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Filter by tag (any match) and sort by date or grade. Graded by my critical self, out of 100.

10 posts tagged Thoughts

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How I Built This Website0/100
A storyboard, a weekend, and a lot of arguing with a language model about spacing.
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A Letter From My Younger Self (2016)88/100
An article I wrote as a high school junior, republished in full, annotated with a decade of context attached.
A Letter To My Younger/Older Self (2026)12/100
The other direction. Writing forward instead of annotating backward, to the kid who wrote that article and to whoever reads this in another ten years.
Analyzing My Own College Essays90/100
Going back to the essays that got me rejected from most UCs and talking about it. (I'm half joking, it was mostly my poor high school grades. I think these essays were stronger than my transcript.)
Why I Financed My Car80/100
The opportunity-cost math behind financing instead of paying cash, and where that money went instead.
My Thoughts On Grad School65/100
What two degrees at UC Davis actually taught me, and what I'd tell someone deciding whether to go.
My Powerlifting Journey25/100
From a first meet as a teenager to #1 national ranking, and what the sport has taught me about discipline.