June Favorites

Initial Note: I was trying to decide what kind of stuff I wanted to write here, and I feel like I could write to you, in a way that you like to hear from me, but I feel like that’s how we normally talk. I thought it might be cooler if I wrote about topics I think about when I’m thinking about whatever, and that would maybe give you more of an insight into me than just writing to you, which, at least verbally, you’re more familiar with.

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How to study on a day where you're not focused

The serene fog of the night was torn by his mad dash up the mountain. His eyes could just make out the silhouette of the tree that he raced towards. Would he be there? Surely nobody else could solve this problem. This news….well, there was no getting out of it now. Ugwei needed to know. “Master. Master!” Sheifu ushered out the words as he made his way up the final few steps of the staircase, leading to the Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom, which had just begun to bore the fruit that gave it fame across Eastern China.

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Idea recycling: I want to do something but I don't know what

Sometimes, you’re going to want to start something. I think it’s within our nature because we’ve started so much growing up - whether it was debate or WTFC, arduino chips or research projects - there’s a desire that at some point or another will pop up. So, you’ll think to yourself - “I want to do something. I don’t know what, but I want to do something.” You will stay up at night, frustrated, or you’ll spend an unnecessarily long time in the shower, waiting for a Eureka moment, for an idea to fall into your lap, for a hint of inspiration.

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