S2 EP1 【EN】Jemmy & The Shared Park Bench （Jemmy 与共享的公园长椅）

This episode marks the beginning of Season 2 of ING with Jemmy: 成长进行时 — and the start of a new year.After returning from a Christmas trip with my parents in Guangzhou, I found myself reflecting on the past year: a year of walking toward myself. Coming back to Beijing — the cold, the routine, the quiet — made me pause and ask a simple question: How do I want to keep walking?In this season opener, I talk about:Choosing quiet growth over loud New Year’s resolutionsBuilding peace in my personal life (and retiring the “12 grapes for a boyfriend” tradition)Shifting at work from survival mode to grounding and identity-buildingLearning to hold healthier boundaries with family, without guilt or resentmentSeason 2 of ING with Jemmy feels like a shared park bench — a place for solo reflections, but also for warm conversations with others. Friends, expats, people from different cultures and walks of life — Filipino, Chinese, Filipino-Chinese, and everything in between — sitting together to talk about growing, belonging, working, loving, and figuring life out.If you’re listening and feel like you have a story to share, you’re always welcome to reach out.Here we are — still becoming, still learning, still in –ING.Welcome to Season 2.这一期，是《ING with Jemmy：成长进行时》第二季的开始，也是新一年的起点。在和父母一起结束广州的圣诞旅行、回到北京之后，我开始回望过去的一年——那是一段“走向自己”的旅程。回到北京的寒冷、日常与安静，让我停下来思考：接下来，我想如何继续走下去？在这一期里，我分享了：为什么今年不再追求“轰轰烈烈”的新年目标，而是选择安静地继续成长关于个人生活，如何把“内在的平静”放在第一位（也正式告别“吃12颗葡萄求对象”）工作中，从适应与生存，走向更扎实的关系建立与职业身份以及在家庭关系里，如何选择健康的连接，必要时也能不带羞愧地保持距离第二季的《ING with Jemmy》，像是一张共享的公园长椅。我依然会有个人的独白与思考，但也会邀请更多人一起坐下来——朋友、在北京生活的外籍人士、来自不同文化背景的人，包括菲律宾人、华人、菲中混血，以及更多“中间地带”的故事。我们会聊成长、归属、工作、关系，以及如何在生活中慢慢成为自己。如果你正在听，也有故事想分享，欢迎来找我。我们仍在路上，仍在成为，仍在 –ING。欢迎来到第二季。