Hello World! Is there ever a more appropriate or trite first to anything? If there is, I am not aware of it.

I've been using the internet as long as I've had access to it. I have lived through and participated in Web 2.0 and the earliest days of social networking with Makeout Club and Friendster, but never before now have I had a personal website or blog (do people even still have / read these?). In the past I toyed with the idea of creating one, but I never felt I had anything important to say. The fact is: I still don't, but for the first time I feel that's okay.

I recently realized that much that I do professionally goes unnoticed and unappreciated, and that point of view is subsequently adopted by me. As a result, over time I forget the epiphanies, struggles, and triumphs of my mundane work life and never fully appreciate the small things and the lessons and experiences I should take from them. Through this blog, I plan to document the trivial things that keep me up at night and the brief moments of exuberance I experience when learning something new or accomplishing something. For me, these lessons, realizations, and feelings are often fleeting, and I hope documenting them will find new appreciation from my future self.

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print("Hello World!")