“Focus on fulfilling your life,” Saylor said. “There’s no time to care about who’s better at a sport.”
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In balancing the bad days of illness with coverage of coping mechanisms, hope and humor, I was left with a sense of optimism and affirmation when I watched Becoming Incurable. Nothing was sugar coated; the raw, candid side of chronic illness was truly captured. Yet, on the flipside, the film wasn’t cut to dramatize or evoke pity from the audience.
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As I started focusing on the topic of body image, I realized that a lot of my poor body image came from my experience with disfigurement. I became determined to research the psychology of appearance, and started to work with women that had all different types of disfigurements to design garments inspired by their story. Throughout my journey, I realized that swimwear design coupled with storytelling is a successful method to increase women’s comfort in their bodies. A year later, MIGA Swimwear was born.
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One of the best life lessons I've learned is somewhat of an analogy to cooking. Life shouldn't be a shot in the pan, it should be a slow burn, allowing all the flavors of our goals to marinate. We don't need instant gratification, or a microwave fast-track to achievement. We don't need to scale our wins in life based on what others can achieve.
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I quit my job.
I thought about quitting my BA about a hundred times.
I thought about quitting my MA to open an art gallery.
I thought about quitting academia but never did.
And yet, I quit my job.
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Thousands of people, including those with disabilities, family members, caregivers, educators, politicians and other advocates marched through Midtown Manhattan on a sweltering summer morning, seeking to destigmatize disability and fight for common issues through a fun, community-oriented public display of pride.
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"There’s this fallacy that creating accessible communities for Deaf employees is very costly,” Nina shared. “However, as a startup, I can tell you that it was not expensive to work with John."