1 Year Plan – Writers House Review

Sue D. Nim

1. ~~Move to Chicago~~

Move out of the house

2. Move my furniture around so I can take mirror selfies and feel better about myself

3. Start taking mirror selfies

4. Improve my style

5. Buy new clothes

6. Buy new clothes

7. Buy new jewelry (Buy more clothes)

8. ~~Get a better haircut~~

Get a haircut

9. ~~Figure out if I can get dreads or locs~~

~~Figure out the difference between dreads and locs~~

~~Figure out who I am and what I want to be~~

Figure out if I can get dreads or locs (The hot guys on Instagram have them)

10. Decide if I’m black or not

11. Come up with a better answer than “Oh no, I’m Dominican” for when the toothless man at the bus stop asks if I’m black (Afro-Latino… does that really count? Does he really care? Do I?)

12. Be more Dominican

~~13. Listen to more salsa~~

~~14. Listen to more reggaeton~~

~~15. Listen to more dembow~~

16. Listen to more bachata (It’s my mom’s favorite)

17. Tell my mom I’m not who she thinks I am

18. Tell my mom I’m not who she wants me to be

19. ~~Talk to my dad more~~

Talk to my family more

~~20. Tell my family I’m not who they want me to be~~

21. Get an internship

22. Get more internships

23. Do more extracurriculars

24. Fill up my resume

25. Feel good enough for law school

26. Be good enough for law school

27. Decide if I want to go to law school

28. Look at the average annual salaries for lawyers

29. Buy some more suits

30. Watch Suits

~~31. Take a photography class~~

~~32. Grow my freelance soccer writing~~

~~33. Hone in on what in soccer I want to write about~~

~~34. Do a real piece (I want to write something that means something, not just thinkpieces that start discussion in a closed community that amount to nothing but entertainment)~~

~~35. Start my own soccer blog~~

36. Focus

Sue D. Nim is expected to graduate in 2026, with plans to major in Psychology and Economics with a minor in Philosophy. Originally from Linden, NJ, Sue D. Nim’s writing mostly revolves around sports journalism; however, he enjoys writing short stories (not poetry) in his downtime. Aside from writing, he enjoys soccer, chess, salsa, and arguing about movies.

This piece was written in a creative writing class taught by Professor Alyea Pierce. Pierce selected the piece for inclusion in WHR.