Preview: While living in Korea during the “pandemic,” a fellow American expat randomly invited me to a we’re-not-following-illogical government-tyranny party at his Air BnB as we were forced to disperse from a makeshift street protest party due to arbitrary restrictions that defied common sense.

He turned out to be one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met, and he inspired me to not be such a broke victim. Enter the “nurture” part of my journey.