David Ethm Kwon

Originally posted on Memoir of a Social Worker : As a social worker I’m a witness to so many different kinds of pain and while I’m mostly prepared for what that entails, I have to say that a...

https://davidethmkwon.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/inevitable-farewells/

So I’ve been using this blog site mostly to just write out some of my thoughts and sometimes even my experiences. But it’s often been without focus. Sometimes I wrote about video games, and s...

https://davidethmkwon.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/social-work-memoir/

I recently turned 30 and I felt compelled to write and share these reflections

https://davidethmkwon.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/30-years-later/

The reality about empathy is that it's triggered and influenced by proximity more than anything else.

https://davidethmkwon.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/2m-thoughts-on-empathy/

The Internet is a strange fascinating thing. I’ve posted videos on YouTube and written blogs like this just to get my thoughts out not thinking anyone will care. Then I get a comment or an emai...

https://davidethmkwon.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/im-not-just-typing-into-a-void/

I'm about to live in a studio apartment in the Bronx; I reflect how it's not my 1st time.

https://davidethmkwon.wordpress.com/2017/02/15/my-studio-in-the-bronx/

The thing about striving to achieve goals is that when you achieve them, there is a very small window of time when you feel proud and fulfilled, and then anxiety sets in again because now there n...

https://davidethmkwon.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/the-thing-about-aspirations/

I learned about this on my twitter feed about three days ago. I’m still trying to process how this is happening and how it’s like no one is reporting this important issue and story, except fo...

https://davidethmkwon.wordpress.com/2017/01/19/avenger-missile-launcher-used-against-protectors-at-standing-rock/

In reflecting about the past year, it takes some effort to differentiate between personal reflections (what happened to me and those dear to me in 2016) vs socio-political reflections (what happe...

https://davidethmkwon.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/my-reflections-on-2016/

I can’t quite explain what my reasoning was but this year I decided not to take vacation for the holidays. If I did, most likely that would have meant flying to Iowa where my parents live and s...

https://davidethmkwon.wordpress.com/2016/12/24/holiday-blues/