Have you ever wondered what the heck does “The Inexact Science” mean? Well, today I shall explain it to you. But first I want to tell you that the Inexact Science blog ended to correspond with the end of the semester, and I’ve begun the next chapter, The Evolution of Robby Wales.
So what the did the Inexact Science mean? Well it meant two things. It was sort of a joke or a comedy skit that I had in my mind for a while, and it’s also sort of a bad philosophical outlook on life that I had. Imagine if you got to meet the president or the Dali lama or some uber achiever adventurer type. Now imagine if you will, that you got a chance to ask them what was the secret to their success? Or how did they achieve such great things, and their response was to simply just shrug their shoulders and say “meh, it’s an inexact science”, as if to say life is a combination of luck, happenstance and falling into good fortune. A big letdown…
That was sort of my attitude for a long time, and that is part of the reason why I never set academic or career goals for myself. I just kind of figured that eventually I’d stumble into the right thing. The inexact science represented a chapter of my life where I let things happen to me, instead of making things happen for me. The inexact science represented a time in my life where I worked without a plan, hoped for the best, and basically achieved nothing. That time is over. I have specific goals and milestones I want to achieve, a particular type of career I want to pursue, and a desire to continue post graduate education. For the first time I have a workable long term and short term plan that should get me to where I want to be in life, the city in which I would like to live, the type of people I want to interact with, and the types of personal relationships I want to have. I began this journey in the spring of 08, I should hit my first major milestone around 2012.
