Ying’s Experience (Participant)

Why do I do the things I do? Is it what I want or what I was told to want? 

I already knew that coming here, it’s not going to be a walk in the park. But what this work demands, it is not just stamina, but all of my attention and presence. If I ever so slightly let my mind drift, I am no longer here. This applies to our day to day that we take so easily for granted. 

To be present. To listen. To react. Very natural things we would do as humans. But how many times have you zoned out in conversations, how many times have you forgotten what was given to you. How many times have we “accidentally” ignored a friend who was talking to us? Too much to count for me. And I still work on trying to be present for the what and who I hold important to.

I question myself why I put myself to this, many times. It will stress you out and make you doubt yourself many times over and over again. But I think it has also been a very fun and confusing journey.

You will start to find patterns in your thought process, certain memories that come haunting you again and again. Accept it, and let it go. Why let them live rent free in your head?

WORS are worlds apart from WOTS, but they are not anything different too. Not necessarily two sides of a coin too. Only if you take the chance into the unknown, will you be able to experience it for yourself, I cannot tell you how it feels.