Who am I? Part 2
If you’re not sure what’s going on here, please read this first.
Who am I?
I am a person who loves to learn and am curious about everything. As a kid, I enjoyed school. I was good at it. Always wanted to learn new things and enjoyed being able to study the subjects that I wanted to. College was the best experience of my life, because I finally got to take all classes that I wanted to take. If I didn’t want to do something (like math), I didn’t. That’s how I ended up with a degree in Liberal Arts, I suppose, because I didn’t really focus too much on any one thing or area (although I did get an emphasis in Philosophy, rather than a major).
Even today, if you were to look at my bookshelves at home, or take a peek at my Amazon Wish List, you’d see that I’ll pretty much read anything and everything. I did an MBA not because I really had a desire to make it big in the business world, but because I thought it would be interesting. Parts of it were interesting, in fact. However, parts of it were not. Just because someone likes to read, to learn, and to find out more about subjects they aren’t currently experts in, does not mean that all subjects will be equally interesting to them. I think everyone has certain areas that they enjoy more than others. The areas I like tend more toward the theoretical, the abstract, and the “big picture”; philosophy, theology, studies of the very big or very small like theoretical physics (if someone dumbs it down enough for me to understand, like Michio Kaku or Brian Greene). Some folks get fired up about math or literature; that’s cool, too. It takes all kinds.
The reason why this excites me is there’s always something new. I not only enjoy finding new things and exploring new thoughts, but finding the connections between them. Thoughts build on thoughts and theories of one thing lead to advancing the study of something seemingly unrelated. To me, that’s really cool. To see things connected in this manner is to feel as though there is a purpose and a meaning behind the day-to-day grind. It seems to remind me that there is more to this life, if that makes sense. I hope to pass this love of learning on to my son someday.
