Hi, I'm Aarush.
I like understanding how things work.
Sometimes I build things. Sometimes I break them. Sometimes I write about it.
Right now, I’m mainly focused on:
🐹 Being a Hamster Dad (Momo)
Taking care of my new baby hamster, Momo! Learning proper hamster care, designing & 3D-printing a 25 cm running wheel, hand-taming him, researching nutrition, and building him a spacious, fully-enriched enclosure.
- 📖 Read the story of bringing Momo home →
- 📸 Follow Momo’s Instagram (@mommoo.hamster) →
- 🎥 Watch his midnight live streams on YouTube →
🥊 Training
Gym + MMA, while figuring out diet, recovery, sleep, and overall performance.
👉 See all #fitness content in the archive →
📚 Finance
Studying finance for the CFA, with the goal of actually understanding markets, investments, businesses, and financial concepts—not just passing the exam.
👉 See all #finance content in the archive →
🍳 Cooking
Learning how to cook, especially experimenting with cakes, pasta, cookies, ramen, and other things I want to figure out.
💼 What’s Next
Looking for projects, work, or collaborations in tech, finance, sales, or research—particularly opportunities where I can learn quickly and take ownership.
// RECENTLY (LATEST ARCHIVE ENTRIES)
VIEW FULL ARCHIVE (6) →I Got a Hamster. I Didn't Expect to Love Him This Much.
I never thought I'd have a pet hamster. Then I met Momo—and discovered how quickly a tiny, ridiculous creature can take over your heart and give you anxiety.
Statistical Measures of Asset Returns: The Intuitive Guide to Volatility, Downside Risk, Skewness & Correlation
A friendly, intuition-first masterclass on asset return distributions, sample standard deviation, target downside semideviation, fat tails, and bivariate correlation—featuring an interactive TI BA II Plus calculator emulator and live visualizers.
The Mechanics of Time Value of Money: From Compounding to Bond Pricing, Mortgages, and Option Replication
A friendly, intuition-first institutional guide to the Time Value of Money in finance—featuring an interactive Texas Instruments BA II Plus financial calculator emulator, multi-stage valuation models, dynamic curve visualizers, interactive micro-quizzes, and decision wizards.
The Architecture of Returns: A Guide to Interest Rates, Compounding, and Performance
A complete mental breakdown of how money travels across time—from rate build-ups and geometric compounding to MWR vs. TWR and the mechanics of financial leverage.
How I'm Starting Again
After deciding to start again, I needed something more useful than motivation: a routine I can actually follow.
Day One, Again
I got to 120 kg during lockdown. Lost the weight to 75 kg. Now I'm back at 100+ kg. I'm starting again.
// MEDIUM BLOG
aarushgoyal.medium.com ↗Fetching latest articles from medium.com/@aarushgoyal...
// LIFE LATELY
Explore scrapbook timeline →I Got a Hamster. I Didn't Expect to Love Him This Much.
I never thought I'd have a pet hamster. Then I met Momo—and discovered how quickly a tiny, ridiculous creature can take over your heart and give you anxiety.
How I'm Starting Again
After deciding to start again, I needed something more useful than motivation: a routine I can actually follow.
Day One, Again
I got to 120 kg during lockdown. Lost the weight to 75 kg. Now I'm back at 100+ kg. I'm starting again.