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 Welcome to my blog!

My name is Hussayn. I am 23 years old and I have many goals. I am very ambitious, but sometimes I have so many ideas in my head that it makes it hard to decide where I should be focusing my energy. Writing often helps provide clarity. Thus, one of my goals for 2023 is to write more. I started this blog as a tool to help me achieve that goal. I used to make fun of my friends who majored in STEM for their writing skills, but I realized that even though I come from the writing-heavy discipline of philosophy, if I don't use it, I'll lose it. I have zero intentions of making money from this, but if it happens, I won't turn it away. I'll try to post at least once a month, either a sporadic rant getting feelings off of my chest, or an academic analysis of some reading or philosophical concept I find interesting. Some of my first posts will probably be rewrites of papers I wrote during undergrad that I feel decently proud of. I'm not even sure how many people will read this (maybe none?), but if anyone's out there, I hope you enjoy!


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