turning point - by Dylan Hu - Dylan’s Substack
Happy 2024! One of my new year’s resolutions is to write a blog, and what better start to kick it off than? Special thanks to Cynthia for keeping me accountable for this goal I’ve had for a long time. Looking back I wanted to start by thinking about the past year, which has been one of exploration for me. If I were to try to describe myself from around a year ago: I came off of a tough junior fall semester where I felt burned out and exhausted. I wanted to take a semester off or otherwise dramatically change my work-life balance and my lifestyle habits. At the time, I wrote in a journal entry that “I couldn’t remember the last time I did something that I really loved” because I felt so busy and jaded all the time. More concerning was not knowing how to change that. I wanted to learn how to have more free time and how to make the most out of it. At first, I spent a lot of time with my friends. I had just turned 21 and craved the freedom of bars and clubs. Two friends and I started a tra
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