But A Centralized Hub for Just About Everything I Need It to Be.

About

If you have known me for any amount of time, you can probably say at least one of two things about me:

1. I do not tend to say a lot unless around individuals or groups entirely composed of people I know pretty well. Even then, not a lot.

2. In written correspondence, I tend to be one incredibly wordy SOB. That is the English language for you. I only wish I could say I was able to write anywhere near as much for my academic papers.

Over the period ranging from January 2021 to January 2026, I typed roughly 2 million words across my notes app and various text documents on my computer. That is excluding anything and everything school or work related. Throw in all of the notebooks I have filled up... I do not want to know the total.

Much of it needs to go somewhere or towards something. Productive. Reflective. Something. Anything.

Metrics. Metrics are everything. At least that is what I have been telling myself lately.

At the start of 2026 I set out to do a great many things outside of my comfort zone. Some worked out pretty well. Others not so much. But the year is far from over, and time waits for no man.

One of those things I neglected the most was establishing the systems I need to hold myself accountable for how I spend my time.

With that growing sensation of every year progressing faster, certain aspects of how I spend my free time have become non-negotiable. I read for an hour a day. I learn languages for an hour a day. I realize that if I do not do these things and many others, I will never reach all of my goals in what little time a lifetime truly is.

I contemplated for a long time over what the best way to go about this would be.

I am only checking social media for 10-15 minutes a day, and anything there runs the risk of dragging me back into that dreaded, short-form content addiction. On a personal account, something like this would be subverting what the account was initially intended for. On a new account, it would invariably end up being about follows, likes, and views. YouTube would be much the same. Frankly, none of that is where I want my validation or dopamine to come from.

Growth comes from within, and I see too many people every single day who are stuck and make no meaningful steps to change. I see too many who never stop attributing fault to themselves or seeking that external validation.

Who embrace the helpessness of the times we have found ourselves becoming adults in. Who give up opportunities in the present stuck on some past that was never so great to begin with.

We cannot control the situation we are born into, or what others think of us, say to us, or how they treat us. We can control our opinion of others, our pursuits and desires, and what we avoid. Sometimes pursuit or avoidance seem like the right way forward — the only way. Letting go, reaching out, or, asking for forgiveness can be the hardest things.

This place serves many purposes for me: an archive of interests for me to revisit, a means of showing reflection and growth with some tangibility, and of course, holding myself accountable for getting things done. It is set up in a way to pester me with notifications. It is set up to reward me for finishing things and to make me feel bad when I do not. It is set up to push me to make next steps.

This site is ultimately designed entirely for me, but if one other person takes something away from it, then that can only really be a good thing.