My Garden
Welcome to my Digital Garden. A collection of notes that’ll eventually bury me. I mean it quite literally, since anything that I write will be planted here. Sure, I may tire– but the only thing that’ll change would be my content.
Let the record show that I am 17 at the time of writing this. Let the record establish my commitment to this garden, one that outlive me. It’d be nice if I died of old age, but life is a series of battles– a war. Who said that it’s a moral one, since I’ve been fighting from my birth. Be it short or long, I shall grow this garden with my life as its everything.
With death comes oblivion– to be forgotten entirely. I can’t remember my own death, so let me make something of it. People are fickle, so I’ll create an entire path– so my efforts don’t go in vain. I want to leave a legacy behind, so let me write this path into effect.
I wrote that to live is to move. Each keystroke is a movement, making this garden a proof of my life. Not for you, but for me. My word is my bond, so while I may stray– I have to live up to the artifacts of my past.
The word ‘Death’ is mentioned in my essays 430 times, counting this instance. I’d say that death is sacred to me, but I’ve made too many jokes about it– it’d question my faith. Still, I cannot understate the weight it holds on me.
Life is fragile, yet some of us haven’t realized how fragile it is. Not all lives are equal and some deaths are ugly. You know, when a person starves– they don’t feel empty. Instead, their stomach becomes cold as it aches for sustenance.
Life is a series of choices, and if I made the wrong one– I wouldn’t be writing today. It’s too easy for me to die. Any action I commit to has the chance of being my last one. But, hypotheticals are the grave of potential– a burial that I reject.
If I am to be buried, then let this garden be my final stop before it’s time to meet my maker.
Why did I switch to a website?
Back in Thoughts-1, I wrote that I would eventually make a website for my writing. As of 05-23-2026, I’ve completed this goal to a publishable standard.
After all, what sort of self-respecting writer would be content to publishing their essays on social media. I’ve already poured all of my effort into writing, so I can’t invest the same amount of time in my presentation.
There’s also the matter that my slides had minor inconsistences whenever I published. You may not notice it, but each slide has slightly different formatting. It’s an itch that I could only tolerate until now, so I’m glad I don’t have to look at that eyesore anymore.
Above all, I am a Computer Science Major. I just needed time to find a way to do this, since there’s so much more I can do with a website. A part of being a CS major is using other people’s code, so most of what you see is the result of that.
My sense of shame is intact and the watermark at the bottom of this page says it all. Changelog keeps track of everything that I’ve actually done to make this website my own, since I should be able to do this much. If I can’t, might as well switch majors and become a full-time writer.
For those of you allured by numbers, this spreadsheet keeps track of my statistics when it comes to writing.
There’s a theme toggle in the top-left corner and a graph view on your right. The graph view is a visual map on how all of my essays are connected with each other. It’s essentially a spider web that I’ll be reinforcing in the future.
That’s pretty much all I have to say for a starter page. I won’t be congratulating you this time around since it’s basic courtesy.