Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? — A Reading

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? — A Reading

Financial equity for yoga teachers means building diversified income streams, learning financial literacy, and valuing your labor enough to set boundaries.

In Oate’s piece, Connie is fifteen, suburban, and already fluent in the art of self-division. One version of herself for the house, one for the world outside it. Her mother sees the home version and finds her lacking. The outside version — the one that moves through malls and drive-ins with confidence — that one she keeps to herself. The split feels like survival. It is actually a trap. One Sunday the family clears out and she’s alone with the radio. A gold jalopy pulls in. The driver calls himself Arnold Friend.

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