Reflecting On a Year Filled with Everything and Everything In Between — By Valkyrie Holmes Today is my 19th birthday. I thought about writing this article yesterday but to be quite honest with you, yesterday sucked. It was one of those days that made you feel like you didn’t deserve a birthday. It was a day when you woke up feeling shitty…

A Review of Fear, Time, and the Physics Associated with Existence — By Valkyrie Holmes One year ago, I attempted to hike the Mt Charleston South Loop trail for the second time. This trail takes you to the peak of one of the highest mountains in the Sierra Nevada range, bringing you to a total elevation of 11,916 feet. Hikers gain almost…

Stoicism and Learning More About Yourself — By Valkyrie Holmes A couple of years ago, I recorded myself having a breakdown. I was crying and telling myself that it was so hard and that I couldn’t do it anymore. I felt completely lost and in such a dark place. …

Learning The Ins and Outs of Fusion360 — By Valkyrie Holmes If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I’ve done a 30-day challenge in the past for beat-making and I absolutely loved the process and reflection it gave me on my musical taste, abilities, and general excitement for art. …

Beginning to Understand Positive Self Esteem — By Valkyrie Holmes I want to ask you a couple of questions. First, where would you rank your confidence on a scale from 1 to 10? Alright, now keep that number in your head. Now think about your job or schoolwork, anything that requires the most time and is considered…

Everything You Need to Know About Infrastructure, Governance, and Community — By Valkyrie Holmes If you’re at all familiar with the crypto community, you’ve definitely seen the phrases ‘governance’, ‘token’, and ‘treasury’ floating around. These terms all relate to a few entities, namely the DAO which stands for a “decentralized autonomous organization”. …

Covering the Biggest Solana Hack in History — By Valkyrie Holmes Just last week, over $323 million dollars in cryptocurrency was stolen off of a blockchain bridge called Wormhole. Hackers were able to exploit the system using a software bug hidden inside the service and extract enough funds to make it the fourth-largest cryptocurrency scandal in history. …

A Shift To Independence and Clarity — By Valkyrie Holmes Today, I turn 18 years old. Actually, yesterday, I turned 18. I’m currently writing this on a plane to Boston for a girls trip with friends from an MIT program I took over the summer. After that, I head to a house in Manhattan with my best…

Learn How to Manage Your Emotions — By Valkyrie Holmes In today’s article, we’ll be discussing why I’m constantly being stared at on my walks or questioned about my phone storage and the reason for that is plain and simple: I talk to myself on a regular basis. That sounds like a recipe for disaster and a…