Perseverance

After I left home and started to live on my own, I began to reflect on my growth throughout the years. I thought about what has empowered me to move forward, and in what ways it has. I found my answer in fishing. These are the basic fishing steps that I learned from my father….

“I’ve never seen someone as stupid as you are.” It was in an afternoon when my friend and I was playing with our battleship Legos. The Lego pieces were packaged in different small plastic packages, which were then teared off and clustered by my friend. When my dad came home and saw that clump of…

My role as patient monitor at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital was to observe and ensure the safety of high-risk patients under the supervision of nurses. I encountered patients with a variety of medical and psychological issues, and I regularly faced unique challenges caring for difficult patients. One holiday weekend day stands out above the…

‘Your lungs and kidneys are being attacked by your own immune system’. I vividly remember the day I was laying in the ICU in Sioux Falls, SD, being briefed on the condition responsible for the blood I was coughing up. Ever since I was diagnosed with GPA (formerly known as Wegener’s Granulomatosis) I have been…

Russia and Sweden’s cultural dimensions are distinct to each other for every factor such as Power distance, Individualism, Masculinity, Uncertainty Avoidance, Long Term, and Short-Term orientation, or Indulgence. Power distance- Russia, rating 93, is a country of powerholders quite isolated in society. The big difference between the smaller and the more influential citizens contributes to…