School has been going well in this breezy and atypical semester. I say atypical because I no longer feel like an undergraduate, I’ve happily passed that stage of stressing over courses and trivial, yet developmental things that we all go through during that experience. Which, is surely a good thing in this case.

I feel like I’ve learned many life skills that will help enhance the journey. I’ve also decided on a lot of things that I don’t want – such as an 8-5 job. Sometimes figuring out what you don’t want is far more important than finding your dream or calling at the age of young-twenties. A short-lived era in one’s life where opportunity often supersedes circumstances or fear. What a wonderful thing.

Fire dynamics, lecturing, and computational science are certainly for me. Now I just have to work on imparting that wisdom to others for the rest of my life and gain more insight by way of seeing more nature, living out diverse experiences, learning from and being with friends and strangers, and the other fantastic daily activities that we forget make up “life”.

Today I shall start eating as a vegetarian again. One year ago I did this: for 30 days. For this time, longer. How long? Who knows. Why? A whole slew of reasons: conservation, health, energy, concern, and to exhibit life.

Of course, this will not overshadow my learnings of MATLAB, my yearning to understand fire dynamics, my pursuit of free knowledge, my love for camping and the outdoors, or my thirst for progression. Plenty of room for that as well. In fact, this will only help those areas. I just want to keep challenging my true ideals in life and proceeding without any fear or hesitation.

Join me in something that matters to you – while you still can and still want to.

The sun rises and sets on us. I sit on a porch of many seasons: celebration, philosophy, dreaming, anger, and love all in the same day. In the midst of planning my days and feeling out those plans in living, I find myself inspiring some. It happens at the most odd times. That is the part I like.

I might guide a student or two for an hour and they will give a look of appreciation and understanding at the end that lets me know that I really helped him or her see the light. I might get an email from a close, distant friend and have it fill me with an unshakable joy. Or I might even inspire someone that I’ve never met with one of my odd mind-wandering posts.

Tasks, tasks, tasks. Enough already. Just let me do.

What I am certain of is that as each day passes I miss it more. I seek massive innovation and discovery in the next day, leaving my neurons salivating for more and more. Reducing distractions, bad humors, negative things, and material belongings has led to a stronger purpose – it continues. For tomorrow, I seek future fire science topics to ignite my intellectual goals, I seek insight into non-meat food for my well being with a decision, and I seek a peace that comes with a satisfying tidbit of literature. Only a year ago, I had no idea that I would seek these worlds or even have the ability to. So, let’s hang out and talk about life, this experience, and pushing one’s self. I’d like to. I’ll be here.

Thank you to those who inspire me.