Author

Savan Kong

@savank

articles: 10
total claps: 310
top claps: 94
avg read: 5.1 min
paywalled: 1
active: 2025-12-08 → 2026-05-17

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LIT · Literature & Writing · 3 📢 · Social Issues · 2 👨‍👩‍👧 · Family & Parenting · 2 🧠 · Mental Wellness · 1 🏛️ · Politics · 1 🍳 · Food & Cooking · 1 ✍️ · Writing & Creative · 1 SOC · Sociology & Politics · 1

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#personal-growth ·3 #lifebetweentitles ·2 #names ·1 #identity ·1 #immigrant-experience ·1 #refugee-stories ·1 #belonging ·1 #unemployed ·1 #career-transitions ·1 #layoffs ·1

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SA Savan Kong · Write Your World

The House a Firebird Built: How Nate Sexton Turned a Frisbee Into a Life

Nate Sexton was throwing frisbees before he could throw a baseball. By the time he was good enough to win, he wasn’t sure the world would…

Apr 08, 2026 · 4 min read · 94 claps #disc-golf #lifebetweentitles #innova

The House a Firebird Built: How Nate Sexton Turned a Frisbee Into a Life

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SA Savan Kong · Write Your World

The Kitchen at the End of the Road

A written narrative of Aaron Brooks

Mar 26, 2026 · 7 min read · 85 claps #personal-growth #chefs #navy

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SA Savan Kong · Write A Catalyst

The Long Road Back to My Own Name

Me, as a kid, circa 1984

Dec 08, 2025 · 3 min read · 76 claps #names #identity #immigrant-experience

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SA Savan Kong · Write A Catalyst

What a Gift From 1993 Taught Me About Parenting in 2025

My daughter stayed quiet next to me while heading to school, tweaking her Apple Watch 10 background, peeking at new alerts. She does not…

Dec 10, 2025 · 3 min read · 55 claps paywalled #parenting-and-technology #digital-childhood #generational-nostalgia

What a Gift From 1993 Taught Me About Parenting in 2025

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The Protector

Gladdys Uribe has been fighting for immigrants her whole career. Right now, that fight has never been harder.

May 06, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #immigration #donald-trump #ice

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The Night She Went Home Early

The first night in her new apartment, Danielle Frank met friends for drinks. Somewhere around 9:30, she stood up, said goodbye, and went…

Apr 21, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #authors #parenting

SA Savan Kong · Write Your World

The Kindness That Comes After

He went from army officer to the Situation Room on 9/11 to CIO of the Pentagon. The hardest thing he had to learn was how to lead.

May 17, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #cio #911 #department-of-defense

SA Savan Kong · Write A Catalyst

She Always Put Everyone Else First. Now the Clock Is Ticking.

Pamela Davis is telling me about a Tuesday afternoon in sixth grade when she came home during lunch, made pork chops for her friends on her…

Mar 23, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #unemployment #personal-growth

She Always Put Everyone Else First. Now the Clock Is Ticking.

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SA Savan Kong · Write A Catalyst

Laid Off From the Pentagon After Almost a Decade. Here Is the Year Nobody Prepared Me For.

My personal, matter-of-fact story from a year of struggle, anxiety, and a painful 365 days of self-discovery.

Mar 30, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #unemployed #career-transitions #layoffs

Laid Off From the Pentagon After Almost a Decade. Here Is the Year Nobody Prepared Me For.

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I Asked 2 Strangers For Help

Why do people help each other when they don’t have to?

Apr 08, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #lifebetweentitles #personal-growth