Log Alpha ~ 25th of March – 1st of April

Seeking out the general aspects of our first week in the journal one idea is apparent throughout the long run, and it’s to “Test My Might!”. Before getting on with the inner details I’d like to get through what the activities recorded were and in what accord they were taken into account. I began the week learning multiple important things about myself at first noticing exactly who I was to an extent I had always seen yet not to a point in which I have achieved today in speaking out to an audience, I learned what it was like to be a polymath. In short, a polymath is someone who takes initiative to research and learn multiple areas in one; and what’s more is, in technicality, I’ve always been a polymath to my own extent yet as I had never recorded any of my previous efforts one to one, nor did I respect the idea of recording it, and so I hadn’t noticed the extent of my own fruition. Furthermore, to mention why exactly I didn’t respect recording to an extent at which I still agree on today, it is that such organisatory systems have always seemed far too monotone and autonomous for my beliefs. As I’ve said, even today such schedules seem far too restrictive, and as such I prefer best what I now am doing, journaling my journey into one exact piece I can leave behind.

To speak further on what specific topics a “Polymath” actually observes I have to mention the four horsemen, as I like to call them: Academic, Social, Creative, and Physical Research. The primary reason such a separation exists is in order to be able to understand exactly what your reach is at a much more compact rate. What’s most beautiful about trying to be such a person is that these horsemen are where all “rules” are sent to disarray, from here on out it’s up to you what you follow in accordance with the horsemen. From here I believe it will be much easier for you, my guest, to keep track of my schedule; I specifically pushed my potential to the highest limit as I’ve stated, yet what I noticed was somethings were only here to make my kickstart journey even more difficult right out of the gate.

First, we have my “Physical Goals” for each of the days, in which I prefer not including my already relevant Basketball training as I already believe it is my duty and necessity to bring out the best of myself throughout each practice, especially with the upcoming Basketball tourney. And so my physical workouts come hand to hand with calisthenics: Pull-Ups, Push-Ups, Sit-Ups, and Squats. I especially take into deep consideration all that had been stated by my friends previously in terms with their workout reccomendations pushing myself even further than I ever had (And thats huge coming from someone who used to do 100 sets of each, discluding Pull-Ups, without set breaks). Even with my previous spectacular count I had belief that in the beginning at least 20×4 Push-Up and Pull-Up, 50×4 Sit-Up and Squat would be a possible goal yet the harshness wasn’t because of the difficulty of the moves themselves it was my weakness from the fast that caught me off-guard. Endless pain and aches all over my body, as if being charred and impaled with each time I touched the surface beneath me, my body had given out yet my will stood proud once more. It took me in total 2 hours to complete all of the excercises, 1 hour above my estimation, and yet I felt better than I ever could if I had followed the exact prediction. My will once again had carried me even out of a depth in which every fibre had normally betrayed me. And yet now I stand today continuing my first scheduling of techniques with little to no pain, seeking out for a little while longer to advance even further.

Second, my “Creative Goals” during which I once again noticed the love I had for innovation and how the medium in which it happened did not at all matter, I had took into my hands the MIDI keyboard I had once left because of confusion over it’s initial system and at a certain extent unwillingness to use the device. Yet once I clicked back into its zone it was only a matter of time until it swept my feet, Melodics is a pretty nice way to rehearse my previous piano skills yet still definitely not at the rate of being able to play out sheet music whenever I will it, my hand eye coordination is still in amazing form because of my continuous and periodical rehearses yet I still felt restrained with the digital system, up until I got my hands on a music production application I had heard many times before, FL Studio. Once I learnt all of the basic systematic features scattered all around the app the feeling of ease with a grand harmony once again had swept me off my feet, yet this time with great intentions, this weakness was not from pain -not at all- it was this Ode to Joy that had carried me out into another multitude of my hours sinking into a long session of recording as many possible tracks I could. It was also with this confidence that I was also able to create my first samples of content creation as well, yes the video production definitely required tweaking yet the entertaining lines scattered all across the video only made me furthe joyed and had me laughing for ages. Many mistakes I made throughout my first production trials were very quickly worked upon and I continued this endeavour of creating until it was time for my next research.

Third, I began putting my “Academic Goals” into their rails, and once more it is only natural for me to mention all that I was able to spread out into before I can specifically mention their effects on me. As this spectrum lies in multiple corners, these being: Coding (HTML, SQL), Electronics (Arduino Projects), Languages (German, Japanese), Mathematics (Calculus-Limit and Rules derived from Limit, Harmonic Sums), Book Research (Unionism, Inner Tribes, Republicanism). And there is one specific point I would really like to emphasize: this is all excluding my actual schoolwork. In turn, I believe it is important to understand that what is really wrong with after-school studying mostly relies on the form in which such studies are conducted. Learning and research are such a beauty once you really understand what it means to learn and innovate whilst also individualizing yourself from a system in which methodical systems are preferred, rather than choosing to be the educator rather than the educatee at times. One other large joy I find in studying these academic areas all links to my ability to also teach others around me exactly what underlies the topic we study yet are never able to grasp its entirety because of curricular cascades. Education really shows its beauty in the debates and theories of the students, but in my view, current ideals of practical systems only serve to overshadow the blissful and grand world that exists beneath our fingertips. I’ll go further on that on a different occasion.

Fourth and finally, yet definitely not least by no means, is the “Social Aspect” and in all honesty, I prefer to speak upon the social world in which I continuously take place on a further date. Yet there is one specific point I can showcase as my main integration of social aspects with direct research, and that is to be able to consume media and delve further into many different communities. I had always observed from afar yet can seek deeper relations in case of knowledge upon the specific media that correlates with their respective areas. One specific movie I had been putting off for a while had been Iron Man, and with many other movies of different spectrums yet close in heart also affecting me sincerely, I wished to seek further, and yes, I did. Yet my extensive point on the effect of specific movies on my career paths and, later, my ideals is such an extensive topic that it will have to be cut short until a future contact once more. To speak on a multitude of areas and to allow for you, my guest, to understand what a polymath really is made me very appreciative of this log, yet I wish now for you to fulfill your turn of the wheel, look back at all you had known and compare it to what a polymath is, and try to think to yourself what really it is that is pushing you back from achieving all of these different beauties of the mind. Furthermore, if you seek certain ideas to be wrongful, try to actually understand your underlying reasoning, and with that, please don’t refrain from contacting me for another day’s debate. I’ll be waiting once more for the next time, Guest