Dear god, I just looked up my resolutions for this year and I swear that I wrote this list more than just a year ago. How can one year feel so long? I truly can’t wrap my head around the fact that Black Panther and Into the Spider-verse (phenomenal movie, by the way) were both released in the… Continue reading 2018 in Review, 2019 Incoming
I always tell myself that I’ll make it through summer vacation focusing on writing, but I always forget that when I am spending summer with my family, writing becomes impossible. It’s just the wrong headspace. However, now I am in the States, independent and settled into my new home, and I’m ready to recommit. At… Continue reading A Return
People always speak of the calm before a storm, as if the storm is inherently unwanted, naturally undesirable. However, I love a good storm. The flash of lights, the crack of thunder, at times I crave it. Huh, why am I writing this again? This is supposed to be an update post. Hm. Maybe it’s… Continue reading Update: April Showers, Newfound Hours
I’m really not a fan of how fast time goes by now that I’m older. God, March already… life is so short. I would have assumed I was too young to feel memento mori, but I really feel it bearing down on me. Perhaps it’s all the tragedy in the news – children younger than… Continue reading Update: Getting the Hang of Things
Last November, on one particularly sleep-deprived night, I submitted a short story of mine to a competition. It wasn’t a polished work, and I hadn’t even read it over. I wasn’t entering to try and achieve anything – I was just being sleepy and impulsive. However, to my surprise, I made it to the Quarter-Finals… Continue reading A Little Confidence
I was under the impression that my schedule this semester was freer than ever, but now I have been forced to face the unfortunate realization that I do, in fact, have physical limitations. To be blunt, I am exhausted. I got out of paying a train fare the other day because I fell asleep the instant… Continue reading Update: Burnout
I was going to make a lengthy post, but I actually am not feeling up to it right now, so instead, here’s a simple list of my resolutions this following year: Since I had such success in removing tortilla chips (and really, chips in general) from my diet, I’ve decided to try reducing some other… Continue reading 2018
