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Posts by Hannah Powell

Hannah is a Linguistics graduate who has been working in Asia for over a year as a teacher. She loves exploring the world, challenging herself, and learning.

East vs. West: Major Cultural Differences That Impact Our Happiness

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“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” ~John Milton

I’ve been living in Asia for over a year now, spending six months each in Nepal and Vietnam, with a bit of traveling around India and Sri Lanka in the middle. I wanted to put pen to paper on what strikes me as a few of the major cultural differences between the East and the West. I can see things that each side could do with a bit more of. But here I’m going to concentrate on what I’ve …