I have put this off for far too long, but like one would, on a random Wednesday, I have decided to finally start writing. I’ll admit I’ve been nervous about doing this for years, despite my friends' consistent persuasion.

For the past year, I’ve been at grad school at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, with a perpetual deadline (or ten) looming over my head. I've met and worked with some incredibly talented people and it has been enriching in more ways than I can count, but I am realizing that I haven’t taken a minute to process any of it. So, this is my attempt to slow down (once every few weeks, if I stick to my word). Consider it my way of trying to make sense of everything I am thinking/learning/confused/curious about. I promise this will be deliberately rough and unfiltered. I plan to force myself to become comfortable with sitting in mediocrity.

I don’t know how interesting this is going to be to read for anyone else. I’m curious to see what these ramblings are going to (d)evolve into, and if you made it this far, my apologies. But, here goes.

(P.S. I’ve been told that I use brackets a lot, so you might see them make too much of an appearance)