Started reading a philosophy of physics book on the side. My tutor said she took this class at NYU and enjoyed it so I'm going to try it out. I've actually never really been exposed to philosophy so hoping this is an interesting experience

My dad is a physicist, I vaguely knew what he worked on but today was the first time I knew maybe enough high level optics to ask him in detail. He got excited explaining his work (optical coherence tomography) and that I was following along. Fav personal moment from all this!

I'd love to make more friends in physics and learn what people are studying or working on! A nice thing about college or working in an industry is getting to make a lot of friends interested in the same topic. Aside from my tutor, self studying has been a lot more separated

Fun little checkpoint in my physics curriculum, I just got to E = mc² derivation. Maybe first time I've known of an equation before actually using it in anything? Also didn't realize that wasn't the full equation but only for a particle at rest

First rabbithole from studying optics has been holograms, they are so cool!! I just signed up for an intro to holography class in NY where you make your own hologram and I'm so excited. Counting this as one of my physics "labs" to get more hands on learning

When people reach out to me for career advice if they should go with option A or B, my response is always just asking them what they are optimizing for and then breaking down from there. There's usually not an objective right answer but specific to what they care most about

Best improvements for me studying physics daily past 4 months 1) more appreciation for things around me, kinda unlocked another layer of viewing world 2) increased my confidence working through intimidating stuff to me 3) fixed my chronically online attention span by focusing

Only a few days into learning optics and it's given me a deeper appreciation for how humans have been able to apply it to build so many useful things like eyeglasses, cameras, microscopes, telescopes, etc. And the fact that our eyes can just naturally do a lot of it, so wild!

Beef season 2 is really good so far (you don't need to watch season 1 in order to watch even though you totally should)

As AI is increasingly used in so many aspects of our life (personally found it immensely useful), it does create a lot of outsourced thinking. Keeping your brain trained learning fundamentals along the way even if you don't directly need it can be a very good thing long term

I have now gotten the first person who is dunking on me for my physics self studying (surprised it took this long). Little do they know I'm immune to dunks after 12 years of working in crypto 😂

I finished my goal of studying 1st year university physics (mechanics, waves, thermodynamics, E&M)! Took me 4 months of daily studying out of a textbook + problem sets + tutor. Enjoyed it so much I'm going to keep studying 2nd year (optics, modern physics, electrodynamics next)

Found this interesting since noticed myself and a few like @erica pointed out. During my break after burnout, I studied a non-work topic daily (physics) out of pure interest and no exam/career pressure. Seems like that had the effect of speeding up my mental recovery (wasn't intentional)