#my work-study coordinator is meeting with me because he sees how overworked I am. he emailed me saying he’s worried for my well-being
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There’s no running away from your problems at monasteries. It’s the best + most awful thing
#I’m learning some things are monastery-specific and not tradition-specific#like very strong gender norms are just universal in Asian monastic cultures. things will always be uphill for me bc I’m a woman#I’m working a lot harder than the guys and I have more baggage than the guys too#not to assume but. the men are telling me I have it pretty bad.#my work-study coordinator is meeting with me because he sees how overworked I am. he emailed me saying he’s worried for my well-being#I think it’s just a lot when I’m also in the midst of healing from traumatic grief. the classes are making me cry and shit hahaha fuck#I’m hanging in there but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t hard as hell being here. for so so many reasons
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