Welcome! There should be a cave emoji here… but I am… so lazy

There also isn’t a cave emoji on Apple devices… that makes it require significantly more effort. Obviously you should cut me some slack here.

Lazy was my nickname in middle school (actually it was perezoso, which is also why my favorite animal is a sloth), so you really shouldn’t expect much from me here.

In middle school, I really enjoyed the idea of being “talented, smart, and lazy,” which unfortunately means that I quickly became “talented, lazy, and an idiot.” I’ve spent the better part of 10 years (and counting) trying to fix that now, the results of this effort will vary GREATLY depending on who you ask.

I’m a huge proponent of trying things and sucking at them, particularly because I spent such a big portion of my life terrified of disappointing my parents. I didn’t discover the joy in genuinely trying your hardest and sucking ass until I graduated college.

What the hell is all this cave talk for?

I really like Plato’s allegory of the cave. After first learning about the allegory, I tried to find podcasts (the veritable and bonafide greatest source of information™) discussing the cave so that I could learn more about what smart people had to say about it. I came across the allusive Plato’s Cave by Jordan Myers, a really cool guys getting his PhD at USC. He starts every episode with “let’s take another step towards escaping the cave,” a reminder that really resonates with me – every day opportunity to challenge ourselves, learn more, and remind ourselves that our worldview is limited!

Additionally, my instagram bio for as long as I can remember has been “professional troglodyte.” I am at my core an introvert that yearns for the life of a hermit, despite my parents teaching me how to be an extrovert (post on this to come). More than anything I just think troglodyte is a funny descriptor for myself, so it has stuck remarkably well.

This website is therefore “cave themed,” as a reminder to myself that every log is a new section (room) in the cave. The more I write about, regardless of the content, the more clearly I’ll be able to map out my own cave. The more I’m able to map out, the closer I’ll get to one day, finally, escaping the cave.