Adventurer!

So I started this blog a few years back. It’s taken me until now to actually get it up and running I’m excited to share that this blog is getting a full revamp and is getting chalked-full of exciting things!

As with all things, the more time we spend in practice, the better we get at it. I’m hoping that with time, my blogging abilities will get honed and refined, and that I’ll get better and better at bringing you the best information. I’m hoping that this blog is everything you’re hoping for and more in an adventure blog.

Why’d I name this blog “The Epic Be in Love With Life Blog”? Because life is full of both highs and lows, and I wanted to create a record that captures the spark of the highs, so that in times of mundane and boredom, or even in darkness, we can be reminded that life can in fact be lived to the fullest, and that it can be good, and that adventure is possible for all.

Other Life Updates: So I’ve decided to go into neuroscience and am running in that direction. I’ve been told it’s a marathon, not a sprint, but I’m so excited that it’s difficult for me not to want to get a running start. I decided that I wanted to become a neuroscientist when I was about fifteen years old and took a psychology class that included some of the basics of neuroscience. It sparked an interest in learning more on my own, and it seemed easy enough for me to understand. Plus I used to have these absurd, vivid, hyperrealistic film-length dreams, and wanted to be able document them and be able to show them to others, in the same way you’d show somebody a movie. I thought I could invent a technology that would take a reading of the electrical activity in the visual cortex of the occipital lobe of the brain, and convert it into a signal that could be read on a computer and translated into a movie for others to watch. I was also fascinated at the time by neuropeptides, a class of molecules responsible for signaling throughout the body (which I’m not yet knowledgable enough to speak about meaningfully). At the time, I wanted to know if these molecules played a role in addiction to emotional states, and also about their roles in learning and memory. Despite my fascination, I never pursued the field seriously, mostly because I didn’t exactly know what it would entail or whether or not I’d enjoy working in a laboratory, but also, deep down, I didn’t think I was capable of making it through all of the rigor it would take to get there. I owe it to myself to give this a chance. Neuroscience has been calling me for so long, it’s about time I answer the damn phone. I’m now most interested in Brain-Computer Interfaces, or BCI’s as they’re known in the field of neuroscience, as well as sensation and perception research. I’ve got a few sub-interests, and I’m confident those interests will get refined as it comes closer to the time to start a thesis, and designing my own research projects. I’m using the opportunity I have now, where I’ve got an abundance of free time to study independently. I don’t yet have my Bachelor’s degree, so there’s a quite a long journey ahead of me. As always, there’s so much to learn. And right now I get to learn Calculus (and Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Python, Linear Algebra, Quantum Stuff, Neuroanatomy, and more!) and build a solid foundation!

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