{"id":2438,"date":"2022-10-03T22:49:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T20:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gustafa.se\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2023-08-12T23:55:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T21:55:34","slug":"2438","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gustafa.se\/en\/2022\/10\/03\/2438\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello there, and welcome to my new website!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you read this, you may know me in real life. If not; here is a brief introduction: My name is Gustaf Andr\u00e9sson and at the time of writing I\u2019m a 19 years old university student, \u201ccontent\u201d creator, and professional LEGO-nerd. I have a background in media production, design, and personal development. These interests are shown in action on my two YouTube channels; one about LEGO (Pandis Pandus<\/span><\/a>) and one about personal growth (Domino Development<\/span><\/a>). At the same time as I\u2019m discovering the universe of the human mind through psychology and philosophy studies, I do a bit of side hustling related to these interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This website includes pages for my ever-expanding portfolio of LEGO creations, videos, and photos. It also has a convenient collection of links to the platforms where I participate on the web. However, similar to my previous website, which this one replaces, this website is mainly devoted to posting longer pieces of text that I won\u2019t post elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been writing for as long as I can remember. When I was young I used to write fictional stories. Building LEGO largely replaced the writing I engaged in, as I went through elementary school, but when I got to high school I started seeking out meaningful written and spoken material. By this time, my reading and writing had gone from fiction to non-fiction. I can\u2019t say that I was very intellectually curious or active during my high school years, but I enjoyed subjects such as language and religion just as much as I enjoyed the subjects related to technology and design; the subjects the education was mainly about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think that the exposure I had to literature and spoken language in my developmental years has contributed to my interest in language. It\u2019s been a great gift to have a natural inclination for writing, as I regard writing as crucial for complicated thinking, and for thinking in general. The pen is mightier than the sword, but it\u2019s also a double-edged sword: Writing can push me to the limits of my intellectual capacity, and it often exposes me to flaws in my thinking and communication. There\u2019s also a trap of getting glued to the keyboard, and focusing too much on the abstract and theoretical, as opposed to spending less time interacting with symbols on a document. But I\u2019m just too interested in writing, and perhaps more importantly the experiences that I can have with these symbols on a document, to not frequently engage in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The way I\u2019m writing on this website – including this post – is more or less how I\u2019m thinking. People sometimes comment on my casual use of formal language, but this is how I\u2019m thinking, and when I\u2019m communicating in speech and in writing, I try to transcribe those thoughts and articulate them for the given medium of communication. For me, the main difference between speaking and writing is that I have more time to articulate my thoughts when I\u2019m writing. So this website will be a platform where I can practice and share my formal thinking, about various subjects I\u2019m curious about. Here is a list of current subjects that I\u2019ve been scripting a little about, and will probably eventually release:<\/p>\n\n\n\n