Owen Chang
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | California, United States |
| Introduction | I was born in New York. Shortly after, I relocated to Arizona. It was here, as my classmates would discriminate me for my heritage, that I struggled with my identity as an American. Fortunately, I was able to make friends through my excellence in chess, and became chess champion. At 13, I moved to California. My first job involved store maintenance and polishing guitars at a local music shop in Stockton. This is where I picked up the love for guitar, and eventually became a professional in the Bay Area; touring mostly in San Francisco with a rock group known as Paper Planes. Also while in NorCal, I graduated with a BA in Psychology at UC Berkeley. It was there that I discovered Olympic-style taekwondo through the UC Martial Arts Program. I earned my black belt, beginning as a white belt freshmen year. Despite my late start, fighting as a black belt, I won 11 medals in three weight classes at national, state, regional and collegiate championships. I now live back home, after traveling for business to various parts of the country and the world for a decade. My current endeavors/interests are trading, investing and introspection. |
| Interests | Self development, travel, guitar, music, art, martial arts, cooking, eating well, meeting people, increasing cashflow, helping others, adding value |
| Favorite movies | Belle Epoque, The Matrix, Vanilla Sky, Big Fish & Begonia, Star Wars, and many more... |
| Favorite music | Rock [80's], blues, jazz [bebop], R&B, baroque, classical, dance, ambient, acid jazz |
| Favorite books | Inner Engineering by Sadhguru, 12 Rules to Life by Jordan Peterson, De Ira by Seneca, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay, Tao De Ching by Lao Tsu, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, Erroneous Zones by Dr. Wayne Dyer, The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, among many more... |