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There are some things which I feel are like rites of passage, in that people start doing them once they become adults, or once they reach a certain point in their careers or personal lives.
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There are some things which I feel are like rites of passage, in that people start doing them once they become adults, or once they reach a certain point in their careers or personal lives.

a post on self-love / becoming more confident in yourself / growing to appreciate yourself more

and trying to be a more normal person

I was really happy yesterday for some reason.

To be honest, I haven’t really had a life this year.

I haven't been proud of myself in 2 years

For this whole winter trimester so far, I’ve basically just been spending all my time on problem sets, using the occasional free hour to (unproductively) relax, and feeling guilty whenever I’m not working on problem sets because of the possible implications on my grades, even if it’s to self-reflect like this or work on CMM.

Running the Caltech Math Meet

Two main feelings, although quite opposite, intertwine:

You grow up as a human in a forest civilization. Everyone around you is happy and content with their hunter-gatherer lifestyle — living for simple things such as finding and eating food together, singing and dancing, and telling stories.