When you first published “should I stay or should I go?” I was an undergrad, and commented on how deeply your writing resonated with me. I was feeling lost, and your words made an indelible impact on me. I have since left anthropology myself, and always wondered if you’d come to an answer, or even to the beginnings of one.

Two-ish years ago, after I’d commented, you responded, “thank you for your bravery and your integrity. I know that you’re making an impact, and whether you stay or go, you are going to carry your stories with you into really meaningful engagements, work, forms of community.” And I just want to echo this back to you. To live so deeply by one’s morals and ethics takes great courage and commitment to oneself and one’s communities, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for showing one way this can be done. This is another piece I will read and re-read, with citations from more authors whose work I will gladly take up and work to understand. I hope you find fulfillment and ease in your decision, and send a heart full of love to you and yours. Happy lunar new year (gung hay fat choy)!