First post.

Hi there. This is my first post in this blog. In fact, it’s the first piece of writing that I have ever published online, ever. While I have done writing before, mostly in school, I have never written anything with the intent of putting it somewhere where it’s free for everyone to see. I don’t know what has stopped me before – probably laziness or some unconscious notion of not being comfortable with having thoughts being exposed in the open. But I figured: why not push my boundaries and see what happens? So here it goes – welcome to my blog.

I’m thinking it might be appropriate for me to introduce myself here on the blog. I’m a 20 year old male currently living in Sweden. I am due to start studying at a university in Scotland in a few months, which means I’m going to be put in a situation I've certainly never have been before. Hopefully I’ll be experiencing a lot of things I've never experienced before – exciting. As for my situation at this moment – I’m working some low-wage jobs while waiting for my last summer vacation before university to kick off. I have an itching feeling that this summer is going to be the last part of an era in my life (cliche, I know): with me going abroad in a couple of months, I feel like me and my closest social circle will inevitably drift apart. I realize this is something that’s probably very common – not a positive thought still.

Enough with this boring format of first posts! The next entry will be more in line with the general idea I have for this blog – short to medium length entries focusing on thought-provoking or interesting topics mainly focusing on the areas of learning from a novice’s perspective, computer science, video games and tidbits of debate-friendly topics snapped from the current news stream. See you next time!