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Mind the Gap
by Yen Cho
Gap year ponderings and curiosities while living a grace-filled life. Dive into Yen's mind as she starts a new chapter in her gap year(s) with barely any clue what will happen while learning to trust in Jesus in the uncertainty to come. This is a platform where Yen will share about faith, post-grad life, reflections on college, friendships, work, etc. etc. etc. So, grab a cup of tea or coffee, and let's mind the gap!
Episodes
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Elevenses: An Ash Wednesday Reflection
Is there anyone else who totally forgot it was Ash Wednesday? Because I surely did. Thankfully, I have friends who remind me, and a dear friend sent me a text with a quote from one of her favorite writers, Frederick Buechner. In this quote, Buechner talks about Lent in a such a new way. He frames...
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Elevenses: So you had a bad day...
Hello everyone! I'm back to tell you about a very unfortunate day, aka today... Today was just a mish mash of things going wrong one after the other, and we all have those bad days. They're not the worst days of your lives, but they're just baddd, if you know what I mean. I thought I would share...
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Elevenses: Palindromes
In honor of 02.02.2022, I thought I would share some interesting palindromes. I honestly didn't realize how many strange phrases could be palindromes, so there ya go! Now you know! As I share some palindromes, I review their quality and answer some palindromic questions. And yes, it's chaotic…
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Elevenses: Wisdom Teethless
Hello everyone! I'm back with much less wisdom than before! Okay, I'm kidding (that was the worst joke ever)... But I am back, almost fully recovered from getting my wisdom teeth out, and I have a few updates to share with you guys! In this episode, I talk about this recent surgical experience…
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Elevenses: On Celebration
Hello everyone! It's been a few days, so I had some time to think about how I'm going to go about this podcast for the rest of the year. It's been a learning process of what is best for myself and the podcast, so I've got a few updates for you about that. Also, I share some life updates and what…
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Elevenses: I failed.
Hello everyone! It's been a few days since my last episode, which means I failed! It's been only 2 weeks into the year, and I already missed a few days of my daily podcast series. In this episode, I address said failure and how I'm trying to think about failure. I also touch on other ways my life...
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Elevenses: Favorite Gilead Quotes
Hello everyone! I thought I'd try something new today and share some of my favorite quotes from a book that is very special to me. It's special because I have one of the quotes on a canvas on my wall, and I used the same quote to decorate my graduation cap. Gilead is made up of a series of...
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Elevenses: The Sunday Scoop
Hello everyone! Today is January 9, 2022, and today's episode is just a little bit of everything! It's another life update about things that have been on my mind recently from wisdom teeth to sabbathing to fasting to community. There's a lot going on a very short amount of time. I guess this is…
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Elevenses: Recently Watched #1
Hello everyone! I thought I'd prepare something a bit more today compared to yesterday's ramble, so I wrote out a mini review for things I've watched recently! In December, I watched Spiderman: No Way Home and started Single's Inferno. And so far in 2022, I've watched Lovestruck in the City, a...
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Elevenses: Closing a Chapter
Hello everyone! I was originally going to be talking about another topic, but this one seemed more pertinent for the day! I told some more coworkers that I only have a week left at my current job, and it made me a lot more emotional than I had imagined. In this episode, I just ramble a little…
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Elevenses: Silence + Solitude + Morning Drives
Hello everyone! Today is January 6, and I talked a bit about how I'm attempting to practice silence + solitude in my daily life. It's a spiritual discipline that does not come easily to me whatsoever, and it's been a challenge to figure out how to start practicing it. After I started driving by...
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Elevenses: Digital Detox
Hello everyone! Today, I'm talking about the digital detox I started at the beginning of the year. For me, Instagram was the most addicting app on my phone, and it is gone for the month of January. I'm hoping that at the end of this I start using it less and spend the time doing something more...
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Elevenses: An Update About Bugs and Vlogs
Hello everyone! Today, I'm coming at you with a very late episode. I wasn't sure if I would still upload, but I can't give up this early on in the year lol. Today, I just fill you guys in on some life updates concerning bugs and vlogs. Beware, it's kind of gross if you don't like bugs. That's...
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Elevenses: Snow Day
Hello!!! It is January 3rd, and it is a super snowy day! I was super happy to wake up to see snow outside my window and thought it would be fitting to do a snow-related episode. It's a very simple episode in which I share some thoughts about snow, indoor snow activities, and some movie/show recs...
