Hello! You’ve reached Adam Feldman’s blog. I’m a computer science & engineering and entrepreneurship student at the University of Michigan. Take a look around and please enjoy my musings. If you would like to learn more about me, here’s my resume.

I’m currently working on Reason, a web startup that’s making news better.

My most recent musings can be found on Twitter, but I’m looking forward to getting back to writing long-form content soon.

From Adam Feldman's blog, blog.pamiproductions.com.

A requirement for completing the Senior Camper Program at Camp Champions is to write a mission statement. It is a statement that is as short or long as you like where you present yourself. You explain who and what you are and want to be in life. It is meant to be a living document, something that you update and change as needed. The mission statement isn’t necessarily something for the everyday, but it is a powerful reminder for when you inevitably drift off course in some area. Something too few people do is really think deep about, let alone write about, the kind of person they would like to be. While this sounds entirely like an advertisement, I give a huge amount of thanks to Camp Champions and Boy Scouts for giving me the tools to reflect about the kind of person I am and I want to be. After writing the mission statement during the final trip of the last year of the Senior Camper Program, the elder senior campers read it aloud in front of the entire camp before all of the papers are gathered together and burned in the final fire.

Out of everything in my life, it is the learning I have done from my parents, Boy Scouts, Camp Champions, and Emery High School that has most influenced my statement below.

Without further ado, my mission statement as of July 2009:

Carpe diem – Seize the day! My name is Adam Reuben Feldman, and I live by this maxim. Our lives are defined by the choices we make, and here I present some of the choices I have made. I have made a choice to enjoy my life, and I will not stray from this. Given an opportunity, I will do everything in my power to seize it. I will educate myself so I can best accomplish what I wish to. I will never stop learning. My goal in life, and my passion, is creating. I will make new things, both physical and virtual. I will own my own business. I will avoid procrastination. I will do my best to live a balanced life. As we live in a messy world, I will work to prevent, and bring order to, chaos. In my own way, I will make a difference. I will not cease to live with respect, integrity, honor, and dignity. I will be thoughtful, kind, and considerate. There is no option but for me to take total responsibility for my actions. I will be faithful, especially as a family member, friend, and husband. I will forge strong connections to those I love most and work my hardest to keep these connections strong. I will use my passion to empower those around me. It is my love for my fellow man and woman drives me to live each day how I do. We can live free and die, or live in fear and die afraid of our own shadow. I have chosen the former – to reach out and take risks. My name is Adam Reuben Feldman, and Carpe diem is my maxim.

From Adam Feldman's blog, blog.pamiproductions.com.