I've always been someone with big ideas and big plans. Against my better judgement, I also have a desire to share those ideas and plans with others. Allowing my imagination to run wild keeps me sane even as the stars which I strive for remain far out of reach. “Anything is possible,” I rationalize to myself as I dream. I know that's not actually true of course. That there are certainly more things that are not possible than there are things that are and that possibility, on the whole, is much less important than feasibility in the grand scheme of things. And yet, I can't help but to think about those things which I cannot grasp.

One of the most constant notions I've had, at least since I was in highschool, was to run a successful blog, although I try very hard not to use that word. It reminds me of soccer moms sharing cookie recipes or gardening secrets, and that is a group which I am far from associating with (but I do make delicious gingersnaps). I enjoy writing, but I've always felt that unless someone is reading it, there really is no point. Interestingly, I don't feel that way about art, math, or philosophy, but writing has always felt that way in my mind. I've tried many times in the past half a decade to share my thoughts online, never amounting to more than a few posts. Whether due to lack of motivation, my schooling getting in the way, or just not having enough to say, it always felt, feels, like the timing is off. Well I'm sick of waiting for the right time, so I'm just going to write and you can read if you'd like and that will be that.

As for me, since I'm sure you're wondering by now why you would care about anything I have to say, I don't really have a claim to anything at the moment. I'm not especially smart. My collegiate career is remarkably devoid of any eye popping extracurriculars, awards, or stellar GPA. I studied Mathematics (Pure, of course), but I'm currently working in an unrelated field. I enjoy reading almost every genre I can get my hands on — although I probably reach for Philosophy before anything else — and studying almost everything there is to study. My general belief is that humans are here to learn as much as they can before they die, and in reaching for that everything else falls in line.

I don't really know what or when I will write, because I am such a master-of-none and have so little time, but I hope it will give you something to think about when I do. I don't really like writing about myself, so that is all I'd like to say about me for now. I thank any of you still reading for getting even this far.

- Josh