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Elevenses: Death Rehearsal
Hello everyone! It's January 2! Today's episode is an odd one for the beginning of the year, but a lot of things in my life have been pointing to the topic of living our lives with the end in mind, or with eternal perspective. I share a new year's eve reflection and thought, as well as a…
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Elevenses: Intro to a Daily Series (01.01.22)
Welcome to Elevenses with Yen! What or who is an elevenses? Well, you'll have to listen to find out! What I can tell you is that it is the title to a new series on my podcast where I get to leave a little audio message every single day for whoever wants to listen. It's the beginning of a year and…
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Episode 12: Return
I am starting to finally get out of the creative rut that I've been in for the past year and a half, and it's so exciting! But, how did I get in a rut? How did I get out of it? And what about everything in between? What I've learned throughout the past couple of months is that true emotional…
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Episode 11: An Overdue Update and Overview of Yen's Life
It's been way too long, and I don't really know how to return to podcasting besides laying out what's been going on during the past 1.5 years. It didn't feel right just jumping into an interesting topic after being in such a long hiatus, so I decided to do a play-by-play on the year and just...
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Ep. 10: Life and 2020 Intentions Update
Time has just been flying by, and in that time, there have been some changes! Mostly, I want to just hop on to say hi and let ya'll know what's been going on with me. Along with that, I wanted to see how well I've been adhering to my 2020 Intentions (re: Ep. 7: 2020 Intentions). So, if you want…
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Ep. 9: Lessons in a Pandemic (Part 2)
This pandemic and subsequent quarantine present a unique opportunity to reflect on everything that's been going on. I, too, feel like I've been learning and being reminded of so much. I wanted to share the lessons that God has been putting on my heart, in hopes of encouraging you to also chew on...
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Ep. 8: Lessons in a Pandemic (Part 1)
This pandemic and subsequent quarantine present a unique opportunity to reflect on everything that's been going on. I, too, feel like I've been learning and being reminded of so much. I wanted to share the lessons that God has been putting on my heart, in hopes of encouraging you to also chew on...
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Ep. 7: 2020 Intentions
With the new year comes new year's resolutions, and so that's what I've brought to you today. However, instead of things I've resolved to do, here is a list of things I intend and will do my best to do this year. Splitting them up into 4 categories, I will share some spiritual/faith-based,...
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Ep. 6: The Best of Times + The Worst of Times (2019 Wrap-Up)
It is already the end of 2019 AND the end of season 1 for the Mind the Gap podcast! It only seemed fitting to end the year with a thoughtful reflection on everything that has gone in 2019. I realized while writing this episode that I don't reflect all too much on a regular basis, and I honestly…
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Ep. 5: Money, Money, Money (First Paychecks + Lessons on Giving)
Starting a job meant one new thing in my life: cash flowww! And with money comes responsibility. Something that I always saw around me but never understood too much growing up in the church was giving, offering, and tithing. I knew that Christians gave to church, but I didn't know why. Now that...
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Ep. 4: Is Comparison Really a Thief of Joy?
This week, I'll be talking about the topic of comparison. A friend brought this up in conversation, and months later, here's a podcast on what I think about this topic. We've all done it, and it kind of stinks when you sucked into the comparison game, whether it's comparing your talents, how you...
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Ep. 3: Spiritual Slump Status
This week, I wanted to dedicate a whole episode to talk about spiritual slumps/dryness because that's where I'm at right now. I want this podcast to be honest and real as to what's going on currently in my life as I live out my gap year(s), and currently, I'm slumping. It's been a couple months…
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Ep. 2: Musicals 101 - Why I Love Musicals and Why You Should Too
If you know me, then you know that I have many different interests, many of which are not the most hip or popular. I am going to be having a series of sorts on my podcast where I explain to you why I love these things in hopes that you may learn a little bit more about me and so that I can maybe...
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Ep. 1: Loneliness, Finstas, and the Human Desire to Share Our Lives
Post-grad has come with its good share of alone time, and after many months of very few human interactions, it's been getting a tad lonely. I'm sure you can understand this even if you're not in the post-grad stage of life. While thinking about loneliness, I came to understand how I use social...
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Ep. 0: An Introduction
I'm Yen, and welcome to my podcast, Mind the Gap! I wanted to take this time to introduce the what and why of this podcast: why I made this podcast, what the name means, my intentions for this podcast, and what sort of things I'll be talking about. I am very excited to go on this new journey, and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Gap year ponderings and curiosities while living a grace-filled life. Dive into Yen's mind as she starts a new chapter in her gap year(s) with barely any clue what will happen while learning to trust in Jesus in the uncertainty to come. This is a platform where Yen will share about faith, post-grad life, reflections on college, friendships, work, etc. etc. etc. So, grab a cup of tea or coffee, and let's mind the gap!
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