Character Development

Hi world indeed. Welcome to Character Development! This is a blog about me figuring out life after only knowing school for all of my life. It’s the start of a new chapter, and a way for me to document interests, hobbies, experiences, thoughts, and musings that my friends usually have to simply listen to and tolerate.

So why Character Development? I’ve grown up around video games, and they all have skills menu. You can put points towards any category of things. So why not apply that way of thinking to actions we take in our life? Here are the categories I’m gonna be working with:

• Physical Strength and Fitness
  • This includes anything that does my body good. It’s not just necessarily going to the gym, but a walk, a hike, biking around, climbing, dancing, anything that makes my body stronger and my heart pump good (you get it)
• Mental Agility and Intellect
  • This is things involving critical thinking pretty much. Things like learning chess, learning a language, solving riddles, learning something knew, doing math problems fast, analyzing text. Anything that would be directed by the left brain
• Creativity
  • Pretty much every craft ever, writing, working with my hands would fall here. I’d even include things like baking and cooking here.
• Emotional Well-being
  • #selfcare! but also spending time with friends, a good talk with someone close to me, ranting, things that take care of my heart. It is likely going to be accompanied by one of the other categories, but still important to recognize on its own
• Social Skills!
  • In all capacities!! With friends but also learning to be a professional. Small talk without hating it. Anything that involves interacting with another human.

So my plan will essentially be to write about my experiences and things I do while reflecting what skill-set I’m working on. Everything counts. It all adds to who I am. And I’m excited to see how my self-image changes with time and experience, and even more excited to document it here. I’m happy you’re coming along on this trip with me! When I figure out how to have a “Contact author” button that works, I’ll be looking forward to hearing from you and where your skill points are going.

I’m still figuring out how the website works, so bear with me. I’ll start posting regularly soon I swear.

With excitement,

Sam 🙂