Welcome

I have found that I like to keep track of what I am looking at, listening to, reading, eating, thinking about, and generally absorbing. Not because everything I encounter is important, but because I think the accumulation of these small things eventually becomes a record of who I am in this moment, what I am thinking about, and how it ultimately affects what I do and what I become.

This is kinda like a personal archive of my daily consumption and the things that stick with me. Whatever inspires me, teaches me something, makes me feel something, gives me an idea, or just catches my attention. I am interested in how these unrelated things begin to exist alongside one another, and in remembering what I was doing and consuming at this point in my life when I look back on it in the future.

Here I am sharing the things that shape ME!

I may also post essays/writings along with daily documentation.

EDIT: As of August 2026, I think I am switching over to Substack for all text-based work and thoughts…

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Intro

I am sitting in a cafe, eating the most flaky, crumbly croissant falling apart everywhere. It is a 45-degree sunny day in Chicago, which, after this winter, has me feeling like maybe there is a God after all.

I have recently been inspired to start a blog-type-style-page-thing to start and materialize the chaos overwhelming my brain. I have been procrastinating this idea for years because of deeply rooted imposter syndrome and thinking who the fuck cares, but I am working on not caring if you don’t care!

My goal with this page is to share things that I have encountered or consumed that inspire me, or enlighten me, or make me feel something at all! I assume that this page will lean towards playlists, art criticism, rants, lists in general, things I’ve learned and found interesting, and completely incoherent thoughts.

I have been thinking about making this on Substack and linking it here, but my indecisiveness has stalled me from creating anything for too long, so we are moving forward.

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