Entry 02
Most of this did not begin as a plan. It began as things I kept noticing.
The projects are only one kind
of footprint.
Entry 03
What happens when a question leaves the notebook?
Lectures, side projects, half-finished notes, and the slow feeling that economics was less a subject than a way to notice things.
Field note: economics, notes, and unfinished ideas
Entry 04
Do ideas matter if nobody hears them?
Talking to people changed the shape of the idea. Some rooms were awkward. Some were loud. All of them were real.
Field note: student election rooms
Entry 05
What happened to the late-night tabs?
Not polished at first. Mostly messy scripts, strange models, and enough curiosity to keep opening the laptop.
Field note: things I built
Entry 06
What does discipline look like when nobody is watching?
That eventually led to Trinity Grade 5 Distinction. Mostly, though, it was repetition: the same few bars, again and again, until they sounded a little less forced.
Field note: classical guitar
Entry 07
What happens if I leave home?
Work and Travel in the United States. Uniforms, strangers, bad sleep, practical problems, and ordinary days that felt larger because they were far from home.
Field note: work and travel usa
Entry 08
What does independence feel like before it becomes a story?
Boardwalk lights, practical problems, and the kind of learning that does not ask for permission first.
Field note: Atlantic City
Entry 09
How big can the world feel in one afternoon?
A day of looking up, walking too much, spending more than expected, and feeling very small in a useful way.
Field note: new york
Entry 10
What happens when a language stops being only sound?
At first it was just unfamiliar shapes and sounds. Then a few words stayed. Then a few sentences did.
Field note: korean notebooks
Entry 11
The lab is one drawer in the notebook. It is where the market questions, scripts, and reports ended up.
Entry 12
I picked up a guitar. It became part of life. Before models and dashboards, there were slow passages, repeated badly, then a little less badly.
Classical guitar
Trinity Grade 5 Distinction
Practice notes
Quiet repetition
Entry 13
What does practice look like before anyone hears it?
The music part of the story is not a trophy shelf. It is a lot of sitting down, starting again, and hearing the same mistake until it changes.
Field note: practice, performance, and recital photos
Entry 14
What happens before the audience sees anything?
Concerts and events became part of life too. Cables, timing, small problems, people moving quickly, and the strange calm of work that has to happen now.
Field note: concerts, events, backstage work
Entry 15
What happens outside the plan?
It was not a career plan. It was something that happened. A room full of people making a scene look natural, even though almost nothing about it felt ordinary.
Field note: music video and background acting
Entry 16
Was America only a trip?
Atlantic City, night shifts, daily life, photos, small errands, and the feeling of figuring things out without the usual safety rails.
Field note: atlantic city, new york, daily life, work
Entry 17
Economics
Started as classes. Became a way to notice incentives, markets, and ordinary choices.
Guitar
A long stretch of repetition, sore fingers, and Trinity Grade 5 Distinction.
Things I Built
Messy scripts, tabs, dashboards, and notes that turned into tools.
Work & Travel USA
Atlantic City, night shifts, daily routines, and learning by being far from home.
New York
One day of walking too much and looking up more than usual.
Korean
Started learning the language. Slowly, sounds began to separate into words.
Events And Sets
Concert work, backstage rooms, a music video, and background acting.
Entry 18
Not a clean storyline. Just economics classes, guitar practice, late-night tabs, Korean notes, event rooms, set days, Atlantic City shifts, New York walking, and a few tools made because the questions stayed around.