Dear College Freshmen, You are about to enter a new chapter in your young adult life. It's an exciting one, no doubt. But it can also be a time of uncertainty and many questions. That being said, here's some unsolicited advice that I wish 17 year old Sam knew when he started college. A big thank you to my friend Michael for his edits a...

Earlier this summer, I made a commitment with a friend to write a post every day. As anyone who has perused my feed even once may notice, I have not met my goal at all. In fact, I'm quite far from it. Sam from four years ago would have said the effort made was pathetic and miserable. I feel completely okay with this despite what may se...

Welcome to my Ted talk on the good, the bad, and the unexpected nature of memes. Please click on all links for complete understanding and context. Let's start with the good side of memes. As 10/10 Discord mods would probably say, memes have a variety of (health) benefits. Memes help us acknowledge the difficult parts of our reality; th...

"You don't know what that is???" Too often I faced this question growing up. It seemed that in my youth, there was a perpetual expectation to be omnipotent. Whether it was an esoteric cultural reference or some academic concept, it seemed that I was expected to know in order to fit in. No matter how trivial, if you didn't know, you wer...

Being intentional What different actions signal Time spent together strengthens bonds (obviously) Making an effort, give and take Samuel Kim

Many of my high school summers are marked with fond memories of me playing Minecraft and other Flash games with my brothers. While my parents were generally accepting of this practice, there was always the occasional remark that I should reconsider how much time I spent playing computer games. Some common responses in my parents' arsen...

Upon joining the ranks of wide-eyed freshman aspiring for illustrious internships at my university, I was quickly introduced to LinkedIn. When I first heard about it, I detested it. I loathed the superficiality of it and early college me immediately resolved to never touch LinkedIn more than necessary. I found it laughable seeing high ...

Since sophomore year, I've drastically cut down on my social media use. We are constantly connected with social media. We can message people any time we want, call whenever is convenient for us, and constantly see what people are up to. Social media makes it easy to forget the importance of quiet, or that there's no need to constantly ...

This past April, Nike released its first ever hands-free shoe, dubbed the Go FlyEase. As its title suggests, the shoe's wearer can slip it on or off with ease using a heel-locking mechanism, never having to stoop down to manually put it on themselves. Many initially praised the Go FlyEase as being a step forward both in fashion and for...

It's crazy to think I only have one year of college left. It seems like yesterday I was a freshman, combing my hair the wrong way and telling myself I'd earn a 4.0 GPA no matter what. Oh how naïve I was. Blunders aside, here are the five biggest lessons I've (re)learned as a result of my experiences in what was otherwise an unconventio...

Welcome to my little corner of the internet! Here, I make conjectures and quasi-definitive statements about the world based on my observations of the events in my life. Some might say I have no idea what I'm talking about. I say I'm figuring it out as I go. The idea of starting a blog has been a long time coming, and I've always been a...