Life — Blog — Linh S. Nguyễn

A Love Letter to Love

I needed to know that falling in love takes no prerequisites—that it can be fleeting, nurturing, anchored in a lake at sunset or a glance across the table over hot pot—no less valid or life-changing, regardless of the form it takes.

Love and RelationshipsLinh NguyenMay 9, 2022Love, Relationships, Romance, Life, Lessons

5 Things I Learned Being 24

5. Run towards, not away from.

Life LessonsLinh NguyenMay 13, 2020Life, Lessons, growing up, ReflectionComment

I’m Done Being An Aspiring Writer

I am not aspiring to write. I have been writing stories since I was 7 years old.

CareerLinh NguyenAugust 16, 2018art, artist, Career, creativity, failure, Life, Literature, Reading, work, writer, writingComment

My CV of Failures

On March 2nd this year, I was rejected from the only graduate program I’d applied for: a Masters of Arts in English in the Field of Creative Writing at the University of Toronto.

Student Life, CareerLinh NguyenAugust 16, 2018Academics, advice, Career, jobs, Lessons, Life, school, Student Life, University, University of Toronto, work, writingComment

Revisiting my Bucket List From Age 19

There was a time I feared my dreams shrinking as I aged, a time I fought against the reality that I might never walk on the moon or see the peak of Mount Everest -- but my dreams aren't shrinking.

Life LessonsLinh NguyenJuly 29, 2018bucket list, dreams, Life, To-Do Comment