G: A Hitchhiker's Guide to This Blog

Welcome to this blog! This used to be a daily blog, hence the numbering system; it has moved to be a collection of posts which contain some of my favorite writing. Note that daily posting continues on a different platform—if you'd like access to that, please email me at az23@mit.edu. In any case, here's an even finer selection of some of the posts that I like the most, in chronological order:
  • [Jan 2018] C: Prologue: a prologue to a novella I wrote junior year
  • [August 2018] 1A: a reflection on missing RSI, anxiety surrounding college admissions and the start of my current daily blogging streak
  • [September 2018] 53A: political reflections on the Pledge, Christine Blasey-Ford, and identity politics
  • [November 2018] 112A: discussions about psychological concepts and a tired, tired poem
  • [December 2018] 129A: the establishment of a personal philosophy interweaved with a good day
  • [December 2018] 131A: getting deferred from MIT, and accompanying introspection
  • [January 2019] 1B: a poetry collection!
  • [February 2019] 204A: tears about "Bao" and loss of familial culture
  • [March 2019] 208A: reflections on a debate career possibly well-spent
  • [March 2019] 230A: a return to the anxiety which characterizes my everyday life
  • [May 2019] 272A: introspection on preparing to leave and choices made
  • [May 2019] 276A: reflections on FIRST Robotics, human interaction, and the Highlands Ranch shooting
  • [May 2019] 297A: saying goodbye (or perhaps hello?) to my home
  • [June 2019] 318A: moving myself from China to Boston
  • [June 2019] 322A: meeting best friends in just 24 hours at Presidential Scholars
  • [July 2019] 337A: thoughts about various colleges which I hadn't considered before
  • [July 2019] 343A: realizations halfway through an RSI which was not "mine"
  • [August 2019] 368A: reflections on the year, missing MIT, and Call Me By Your Name
  • [September 2019] 395A: two days into classes at MIT
  • [September 2019] H: a long response to a certain blog post written at 2 am
  • [September 2019] 417A: "Digital Anxieties"? More like actual anxiety.
  • [October 2019] 434A: a day in New York City
  • [October 2019] 446A: a family weekend day
  • [December 2019] 499A: thoughts on the end of the semester, and coming home for break
  • [December 2019] I: tackling life through the means of a good book

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