Brain Food
By: Ji Hun Jacobson
Tags: Humour, Thoughts

Photo by Jan Kahánek on Unsplash

This is an introduction to what I hope is something I write and publish weekly. I have never really wrote anything outside of the academic context but I do thoroughly enjoy writing in a more general sense. This is the manifestation of that idea and desire, I guess.

Purpose

I initially wanted to start a podcast but I quickly realised I dislike the sound of my voice. Like how it sounds physically, I know, it is some pathetic shit to be worried about, but whatever. Additionally, I struggle with mental health “problems”, such as the occasion suicidal thought or existential crises. Yeah fuck it, I’m going to be super open and honest about that kinda shit via these writings, but do not worry they will not be the main focus of future topics. I’m also currently on anti-depressants and seeing a drug counsellor, so please don’t worry about my mental health, everything is A-OK… I think. Hence, why I started this whole gig, I think it will be super helpful for my “mental health” (whatever those two words mean to you) as I often find ideas and thoughts and insights just bouncing around my tiny little head at 500 mph all at once. Therefore this is the best idea I’ve come up with to get some of those out and heard and seen by other people on the internet. Who knows, it might actually be therapeutic for me, and might relate to some of you out there, or fingers crossed, be somewhat interesting to read on a weekly basis.

Future posts

Before I wrap shit up, I just wanna really quickly just verbalise what my plans for this whole gig are. My main goal and desire is to express and discuss “taboo” and controversial and very divisive topics that one does not normally talk about publicly. The types of conversations you might have with your mates while having a couple of beers, or the ones that you internalise and never discuss to anyone. Some initial ones that come to mind are abortion, capital punishment, LGBT communities, poverty, etc. Please note, that for some of these I will play devil’s advocate and take a position that is completely the opposite of what I believe — a fucked up experiment if you will. I sense that the life perspectives of a 22 year old uni student living in Australia might possibly bring new and refreshing insights to aforementioned topics. Furthermore, there will be some sort of humour involved, I know some of these topics are sensitive and heavy, but I do think incorporating some humour might lift the mood up a little. It is a free service, you’re welcome. Lastly, I will keep these posts relatively short, as who wants to read a 30 minute rant from a 22 year old. Some of these will also have no solution and will just be brain food, I’m not here to solve the world’s problems, I just wanna mention them and poke fun at them (it is a far easier job to do).

Wrapping shit up

If you made it this far, congratulations, your mother would be so very proud of you, treat yourself to a cookie or something. In fact, go tell your mother you love and appreciate her. If your mother happens to not be with us anymore, my sincere condolences, have a cookie instead. Anyways, that’s pretty much what I wanted to say and put out into the world for this week. But stick around for future weeks and topics, and remember if something offends you, it is probably a joke, and you can always just close your eyes and stop reading. I wanted this introductory piece to be short and sweet. But one last thing before we part ways is that “Brain Food” was the title of this one, because nothing else came to mind. Do not worry, future ones will have the topic as the title, it’d be pretty cringe to keep calling it “Brain Food”. Also future posts will probably have TLDR sections for those who like that sort of thing and just want to get an overview of my thoughts of the topic. You can close your eyes now and stop reading.