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Hi, I'm Jenny

I'm a 4th year computer science student at the University of Waterloo. I'm currently finishing up my last study term at school and getting ready to start full time at Figma in 2024. When I'm not studying or coding, you can usually catch me reading, travelling, working out, or, more likely, eating.

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

October 13, 2019

I heard a lot about this book before I picked it up. The reviews I had heard were always extreme; either someone absolutely loved it, or they thought the book was just chock-full of useless advice. As for myself, I didn’t hate it, but it didn’t blow my mind.

While I believe much of the book does reiterate some “common sense” ideas, I did get some value out of it just by reading them again.

The best lesson from the book was probably the line: you are not special. Believing that you are constantly a victim is equally destructive as believing that you are constantly a winner. The idea overlaps quite a bit with stoicism: concentrate on what you can control and change and don’t get caught up with the things you can’t.