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GIVING MYSELF THE RIGHT TO CRY

May 3, 2019

A slightly altered version of one of my personal journal entries. I had no intention to share it when I wrote it, but now I do! I've dealt with a stigma that real men shouldn't show certain emotions and that's been unhealthy for me. Hopefully, this helps remove that stigma for some younger folks.


ANALYSIS OF MY PERSONAL JOURNAL OF FOUR YEARS

December 18, 2018

I've been consistently journaling since the start of my high school senior year (Sept 2014), producing around 337,000 words (or 320 pages of single-spaced 12 font) of unfiltered thoughts. This is a unique source of personal data that I used to reveal trends in my life that promote happier writing, which may be correlated with a happier life!


DIGEST - JULY 2017

July 22, 2017

An aggreagte post highlighting cool events, people, media, etc. that happened or I encountered recently and don't need their own note.


THOUGHTS ON STILL ALICE

July 14, 2017

In which I discuss how my decision-making process changed after reading one of my favorite books, Still Alice by Lisa Genova.


RUNNING

May 10, 2017

Ran my first marathon a few days ago. Thought it would be appropriate to write about what running means to me.


BUILDING NEXUS - A LEGAL MR. ROBOT USING DATA

March 5, 2017

HopHacks's (Spring '17) 2nd place winning project’s building process documentation. In collaboration with Darren Geng, Hugh Han, and Nikhil Kulkarni.


VENTURING BEYOND MY ANEMONE

March 4, 2017

Written during a time of immense personal insecurity and anxiousness, I reflect on my choice to switch pursuits to computer science and my goal to continually reflect on the past to perceive the present from the future. These thoughts are derived from a listening to Nemo Egg.