I started this website September 24, 2017 with the intent of embracing technology and journaling my thoughts. Ironically, I never got around to doing much about it. Now, two and half years later I’m picking up where I left off and here goes.

Thank you Hashem life has been good to me. In the time that has elapsed I have since graduated undergrad and obtained two bachelor’s degrees. Life has been good and I’ve somewhat established a daily routine. While I was in Yeshiva everyone ranging from Rebbeim and Roshei Yeshiva to relatives warned me of the perils of secular college. Chas v’shalom that a shtark yeshiva bochur go to college to earn a parnassah! Nevertheless I had been adequately prepared for the religious wilderness that I was to encounter. Sure, my shirt is no longer always white but I remained steadfast to my principles and values. For that, I credit primarily the two rebbeim that didn’t try to dissuade me from college but gave over insight and tried their best to fortify and equip me spiritually. I cannot say this is what works for everyone but it worked for me. I valiantly served as an ambassador for Yiddishkeit on my campus. There was no doubt in any of the minds of my peers or professors as to my religion or religiousness (there are a few humorous stories for another time but I digress).

However, now that I have transitioned from a college bochur to a “working boy” I realize that I have been left to my own devices. It is this point in my life that I feel hadracha (guidance) is needed most! The educational system is so worried about bochurim going OTD in college there’s barely a thought given to what happens next afterwards.