Explanation behind the lame title

Compared to so many other people in the world, I've been given the good life. I was born into a financially stable household, grew up in nice communities, and just finished a B.S. in economics with the help of my parents. I'm very grateful that life wasn't more harsh.

Then again, even the luckiest people experience some dark moments of their own. These situations might be awful or composed of trite problems depending on your perspective. I hate to say my own high school to college years gave me the worst time of my life. I didn't manage my time, squandered opportunities to do well in all my classes, and experienced some turmoil in my most valued relationships. Couple each of those problems with my personality, and you have a situation featuring some bloke who is going to experience lots of hard knocks before figuring out how to manage and even enjoy his life. I won't go into details about what my problems were, but trust me when I say that I learned how to move on and focus on improving.

One piece of hard-won wisdom I gained is that I cannot simply be rid of all my problems while simultaneously improving myself in several dimensions. It takes patience, planning, humility, and optimism in knowing that happiness has a steep price that's worth paying. I want to travel, make a living as an economics researcher, and take care of the people I love. I set a pretty high goal for myself, but I will definitely get there. Traveling the road to success will be a matter of taking one step at a time.