february 7th @ 1:00pm i got a call from brandon, and i picked up. "----- and ----- got into a car accident last night," - brandon in my...

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my flaws — i’m hella reactive sometimes. if i hear something i disagree with or something that hits my ego, i instantly get emotional and defensive. like i feel attacked and i wanna respond right away. i need to chill on that. instead of protecting my ego, i need to just listen, take it in, and reflect. not everything is an attack. i’m also way too competitive. i turn everything into a competition, even the smallest shit. i need to start doing things for me , not for validati

abundance of options after graduating. this is supposed to be a good thing. your world becomes your oyster and for the first time, you actually get to choose what path you take. that alone is a privilege. i know most people in the world don’t get this opportunity. this is literally what my parents came to america for. now it’s my turn to decide what i do with it. having unlimited choices is fucking scary. my entire life had structure. 17 years of school. one path. even colleg

things i accomplished in 2025: i graduated finished my internship at comcast got an offer from nbcuniversal as a data engineer started working at kruiz and helped launch the app + raise a lot of moolah things that happened in 2025: my last real goodbye to college. my last akpsi mixer at ucr, my college birthday party at the mu house — all the final “college” moments. the saddest part of the year: my brother, darien, passed away. i went to his funeral and helped his parents cr

2026 goals: keep gymming hard all year don’t get complacent. you’ve set yourself up really well, but don’t get lazy. stay ambitious, keep learning, and avoid burnout live in the present. enjoy the now stop overthinking don’t try to control or force things that are out of your control. don’t force life to look a certain way. you set it up right — now ride the wave for the next year or two get my family meaningful gifts as a thank you with my new salary(s) be down for things. d

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my speech at darien's funeral

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i love you darien

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