Hello!

So... what is this blog all about you're wondering?

Inspired by my love for human nature and the complexly intricate human mind, I have decided to share with you my journey as I learn about its workings. I am psychology student who loves explaining to others how they behave and why. And that very question, 'why', is the foundation of this blog.

Am I here to blog about why you exist or the meaning of life?

Well, no.

What I aspire to write about are those idiosyncrasies you never thought had any meaning. Those little peculiar, eccentric, quirky traits that make each and every one of us individuals and collectively humans. Along the way, I hope to use just some of those research papers psychologists and neuroscientists have written to show to you why we do certain things.

If you are wondering if my blog will be just another one of those psychology blogs written by professionals and PhD academics, then you should probably stop right about now. To begin with, I just want to make it clear I do not claim to be a psychologist or a distinguished member of their society. But as it is my hope to one day join them, I thought it would be good practice to polish my writing skills. So while I will spend some time analysing journal articles and research papers, I purposely started a blog because I know for certain I won't be given a numerical or academic mark for my entries. To me, its amazing when you can learn without worrying about an assessment. And this is where I hope to take my blog: a destination of learning and freely speaking my mind without the burden grades and scores.

Now while I wish to write freely, I understand that I am not unhindered by criticism and evaluation. In fact, I hope that readers of my blog will find the time to give me their opinion of the topics I write about. This blog is about practice and training my writing skills, and if I am not open to critics then I guess I will never learn. So if you like what you read, and don't like the way you have read it (or vice versa), then please tell me so. I will endeavour to read all your comments and regularly update my writing style to make sure the quality is in line with other bloggers and writers.

Finally, I would like to say I live my life reading and finding meaning in quotes. So here are a few I would love to share in my first entry.

Aristotle once said "all men by nature desire knowledge" (and I guess in this modern age, we must also politically remember that women deserve the same acknowledgement). For this reason, I love learning and I hope you do too. Learning about concepts and ideas is one of the many wondrous abilities of the human mind. Learning about ourselves and who we are is perhaps one of the greatest of our abilities.

A few hundred years after our Greek philosopher, Albert Einstein said "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." I find this quote to apply to my blog. As I have already explained, I do not consider myself an accomplished or expert writer. I simply wish to compose entries about the psychology of humans in as simple terms as I possibly can. As the years progress and I go further into my education, perhaps with the help of my academic institution and this blog, I will become a proficient writer.

Good reading everyone and I hope you've enjoyed it enough to come back again soon. I will have my next post as soon as possible.


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