In this post, I want to bring the skill of reading back into the critical-thinking space in your mind.

Because it is a skill.  

Note: This is article is me trying to articulate my realisation that I can't sit by on the sidelines and watch these things happen, I need to act. It lacks nuance, and it's not got any answers.

It's a bit simplistic, melodramatic and emotional, but hell, so am I. I hope it resonates.

Following on from last week - Questions such as “What should I do with my life? What would make me happy? Am I making the right choice right now?” Aren’t fun. They’re scary to think about.

But they’re not dangerous to think about.

Symptoms can vary from:

1. A creeping feeling that something is wrong.

2. Finding yourself thinking that you have departed from the correct narrative. You are further surprised at this as you previously hadn't thought much about the concept of determinism. 

3. Feeling that you have made a huge mistake, and you must act drastically soon. 

One of the things I’ll remember most fondly from Cambridge are my supervisions with Bob Dillon. He’s a brilliant teacher and, of all the people I met in Cambridge, I was most awed by his intelligence and thought processes. This guy does between eight to ten hours of physics/maths supervisions back to back, each and every day....

This post is unlikely to be gut-bustingly funny or deeply thoughtful -  It’s an indulgent collection of some of my most precious memories from my university experience over the past 3 years. Much like stumbling upon someone’s collection of mementos, you might find some of them amusing, intriguing or perhaps odd...