Embrace My “Resting Bitch Face”

Published in Bootcamp

·Dec 3, 2021

How Google Fi Failed Miserably Because of One Word

UX and CX Design Lessons From A Disastrous Google Fi Signup Experience — A couple of days ago, I left my current mobile carrier and tried to sign up for Google Fi. Recently, I was doing research for my upcoming 6-month long international trip. From my research, I found that Google Fi is recommended for trips of this nature. The fact that it…

UX

7 min read

How Google Fi Failed Miserably Because of One Word
How Google Fi Failed Miserably Because of One Word

Published in The Post-Grad Survival Guide

·Aug 7, 2021

How Unlimited PTO Disguises the Lack of Autonomy in Corporate Culture

Seeing through the reality of unlimited PTO as an entrepreneur — I was born a very skeptical child. When adults told me something, I always questioned the validity of their advice and source of information. I always did my own “investigation” and “research”, to the extent that a 7-year-old child could perform, to find out things on my own. When tech…

Entrepreneurship

8 min read

How Unlimited PTO Disguises the Lack of Autonomy in Corporate Culture
How Unlimited PTO Disguises the Lack of Autonomy in Corporate Culture

Published in The Post-Grad Survival Guide

·Jun 21, 2021

Why I Never Had A “Plan B”

If you want to become an entrepreneur, you can’t have a “fallback plan” — “You are have such great experience. I’m sure if this doesn’t work out, you can always go back to the corporate world.” An acquaintance said to me once after I started my entrepreneurship journey. They meant well, and it is true — I could always go back. The corporate world…

Entrepreneurship

8 min read

Why I Never Had A “Plan B”
Why I Never Had A “Plan B”

Published in Bootcamp

·Jun 4, 2021

I gave a non-designer a design job. Here’s how it worked out.

What happens when companies take a chance on junior talents. — Earlier this year, I relaunched my company Path Unbound as a design school democratizing creative education. I thought I would work alone on it for at least six months before I’m ready to bring anyone else in. By chance, I stumbled across an amazing platform and got connected to some…

Design

6 min read

I gave a non-designer a design job. Here’s how it worked out.
I gave a non-designer a design job. Here’s how it worked out.
Stella Guan

Stella Guan

Award-winning designer, entrepreneur and educator. https://instagram.com/stella.guan https://www.pathunbound.com https://www.stellaguan.com/email-signup

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