The First Blog Post: Introductions
Alex (Qrius)Okay, the music has been turned on and I've wrapped up some auxilliary work. Now it's time to write the the first blog post of the site!
Welcome to my portfolio website!
First off, the site title is a play on my first name Daquaris, pronounced Dah-quah-ris, but is most of the time pronounced as Dah-que-rius. As a kid, I hated how often it was mispronounced, so I insisted on the use of the name my family uses to refer to me, Alex (which is just a shortened version of my middle name). So, taking 'rius' and applying the letter that my mother was obsessed with adding to my brother's and my name: Q. This concatination also just so happens to sound like the best word to describe me: Curious. Thus, Qrius Alex.
So, who am I and why should you care? Uhhh, I'm nobody and you probably shouldn't. But if you do care, I go by the name Alex, and I would describe myself as someone in perpetual search for progress. Getting better than I was yesterday is a goal that I strive for every day and recently I've been hitting this goal nonstop. It should be noted that there are negative ways to live in this way, but I think I've figured out my healthy groove! Its just something that I want and it makes me happy that I can search for it. It excites me that perfection is impossible, because it means that I'll never be bored.
These skills do not stop at my development/engineering skills! My social skills, my personal skills, my knowledge of everything under the sun, etc. Its everything. Knowing that I might be mistaken on something, drives me to learn more about it and challenge my own position by speaking with someone trusted. When I was a kid I heard the sentiment You just want to be right!
a lot. And I was never equipped to explain why it was such a mischaracterization of my position in the discussion. Its not that I want to be right, I just want to always come to an understanding. In fact, when I'm speaking with someone who realizes that, they tend to note that they haven't heard my opinion the entire conversation, since the investigation of my mistake doesn't involve my opinion until muuuuuch later, if needed. When I'm speaking with someone who I trust to have a responsible back-and-forth with, my only objective is to try to get understanding. I don't always think that I'm just right. Instead, I'm trying to undertsand what misunderstanding is present or if there is a fundamental disagreement. I might dive deeper into this topic in a later post, since the idea of a fundamental disagreement is so important to my perspective on discussion, but this is just an example of what growth means to me. Becoming better means confronting my mistakes and humbling myself by admitting it to someone who may have been affected by my mistake (usually just admitting that I was mistaken in a conversation, or afterward if I wasn't able to.) It not easy, but it gets easier and it improves one's humility tenfold.
I went on a bit of a tangent, but lets get back to the main point. I love creating, learning, and sharing. This website will be my public representation of those loves. I hope you enjoy your stay, and way more updates and blog posts to come!
Godspeed
- Qrius