I don't view myself as a genius. I view myself as someone who was given the ability to understand and accomplish almost anything I set my mind to. However, there are many many people who have accomplished more that I ever will. Those are the true geniuses.

My problem, if it is a problem, is that everyone I know views me as a genius. Perhaps I have set my standards too high for myself. I am not a pure perfectionist, but a perfectionist at things I deem important. For example, I am a perfectionist at math. And math is an objective subject, so there is perfection to achieve. I'd like to think I can eventually achieve that perfection, but I may be pushing myself too hard.

I spend much of my time pouring my thoughts into creative pirsuits. I play the piano, write novels, draw comics, compose music, and I'm proud of what I've accomplished. But could I ever create a career out of this? Perhaps. Or are these just hobbies like video games that I use to pretend accomplishment in a virtual world? I'm entering my senior year in high school and plan on pirsuing astrophyics in college. If there is one thing that would give me a real sense of accomplishment, it would be making some world bending discovery in that field.

I don't know if I'll ever publish my novel. My music compositions might be published within a small group of friends. Several of my comics can be found on this blog my brother started specifically for that purpose. Unfortunately I don't have any time to make them less crude than MS Paint stick figures. Perhaps that's what makes them have character. Click here for some laughs