About Mei
Hi, I’m Mei Tran.
I’m currently living and studying in Sydney.
And for as long as I can remember,
I’ve carried a quiet longing:
to find a place I could truly call home.
I was born in a small countryside town in Vietnam.
Later, I moved to Saigon for school during my teenage years.
And then, for university, I came here, to this bright, faraway city in Australia.
I’m grateful for the journey.
Grateful for the chance to experience life in many different places.
But somewhere along the way, I started to feel like I didn’t fully belong anywhere.
Like I was floating.
Half here, half somewhere else.
Everywhere, but never quite at home.
After some time living here, something softened.
Maybe it was the quiet mornings.
Maybe it was the warm light through my window.
Maybe it was learning how to listen to myself again.
I began to wonder,
what if home isn’t a place I have to search for?
What if it’s something I can come back to within myself?
And slowly, I began to believe
that maybe I am my own home.
OrdinaryMei came from that in-between space.
From the seasons of uncertainty.
From those days where everything on the outside looked okay,
but inside, I didn’t know what to do next.
I questioned what success really meant.
I wondered whether stability was truly what I needed,
or just something I was taught to chase.
I still don’t have all the answers.
But I’ve learned this:
I’m not alone in feeling this way.
And neither are you.
So if you’re here,
if you’re quietly figuring things out,
if your twenties feel messy and uncertain and a little too fast,
you’re not the only one.
This space is for you.
For your pause.
For your breath.
For your gentle return to yourself.
Welcome home!
With love,
Mei.