What is this website?
As you've probably guessed, this is my personal website. Welcome! I don't have much on it yet, but I'm hoping to add a lot in the coming months/years. The following quote summarizes my primary motivation for making this site:
The pessimist resembles a man who observes with fear and sadness that his wall calendar, from which he daily tears a sheet, grows thinner with each passing day. On the other hand, the person who attacks the problems of life actively is like a man who removes each successive leaf from his calendar and files it neatly and carefully away with its predecessors, after first having jotted down a few diary notes on the back. He can reflect with pride and joy on all the richness set down in these notes, on all the life he has already lived to the fullest.
Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
This site is where the leaves of my wall calendar shall be stored, so to speak, with relevant notes. Concretely, I plan to record different aspects of my life – personal projects, math I've done, thoughts, and life events – that I can reflect on going forward. The importance of reflection is twofold: appreciation of the past, and guidance for the future. I wish to look back on difficult things I've done, challenges I've overcome, and ways in which I've grown, and feel pride, joy, and appreciation for those things. I'd also like to be able to weave a coherent life narrative, using this site for organization, to help inform my values and make decisions for the future.