Really love this piece!! You touch on many very relatable sentiments, appreciate the shoutout and references to great content by other creators too :)
On a similar note to your title / point #5, I also find it really hard to say “you’re welcome” when I help someone out. Maybe it’s a Chinese politeness culture thing, but I reflexively can’t say anything besides “no problem” and feel horrible accepting gratitude the same way I feel it’s shameless (and often indeed frowned upon in Chinese culture) to accept compliments
appreciate the kind words jay :))) it’s definitely something well-grounded in asian culture to be humble and uncompetitive, despite how competitive it secretly is! we could all deserve more credit and appreciation for doing good work.
Really love this piece!! You touch on many very relatable sentiments, appreciate the shoutout and references to great content by other creators too :)
On a similar note to your title / point #5, I also find it really hard to say “you’re welcome” when I help someone out. Maybe it’s a Chinese politeness culture thing, but I reflexively can’t say anything besides “no problem” and feel horrible accepting gratitude the same way I feel it’s shameless (and often indeed frowned upon in Chinese culture) to accept compliments
appreciate the kind words jay :))) it’s definitely something well-grounded in asian culture to be humble and uncompetitive, despite how competitive it secretly is! we could all deserve more credit and appreciation for doing good work.