hello world (of creativity)

hello, world!
(nerdy computer science joke)
I just wanted to say it's roughly been 4 years since my friend Tony and I started this blog during my first year of medical school. As you can see we didn't go really far. But today I was reading a simple article and it mentioned how a key part of happiness in life is to be a creator rather than a consumer. we consume things like food, news updates, clothes but instead, we should be creators! We should create art, memories, connections, projects and honestly that touches so close to my heart, actually, I was just thinking about how cool it'd be to build a giant craft desk in my bedroom which I can use to create gadgets, crafts, art, supplies, basically anything really!.

You know, on a similar note, earlier today I was reading a letter I had written to one of my close dear friends back in undergrad and I realized that my style of writing has SIGNIFICANTLY changed since back then. The huge difference is that now all of my writing has become precise, focussed, grammatically correct and effectively boring. In essence, my writing has become extremely linear. However, when I compare how I used to write, I was much more creative, tangential and humorous. I really think that either being in the medical field, a world full of algorithms and rules and very strict codes of conduct has led me to become a much less impulsive free-thinker and life has become so boring because of it. I think my behaviors reflect that everything has become so calculated and guided. And don't get me wrong, I've always been a calculated and self-guided individual, but it seems that as age or experience develop and the deeper I find myself in medicine, the less I am able to exert my sense of creativity. Everything is all about efficiency and productivity. I can't remember the last time I wasted time by just throwing a ball around with friends or just doing NOTHING. even my excursions have become extremely productive, hitting all the top local favorites and making sure not a second is lost. I think that's great and all, but it's terrible for the mind to always be on this mode. I need more creative outlets in my life. I have always loved writing, it's a fantastic medium of exchange and it allows a very unique and beautiful form of self-expression and sort of lens into the mind and so I set back to the keyboard and enter into this journey of creativity and reflection of though once again. I highly doubt anyone is reading this but you absolutely never know.

And in the spirit of the title of this blog, I hope you all the happiest monday, remember - rinse and lather!

Andrew is back