The art of the side quest, and why time is ticking by faster
It’s not a good idea to go out alone hiking at night. There might be bears. But maybe the only bear that night was me. (And trust me, this has everything to do with time flying by!)
Have we forgotten the joy of creation?
The joy of holding your creation in your hands – have we forgotten that in our relentless pursuit of the ‘right’ answer?
Turning the calendar back to 2016
Nostalgia is a rite of passage when growing up. But when an entire generation starts developing it, you might start wondering: are there deeper factors in play? And why 2016, specifically?
Freshman year: On falling down, over and over again
I’ve learned from freshman year that I don’t think I know how to live. So, is that it? Have I fallen off from the ambitious, all-star champ I was in senior year of high school?
Why didn’t anyone tell me the doors would still close?
Why didn’t anyone tell me, even after I’ve managed to do the impossible and enter the big doors of MIT, that the doors inside would still slam in my face?
I was a lighthouse keeper this summer
In this, oh so cruel and fast world, maybe the lighthouse was the only place circlin’ all ’round the sun where time seemed to have stopped.