Website!

In this post I want to take the time to rationalize why I have created a website for myself. There really are not too many reasons for it, but they are strong enough or simple enough to motivate me to set one up. 

The main reason is that in my undergraduate studies I have been a student of professors who maintain their own website, even if it is often bare-bones. I note that they use it as a central hub for a lot of their professional work, whether it is a repository of research papers or a point of contact for students to contact them for various reasons. As someone budding into the field of computer science and mathematics, it feels natural for me to maintain some sort of semi-professional respository for myself, even if I may not have many projects or research under my belt (yet...) and may not share the exact same passions for working with my own personal projects as some of my peers may. As of writing this, I am 23 years of age, and have a lot that I am hopefully looking forward to. One big such thing is that I worry that I have not put too much focus into working on real-world projects and research, despite my affinity for it - I hope to give myself time to work on such things in the future, even if they aren't necessarily tied to a professional position. When I do get around to things like that, now I have a place to document it all! 

Another reason is that I do enjoy journaling, of sorts. I have worked before at a summer camp (INCREDIBLE experiences that I may write about here later), and there I learned the value of journaling to me - it allows me to preserve my memories a bit stronger, to force myself to take time to think about my day, and to sort through feelings, thoughts, plans, and more. There is a difference between journaling for personal use and for public use, however - for some reason, I feel some sort of will to allow others to see what's going on with me. I notice this even when journaling to myself - maybe it's motivated by security, or by just wanting my story to be known, or perhaps to allow myself to be motivated to actually do work with journaling. I am unsure of why I feel as if I want to post some writings publicly, but I know that I feel that way.  

These are the main reasons behind why I have chosen to make a website. I hope I can use this space to make something good at the very least, and that it may help motivate me to do more great things throughout life.