#166 - A Rough Valentine's Day & Self-Love Story (SOLO)

First of All

It's one day after Valentine's Day and we know everyone's already over it, but what society never seems to be over are real life tales of love and loss - the good, the bad, and the excruciatingly ugly. We at First Of All admit it openly - we love LOVE. And over time we can appreciate the bad for what it teaches us. In this solo episode, Minji shares the story behind one of the worst Valentine's Days (if not the worst) of her life - like full on ugly crying on the floor processing betrayal while in a whole other country with no wifi kinda bad. She also reflects on the long road she walked to heal and find love again, complete with a cute little love letter to celebrate it.

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▫️ Music featured in this episode include "Uzutrap" by Uzuhan and “Anything For You” by Jules Aurora
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Produced by @marvinyueh & @AnnaSun
Supported by @JulianaDeer
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:05 - Valentine’s Day 2005 - Paris, France
00:05:20 - International calling cards & internet cafes
00:08:25 - Don’t mess with my big brother
00:11:55 - The ugly truth comes out & sinks in
00:16:33 - Angry woman > detective
00:24:50 - Light and darkness, hope and despair
00:27:01 - Getting out of heartbreak
00:31:29 - Single as helllll and peaceful and happy
00:37:16 - BREAK + [Books & Boba Podcast] + [FOA Patreon Plug]
00:38:59 - A letter to myself
00:42:28 - Power in putting thoughts on paper
00:44:04 - Teaser for upcoming journey
00:45:00 - OUTRO + We love DMs and emails! + Music by Jules Aurora - “Anything For You”
00:47:28 - [Quarantined Comics Podcast]

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