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“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”

Søren Kierkegaard

February 2026

Oh hey, did you miss me? 🙂

I’ve been swept up in a whirlwind lately. I spent the first half of the month on the other side of the world, and then spent the latter a bit bleary-eyed and slogging through a swamp of jetlag once I got back home. I’m writing this at the airport amidst a conference marathon (how did I think signing up for 3 conferences over a 2-week span was a good idea??).

February turned out to be quite the month! I traveled to Taiwan to see extended family and got the chance to explore Taipei, Alishan, and Taoyuan.

The plane had just taken off when I looked out the window, and I saw something incredible in the sky, noctilucent clouds over the sunrise with a hint of aurora! I couldn’t believe my eyes. I took it as a good omen of a path clearing in my life, as I’m finding lately that old things have been falling away to make space for new.

Looking back, I had many important conversations this month, ranging from why tomatoes on bagels taste better in the summer, to how do we exercise faith in our workplace. I also got to explore the other end of the Q for work.

…And that’s all I got! No spoilers but March has been good to me so far 😚

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