Another Blog? Will it survive!
June 9, 2009
So yet another blog for me to update. I have one other blog right now that is mostly me just describing my experiences in life, but perhaps I can use this blog to publish some of my more professional thoughts, experiences, and ruminations.
Let’s start with rumination #1: Working in a world of ideas!
I absolutely love the job that I have. I have always been that odd person that would ask questions that probably did not have an answer (yet). I love bouncing around possibly solutions to complex problems or creative ways of looking at an issue. I enjoy speculating on the causes of events, often contradicting myself in the process. Working within a college allows me such freedom to ask questions like this of others and what is even more great is that my colleagues here love to think about ideas as well.
I have learned that this way of thinking about the world is probably not the norm. In my own family, I find that when I ask weird and complex questions about topics that are sort of off base, I often will get a funny look or the simple response of “I don’t know! Why would you even ask a question like that?” And then the fun ends…
I have always been a very curious person. I am a skeptic at heart often looking for other explanations for events or ideas. This approach can often frustrate others. It seems that I am always against them, when in reality I am just thinking of the possible alternatives. I am a believer that you can fully entertain and think about an idea without actually subscribing to the position that you are taking.
This is why I love my job. I am paid to get others to think about ideas in ways that they may not have otherwise. I also am in a field where ideas are put to the test empirically.
So this is my first post. I hope that I am able to better update this blog than I have others in the past.