Tory Bae

You know your besties are fellow spoonies when you end a phone call with, “I’m calling you back in 5 minutes! Don’t fall asleep, bitch!”

After a privileged 6-month micro retirement, 350 job applications and only 3 interviews, I accepted a job offer today for a 60% salary increase!

Living in what once could’ve been an abstract world, collective liberation must remain.

Trying to find community on this app as I move my thoughts and content here:
👋🏽 Adoptees
👋🏽 Socialists
👋🏽 Diverse readers
👋🏽 Women/Femmes who love sports
👋🏽 AuDHDers with a niche for a gazillion unfinished art projects
👋🏽 Folks reclaiming their culture

New tenants moved in and like to leave their blinds open to display the confetti flag on their wall. Just another dog mom day living in North Carolina.

Utterly surreal hearing silence during the match instead of being lead by the 3252. Powerful AF. #lafc #abolishice

I quit my job mid-January and this micro-retirement has been the best decision for my health. And now 250 job applications later, the search for what’s next continues…
#career #jobsearch #paralegal #medicalcoding

I believe the same regarding Amanda Nguyen’s trip to space. While I believe that multiple truths exist at once & progress is made every day in our mess of systems, “For liberation to occur, we must resist or oppose the values and actions of M🥧er rather than be complicit to it.”

PSA to all job recruiters and hiring managers. Yes, I’m starting a new career path. Yes, I’m applying for a job that pays significantly less than what I could make. Yes, I’m applying for entry-level work. No, I do not currently utilize my two bachelors and a masters degree. #jobsearch #millennial

National Action: NO on the SAVE Act Contact your U.S. representative today and request a NO VOTE on the SAVE Act, which will disenfranchise millions of US voters.

This bill must not pass. Please contact your US congressional rep. Among millions of people, it also disproportinately impacts adoptees, especially intercountry adoptees adopteerightslaw.com/action/call-...

Please check in on your friends especially your southern friends. I’m in North Carolina fighting for my life against procreating trees.

When your brain says a honey chicken bowl from Chipotle but your stomach says applesauce.

FINALLY diving into @tracydeonn.bsky.social The Legendborn Cycle.

Let’s help change my best friend’s life!

@paperbacksfrybread.bsky.social

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#womensupportingwomen #mutualaid #booksky

We are halfway to our goal!!! Thank you for everyone’s help!

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These were the 2024 Top 5 books checked out physically and online at my local library. We need to diversify our reading today and every day. #booksky #books #reading #NorthCarolina

Switches I’ve made the past 4 years to shop consciously & curb spending:

Goodreads ➡️ The StoryGraph

🚫 Amazon Prime, Target, Wal-Mart ➡️ farmer’s markets, Costco, Lidl, Trader Joe’s & Food Lion

Downsized streaming services

Spotify ➡️ Pandora

Buy directly from business owner

Suggestions for more?

Orange lilies in a tinted brown vase

And one day, the *just because* will mean more than anything before. #love

Happy Seollal!

As a Korean #adoptee, this day carries a unique weight. I find myself standing at the intersection of two worlds - one that feels deeply familiar yet distant, and another that has shaped me in ways I’m still unraveling.

Pausing, thanking and looking forward to a year of intention!

Resources for #adoptees regarding citizenship and immigration:

• Listen to adoptees!

• @adopteerights.bsky.social website, the FAQ is 👍🏽👍🏽

• Adoptees for Justice

• NAKASEC

• Alliances for Adoptee Citizenship

If Asian American were a breakfast:
• Trader Joe’s hash browns
• Kewpie mayo
• Eggs
• Kimchi
*Not pictured: Everything But the Bagel Seasoning

While I was telling my mom about my wedding Pinterest board (if I were to remarry) she asked me when I started making this because it is very detailed. I replied, “Two years before I separated from (ex-husband). I knew back then but put it under the guise of a vow renewal 🤣”. When you know you know.

Hi, I’m Tory 🙋🏻‍♀️

I live in NC & grew up in MN. I’m an adoptee from South Korea.

Late-diagnosed AuDHD, hyper-independent oldest daughter who left christianity in 2020. 👀

I have more hobbies than close friends, but am passionate about community and equity through the framework of intersectionality.

This week’s recap:
• I quit my job as a PI paralegal.
• I bought a body pillow.
• I lightened my hair.
• Hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies was my dinner for two nights.
• I’m falling in love.
• I’m contemplating a career switch to medical coding.

State Legislation | Adoptees United Inc. Analysis and action on state-level legislation impacting adopted people in the United States.

Updated maps and bills from Adoptees United for state-based legislation that impacts adopted people. New (or returning) bills now filed in Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia 🥚https://adopteesunited.org/legislation/state/

How my health has plummeted watching this MN vs. LA game…being a MN sports fan is a comorbidity.

a cartoon dog says squirrel to a man ALT: a cartoon dog says squirrel to a man

Sometimes I re-watch the Marcos I send to my best friend to re-affirm to myself that I do, in fact, have ADHD.

Photograph of a Korean woman with black glasses and brown highlighted hair.

My updated family photograph for my mom’s picture wall. I’m really proud of us ☺️

Screen shot of a FaceTime call between Tory and her dad both looking stunned.

I FaceTime my dad after every Vikings game. This was how we greeted each other after the chaos of today’s game ☺️🤣

Is this the spot where I’ll pick up my advocacy for #adoptees and the education of everyone else regarding adoption? We shall see ☺️🫰🏽