first post

It's been a long time since I've blogged (2+ years, maybe, more like 5 or 6 regularly), but I've been inspired by reading blogs of everyone's adventures.

This month marks a lot of firsts for me (first job [i'm not going to count UROPs], first foray into consulting, first month as President [-_-], first time trying to read the Bible in a year, among others) so it seems fitting to start a blog to document it.

I guess I'll start off with some of my resolutions/goals for the year. As I'm basking in the delight of not having anything to do for a couple hours, maybe this'll get super long as I recount my first week too. But first things first...

1. Read the Bible in a year. This is something that I've wanted to do for forever, and I'm actually really excited to be doing it. There's a group of people at MIT who are all doing it together, including a few people I know (we're keeping up a blog and posting every day). The plan we're using has built-in "free days," which is awesome because I'm already two days behind (but hopefully by the end of the month I'll be all caught up!). Hopefully doing this and settling in at a church will help me with my next goal, which is...
2. Figure out who I am and what I want to do with my life. Whew, this one scares me. I've realized more and more that I don't really know who I am. I just kinda feel like a conglomeration of all the different activities I'm in and friends that I have. I have a lot of responsibilities this year, but I hope that I can use those opportunities to learn more about myself and really figure out what's going to make me happy. This feels particularly pressing because of graduation looming only 1.5 years away. Leaving the cocoon that is MIT and going out into the world... *shudder*
3. Have no regrets. Not that I won't make mistakes, because I do and I will. But just knowing that I'm doing my best and that's the best I can do, and no one (most importantly me) can ask for anything more. Part of this is being honest with myself (and hopefully others too, though I'm not sure how much I want to post on a blog as of yet). Oh well, I'll figure it out along the way...

Happy New Year, everyone! (a week and a half late) Hope it's a great one-- :)