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A review by nathansnook
You Are a Global Citizen: A Guided Journal for the Culturally Curious by Damon Dominique
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Just after the introduction, I realized I was not the target audience for this. If anything, I think Damon wrote this for his inner child, and for all the kids in the middle of nowhere that require a bit of wanderlust to AT LEAST get to the coasts of America.
I love Damon! Always have. Followed him from his days in LA, to France, and now to all the places he goes. And I like the guy because he actually takes the time in learning the language outside of all these travel youtubers who frame their narratives as "Living in So-and-So Place" or "So-and-So Diaries" and y'all, let's be real, that isn't living! Renting out an Airbnb for one or two months isn't living! It's, simply, tourism!!! But also, shameless plug, I've got a youtube channel come pull thru hehe.
But I was disappointed in this because the wine chats that I've enjoyed doesn't hit home in the writing. Perhaps writing isn't his craft and that's fine. He's a man of words, honest words, but best presented in his Ted-Talk kind of way. It's the presentation, the performance, the gesticulation in hand gestures that we best know him for.
But wine-chat questions here were lackluster. I've noted a few here that actually made me think twice about my own life:
- "𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘢 𝘻𝘪𝘨𝘻𝘢𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺𝘴."
- 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥?"
- "𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥? 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳?"
But even the content is lackluster. And I think because Damon was writing for the middle of America. And even then, I'm not sure those in the middle of America want/need globalization. Because it's culture that isn't culture for them. And I wonder how this bridge can be made.
If there's one thing I'll be taking home with me, it's this:
"𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰?” 𝘢𝘴𝘬, “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨?”
It's a good date question. Offers an opening, one more generous than the frame we've asked it in. Let's be real, Damon is so smart and sexy for this very question.
brb gonna use this ? on my next tinder date
I love Damon! Always have. Followed him from his days in LA, to France, and now to all the places he goes. And I like the guy because he actually takes the time in learning the language outside of all these travel youtubers who frame their narratives as "Living in So-and-So Place" or "So-and-So Diaries" and y'all, let's be real, that isn't living! Renting out an Airbnb for one or two months isn't living! It's, simply, tourism!!! But also, shameless plug, I've got a youtube channel come pull thru hehe.
But I was disappointed in this because the wine chats that I've enjoyed doesn't hit home in the writing. Perhaps writing isn't his craft and that's fine. He's a man of words, honest words, but best presented in his Ted-Talk kind of way. It's the presentation, the performance, the gesticulation in hand gestures that we best know him for.
But wine-chat questions here were lackluster. I've noted a few here that actually made me think twice about my own life:
- "𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘢 𝘻𝘪𝘨𝘻𝘢𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺𝘴."
- 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥?"
- "𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥? 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳?"
But even the content is lackluster. And I think because Damon was writing for the middle of America. And even then, I'm not sure those in the middle of America want/need globalization. Because it's culture that isn't culture for them. And I wonder how this bridge can be made.
If there's one thing I'll be taking home with me, it's this:
"𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰?” 𝘢𝘴𝘬, “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨?”
It's a good date question. Offers an opening, one more generous than the frame we've asked it in. Let's be real, Damon is so smart and sexy for this very question.
brb gonna use this ? on my next tinder date