Upholding The Ideal
Setting ideals, stacking bricks, and taking photos. Enjoy. (From TSS #93)
You Never Regret 'Doing The Thing' | TSS #76
Self-reminders about taking difficult steps, great podcasts about dating and personal growth, and crazy good songs.
2022: A Chapter of Choice and Change
A piece on Gratitude, Work, and Questions. A year of struggle has given me a new path. This will be a long one. Buckle up.
Life is Cruel, and Life is Beautiful.
A late-night scribble about Life. Wonderful. I'm glad to be alive.
I’ll Never Stop Writing, Creating, Documenting.
A brief extract from something that I wrote last September, reflecting on lockdown and my intellectual growth - the beginning of a personal era of reflection and recording.
Audio Log 6: On Seeking Discomfort
A short rant about my own habits and mindsets., mixed with a critique of our current norm of avoiding discomfort. Get the hell up and get back to work.
Audio Log 5: On Finding Balance, Socialisation, and Mindset
A very long, late night ramble on my recent thoughts about socialising, aspirations, emptiness, and balance.
Living Stories: Interactivity and Storytelling in Video Games
A deep dive into storytelling in games, and the nature of ‘collective imagination’ in shaping our realities. This is a long one.
Audio Log 4: Journalling, Friction, and Other Things
An extra rambly entry where I chat about gratitude journalling, buying a guitar stand, and meaningful socialisation.
Audio Log 3: On the Value of Creativity
A longer, even more unstructured and free-flowly chat on my recent realisations about the Creative Process. Assignments, creativity, excitement - just a complete jumble of thoughts. Enjoy.
Audio Log 2: Learning Hard Things
Second log already. Free-form ramble on how learning things is meant to be hard. Things are meant to be frustrating. Its our way to grow.
Audio Log 1: Rambling and Beginnings
Trying something new: A new series (?) of audio journals, ranging from short, 1 minute thoughts to longform rambles.
Updates and Thoughts
Haven’t published in a while. Some very brief updates on what I’ve been doing and thinking.
Hooked on the Game: Instagram and a New Form of Social Media ‘Addiction’
Reflections on social media, art, and a new form of addiction.
On ‘Restlessness’: Thoughts and Reflections
A very quick reflection on the ‘State of Things’ recently - mentally, physically, creatively, professionally. A small piece to rewind and unwind, to unpack some thoughts and briefly touch on what’s been going on in my head.
Accountability Systems
Here I ponder the principles that create effective Accountability Systems, to slowly but surely reclaim our time and progress towards our goals. I don’t have all the answers, but here’s what I’ve theorised so far.
How My Grades Improved After I Stopped Caring About Them
Pretty lengthy piece on my new approach to university and education as a whole. An internal monologue sparked by certain recent realisations, increasing academic performance, and an incredible R.C Waldun video.
Constructionism and the Renaissance Man
How do we actually learn things? Did you ever truly understanding the things you learnt in school? I explore and reflect on what it means to genuinely understand something, sparked by an intriguing episode from Not Overthinking.
Life in Lukewarm Water
‘Fear is the Mindkiller’. A verbose reflection on a life of safety, of comfort and inaction; a life in Lukewarm Water.