First World problems are a thing. We joke about it. Third world problems are a thing too and are no joke. For almost 3 years, I have been living in Laos PDR. It is an interesting place, with an enormously problematic past, a precarious present and an uncertain future....
My life has been defined by the fear of consequences. That isn’t to say that I haven’t done anything, quite the opposite. But I have been guided by an internal scale of action versus result since I was a girl. This is very much a result of my standard...