Slow Blooming Is Still Blooming | Yutong Li | TEDxTCA Youth

In this talk, Yutong Li shares her journey from feeling trapped by the label of being a junior college student to gradually rebuilding confidence through further study, an exchange experience in Taiwan, content creation, internships, and graduate school. Her story reflects the anxiety many young people feel when they seem to be moving slower than others. She invites us to stop defining ourselves by one setback, step into new environments, and trust that blooming later—or more slowly—is still a valid and powerful way to grow. Yutong Li, also known online as “Li Baxi,” is a content creator and graduate student based in Beijing. She is currently completing her master’s degree at City University of Macau. Her journey took her from vocational college to a bachelor’s program, an exchange experience in Taiwan, and graduate school. Along the way, she interned at leading global companies and major tech firms, while building her personal media platform “Immortal Li Baxi” to more than 280,000 followers. Through her story, she reflects on academic anxiety, self-reinvention, and the turning points that helped her create her own version of bloom. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx