there are somewhat important things i need to write about but i am struggling to figure out how to communicate them so in the meantime you’re getting this post 😐  some links: i’ve been trying to tweet more often. here's my profile. i’m not sure about the extent to which i want more followers; if … Continue reading general update

one of my housemates either uses a strong variety of toothpaste, or a lot of normal toothpaste. the fragrance illuminates the restroom and i feel safe, sometimes even rejuvenated, when i enter. me, the person who feels too threatened by the microbes in the bathroom air to leave their toothbrush out by the sink! who … Continue reading breathe

i thought a bit about changing what you want and concluded it probably is not actually that difficult:  i lived with people who cared about doing personal projects for two months in truchas, and ended up caring about side projects, despite never having done any before; i still care about this todayat mit last year … Continue reading choice

i got somewhat behind on writing so this post is sort of brainless and still about the end of march + beginning of april on saturday 3/27 our house attempted to invite everyone we knew in new york to a (masked, outdoor) gathering in central park. so i messaged a bunch of new york people … Continue reading lots and lots of people

I. the last time i visited central park alone, in the fall of 2019, i mostly just cried a lot while looking at trees and people. it was where i realized i was clinging too strongly to high school and that i was finally ready to stop, and so i did now it’s march of … Continue reading the park

(note: i don’t claim to be an expert in this topic, and none of this is “advice”; it’s just me listing things i’ve done. i’d want to learn about the psychological ramifications of each topic i discuss here, but i’m not sure if there have been any legitimate scientifically-controlled studies on this stuff) i’ve made … Continue reading i still hear your voice in the traffic

two sigma summer internships got virtualized which i know some people are upset about, but honestly i’m pretty happy with this because now i get more flexible work hours and can potentially live wherever instead of in their intern housing 🙂 and i was fairly worried an in-person internship surrounded by finance people would convince … Continue reading you can’t go home again

people have been asking why i’m learning psychology, so here is an overview of some ideas i’ve been thinking about. all of this is extremely speculative and i’m mostly just looking for feedback of any kind (critiques, comments, references, collaboration requests, etc). the general theme is that we have lots of undesirable thought patterns, and … Continue reading psych speculation

this is just a lot of mostly independent paragraphs ved gave me $500 under the condition that i’d return it if he achieved his monthly goals (which he did). we also settled on an additional deal where i could invest his money and he’d assume 50% of the gains or 25% of the losses, though … Continue reading general update

(this is a fairly opinionated post) after introducing myself a lot lately — in conversations with new coworkers and classmates and project collaborators, in text boxes for online platforms like lunchclub and datamatch, and so on — i’ve noticed that i no longer know how to do intros in a way that facilitates understanding maybe … Continue reading understanding