“Even if by the utmost effort the goodwill accomplishes nothing it would still shine like a jewel for its own sake as something which has its full value in itself.”- Immanuel Kant

This week was hard. The quote above resonated with me. I don’t know how much I actually achieved, but it is comforting to think that despite that, what little I ended up doing is valuable in itself for the effort I put in. And what little I achieved was necessary to setting up the second half of this project.

I finally finished reading my first book, The Ethics of Identity. It’s hard to summarize it in a few words, as it covered a wide range of topics and philosophical theories. Yet, that is exactly what I started to do. I am going chapter by chapter, and reviewing my notes in order to condense the pages upon pages into digestible paragraphs.

I’m doing the same with This is Water by David Foster Wallace. In fact, I am doing it for all of the content I’ve consumed thus far. As I finish up my research phase, it benefits me greatly to refresh all of the ideas in my mind. This will be helpful as I transition into having conversations with interviewees in order to add context to the answers they give; to transform it into a final product.