Day 16

"When you see somebody succeed at something, it's so easy to think
that everything was all sunshine and rainbows up to that point.

But when you start reading their biographies, you see it all.

Tears, humiliation, embarrassment, fear, giving up, doubts, worries.

It's all there.

And then you can see how that all tied in to where they are today.

You can see those invisible connected strings.

And then you realize that's the story we all share.

It's the story of the human spirit.

To experience all that crap and to overcome it anyway.

And to pass those stories on to the next generation to help guide their way."

- Brian Kim MIT of February 6th, 2013


Up at 4:22 AM. Stopped eating by 5:30 yesterday. I feel alright, even though I did not get to sleep in as early as I would have liked. I probably fell asleep around 10:30. I am alright though. Today is day 16 and there are eight more days of my Junior Two semester.