Sententia // Perspective

I began my university studies as a computer science undergraduate. I didn’t mind computer science — not at all, really — but as I am wont to do, I found my interest drift around from thing to thing, idea to idea and place to place.

Fortunately, the university I attended required students to take a minimum of eight courses outside of their chosen field of study. Way beyond — beyond computer science, beyond science in general, to the wide, wide world of the social sciences, arts and humanities.

And I dabbled in a wide variety of things: languages, animation, sociology … and then, I took an introduction to world religions course. So, I finished up my computer science degree and moved on to the next thing: a second bachelor’s degree, this time in Religious Studies.

My passions have taken me every which way since then, but I still find myself occasionally drawn back to the world’s religions. At a meta-level, I suppose you could say that I’m going to be using this space to show that having multiple interests isn’t a bad thing. At Sententia, I want to challenge the notion that if everyone would ever just pick one thing and stick to it, we’d be happier or better off.

Think of it as my experiment in charting my own version of “personal development” for scanners. There is nothing wrong with having multiple interests; I want to show you via my experiences, and bring you along on my journey.