<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.10.0">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://akirachou.github.io/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://akirachou.github.io/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2025-02-21T04:32:09+00:00</updated><id>https://akirachou.github.io/feed.xml</id><title type="html">About Me</title><subtitle>Write an awesome description for your new site here. You can edit this line in _config.yml. It will appear in your document head meta (for Google search results) and in your feed.xml site description.</subtitle><author><name>Akira Chou</name></author><entry><title type="html">Start Here</title><link href="https://akirachou.github.io/posts/2023/08/blog-post-1/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Start Here" /><published>2023-08-01T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2023-08-01T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://akirachou.github.io/posts/2023/08/blog-post-1</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://akirachou.github.io/posts/2023/08/blog-post-1/"><![CDATA[<p>I share some of my motivations for creating my personal website here</p>

<h2 id="the-journey-to-creating-my-personal-website">The Journey to Creating My Personal Website</h2>

<p>I wanted to share some intentions I have behind creating this website. As of right now, I don’t know how much time I plan spend on this website, but I wanted to list some clear goals to keep me grounded in the right mindset.</p>

<p><strong>Documenting Personal Growth and Learning:</strong>
I intend to document some of the career insights, tools, and skills, as well as my attempts to learn them. I might also share some class notes I take - I pay money to attend college classes, might as well try not to forget everything.</p>

<p><strong>Sharing Knowledge from Personal Projects:</strong>
It seems like personal projects are a great way to demonstrate skill and passion. Why not motivate myself to start some by creating a website to document what I learn. I’m also trying to practice self-promotion and sharing my projects will be a great way to do so.</p>

<p><strong>Creating a Space for Self-Reflection:</strong>
Sometimes it easy to get so busy with your life that you forget to reflect on your long-term goals. On the other hand, I also have a tendency to spend a lot of time reflecting on random thoughts so I might as well share some insights I find interesting.</p>

<p><strong>Scrutinizing Beliefs and Remaining Open to Change:</strong>
I have a tendency to see the pros and cons of everything, but it makes me struggle to form opinions. By meticulously examining my beliefs, solidifying them through writing, and sharing them openly, I want to gather more confidence to form and defend thoughtful opinions.</p>

<p>Lastly, I don’t want this website to be a source of personal stress - so please forgive me because this website will always remain a work in progress. Hope you come across something interesting!</p>]]></content><author><name>Akira Chou</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I share some of my motivations for creating my personal website here]]></summary></entry></feed>