Getting better one day at a time
Failing at Math In the spirit of full disclosure, I completely failed at my goal this month. I wanted to at least get through one section of the Khan Academy course on calculus. But, I got up to the point of reviewing trigonometry and the …
I really love music and it’s something I always wanted to be good at but never put the time and effort into. So, this month I am going to try to teach myself the basics of piano. It’s funny because my cousin majored in music …
Since I will be starting my senior year of classes today, I wanted to take this time to reflect on my experiences and the college experience in general. Looking back, I feel like I wasted so much time. There were nights I spent just getting …
In my last post, I talked about what I’m worried about for the coming school year. Getting all those thoughts down on paper and out of my head was very cathartic for me. But now, I want to talk about confronting those worries in a …
I’ve come to realize that the most destructive thing about worry is keeping it bottled inside your head. Where is can continue to swirl around. Like laundry that’s been in the washing machine too long and is beginning to sour. It’s much better to get …
As my senior year is fast approaching, I have been thinking a lot about my overall college experience, graduation, and trying to find my first full-time job. In an effort to talk these thoughts through, I had a conversation with my recently graduated friend, Anne, …
In June, I tried to create a regular habit of reading. You may recall that that didn’t go too well. I ended up only reading one book. But, the goal of the project wasn’t just to read more in June, but to create a habit …
So, last fall semester I was thinking about taking some classes in computational linguistics (think the programs that make Siri and Alexa work or give you the autofill function in Gmail). The thing is you need some solid math skills for these classes. So, I …
Running Away, Running Towards Since middle school, I’ve struggled on and off with intrusive and depressive thoughts. Eventually, after some indeterminate period of time they would always go away. I would feel unburdened and like myself again. But at the back of my mind there …
is to slowly chip away at it. Expect failure but keep going anyway. Like with exercise, to get good at anything, you have to put in your reps. You have to push until you think you will give up and then give that extra 5%, …