It's been an intense year for me. My move to a new country has been a bumpy ride. In some ways, it's been so much less traumatic than I feared it would be. I've made connections with some really amazi ...

I feel like a lot of people are really hanging on to the bit of Obama's speech where he says everyone can make it if they're 'willing to try.' And I just want to point out that this is a myth, this is ...