Life · what I’m into outside work
What I do when I’m off the clock.
Work matters to me, but it is not my whole personality. This page is for the games, places, people, hobbies, and long-term plans I make room for because I genuinely enjoy them.
Yes, I have hobbies.
A few actual moments
Less mood board, more real life.
Travel, food, fandom, and the occasional reminder that going outside is worth it.
01 / Gaming
Systems, stories, competition, and the occasional ranked-lobby humbling.
Gaming is where my analytical and playful sides overlap. I enjoy learning matchups, builds, economies, team roles, and the strange social ecosystems that form around a game.
02 / Travel & culture
I travel to see how a place actually feels.
I pay attention to transit, neighborhoods, food, everyday costs, and how people spend an ordinary Tuesday—not only the tourist highlights. Travel also keeps my family history and questions about where I might live someday tied to real places.
03 / Japanese & anime
A long-term language project with an enormous cultural side quest.
Japanese began as an academic minor and became a durable personal project shaped by formal study, travel, exchange programs, media, history, and the satisfaction of slowly understanding more than I could before.
Anime is part entertainment and part cultural conversation: ambitious worlds, dramatic character arcs, folklore, technology, identity, and a backlog that remains undefeated.
04 / Karaoke & community
Full commitment once the microphone is live.
Karaoke, dancing, conventions, cultural events, and group activities matter because life should contain spaces where people can be expressive, unserious, and genuinely present with one another.
05 / PC building
Half practical system design, half enthusiast rabbit hole.
Building and repurposing computers combines research, compatibility, budgeting, aesthetics, troubleshooting, and the deeply satisfying moment when a complicated collection of parts finally behaves like one machine.
06 / Future & entrepreneurship
I want meaningful work, a family, and room to keep building.
Entrepreneurship interests me because I like building systems and making decisions. Long term, I would like more control over my time and location—not because I want to stop working, but because I want to choose the work.
That future could include nursing, an MBA, time abroad, family, language study, and a business sturdy enough to work outside a pitch deck.
My patient-care experience, education, credentials, and résumé are on the Work page. This page gets to stay personal.
The point
The job is important. So is the life around it.
Games, travel, culture, relationships, learning, and creative work are not side notes. They are what I want the career to make room for.