• Who am I?

    I am Qrystal; or at least, that's my dot-name! Har har. (My name is really Crystal, but that's not as internet-searchable; hence, switching the C for the little-used letter Q.)

    I am here because I enjoy writing. I do this mostly for myself, but I also have a passion for helping others learn things from the things I write. Now that I am done my Ph.D. in Physics, I am stepping away from academic research so that I can indulge in some creative ways to share my knowledge and inspire the appreciation of scientific thinking in others. I am also working as a tutor, which is one of the jobs I've most enjoyed doing in my life so far.


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    • My Mind on my 30th birthday

    Posted by Qrystal on December 1, 2008 at 4:23.
    Category: Life. Tags: .

    I keep thinking about the future, and what I will be doing in it. I contemplate the things I will do for income, and the things I will do with the income. I want to work to live, not live to work! I want to enjoy my work. I want to follow the crazy ideas I keep coming up with, and testing to see which ones “catch”!

    I want to write, and yet it is writing that must be done in order to complete this section of my life. It’s a shocking contradiction, actually, and thus I tried not to acknowledge it. I am worried about how I deal with stress; avoidance of a problem doesn’t solve it!

    A concept map of this is still a good idea, but there is something special about the way I can download my thoughts in the form of words. Analog finger motions converted into digital information.

    Ah, the things I want to do, to write, to explore!

    -Qrystal

    (Original title: a five-minute glimpse into my mind on my 30th birthday. Yes, a timer was used in ensuring the writing was for only five minutes.)

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