My project

Hi, I go by the pseudonym of Ric d'Shen-Wi. Welcome to my life's work.

I am undertaking a life-long project where each and every day I write down one thing I learned that particular day. It could be anything - no matter how trivial, complicated, large or small.

On this blog I will record each piece of newly-learned knowledge. It is a record; for posterity and so I can review and revise my daily learnings.

I started this project 57 days ago as a thread on a forum. Here was my initial explanation for doing it:

I believe in the psychological "life-time learning and development" thesis which I feel every human undertakes to some level. As a record of my own personal daily progression through life until my eventual certain death; I will post once on this thread every single day with something I have learned that particular day. It may be anything but I want to keep a record; and I encourage others to post anything they may have learned today.

"The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery." - Anais Nin.

57 days on and I am still going strong. It is like a proof of my existence. So often we go through days, weeks even - sleepwalking from one end of the conveyor belt to the other. We remember nothing much at all - life just goes on relentlessly so where is the proof we even existed?

This is my proof. I can look back on a day and say, "yes, I learned something that day." I can remember and recall how I came across that fact, who told me it or where and why I looked it up. The project is a chronological record of my life - a kind of diary with a difference.

The things I learn are personal to me and are a product of my own unique life-context. They tell me where I've been, what I've done, what I read, what I watched or who I was with. The things you learn are personal to you. I hope you read at least something on this blog that makes you think, "wow, I didn't know that."

We become aware of many things but we mostly forget or don't really take them in at all. Also, we are all defined only by the limitations we place on ourselves. So keep learning, keep progressing. My main message of this is that we should embrace the world around us and expand our minds.

So I welcome and encourage anyone reading this to contribute themselves; and share a piece of knowledge, fact or information with the world. Your comments are welcome - I might just learn something!