I am a lifelong learner. I feel like that would be the best way to describe myself. It is only through learning that we understand ourselves and the world beyond. Or I may as well be a someone who happens to be interested in a vast collections of subjects and think of myself as a lifelong learner to create my mini version of meaning to explain my world.

Not employed anywhere. But I am working on my own projects. I like to build my own stuff and (ideally) make money off of that. Some of my builds were successful. Most, not so. I've built Agora, an edtech project for creative writing education. Founded the project and sold it to a bigger educational company. I am still broke, though. Not that I don't have a penny in my pockets (I do, thankfully), but it's not an exit level. But, I didn't do Agora for money. I wanted some experience as a leader, builder, co-founder, employer, and literally any role that I would probably need in the future. Now still actively building it.

I could have been at college a long time ago. But I took gap years. Not one, but two. I needed time to figure out my path. I believe even if I had gone to an IVY league school two years ago, I would have been unhappy having gone on a path that I wasn't sure belonged to me. But am I happy now? Maybe. But I'd like to believe my current life is a peaceful one, not that capitalism is throwing a tantrum on me.

No. I am not saying going to college right away is a bad idea. It's contextual. Works for some, doesn't for others. I was in those "others." College has still a unique pull on me. College compresses the things I need to learn in the next decade into four years. Brings lots of networking and develops a work ethic. Depending on the school, it can also gift me a huge collection of Polaroids, a reminder of the most memorable four years of my lifetime.

I am going deeper with AI currently. Had my first-ever hackathon experience back in December of last year, which we happened to win with some funding. The project my friends and I showcased was Apollo, a plant diagnostics tool built on CNN. I gave the pitch. Three hundred people. A bit nervous, but it was fine.

To go even deeper with AI, I am doing a mini challenge that I call Vibecoding Ascent. I am replicating ten AI projects of differing difficulties, improving my math, reading papers, and watching podcasts. It will last 100 days, and by the end of it, I don't know what will happen. I figure I should just do it. Will update later.

I want to be at my physical peak. I've been weighlifting for more than a year. Also an avid runner, having marathon trips locally and internationally with friends at SilkStride. Sometimes I play tennis. The big one. Still mediocre. Need to improve my backhand.

That's brief about me. If you want to know more about my intellectual side, you can visit any of the pages from the navigation.