Systems Versus Habits

In a world filled with so many choices, it can be hard to always make decisions which reflect the manner in which we want to live our lives. Creating habits is a topic that everyone has thought about, so why do we all still struggle with sticking to that new exercise routine, or whatever our intended goal may be?

Why Noah Nomad?

After three years of blogging on justleap.net, I decided it was time for a change. Although I enjoyed the old concept, I realize that in order to create the most useful content for my readers, a new brand is necessary. Enter Noah Nomad. 

November Wardrobe Challenge Recap

This past November, I did a wardrobe challenge where I limited myself to only what could fit inside my 21L backpack. As I was recently looking at getting back into posting regularly, I realized I never wrote a follow up to that post, detailing how the experiment actually went. So here goes:

How You Get There

I came across these musings from author Colin Wright and I thought it important to share them. Colin presents a means of looking at the world's current social and political situation in a way that, at least to me, was both novel and insightful.

Speed Reading

These past few weeks at college reminded me about a useful tool I discovered in high school, and I thought I might share information about the tool since it has been coming up in conversation so often.

My UChicago Extended Essay

Now that the first week of the quarter at UChicago is over, I thought it might be fun to celebrate by looking back at the essay I wrote which helped me earn a spot at this institution.

My Own South African Cave

While on the NESA Expedition in South Africa, Ethan and I explored and surveyed numerous caves. Perhaps the coolest part of this experience, was the promise from the Wits team that they would choose one of the caves we visited and name it after us!