Hi Steemit, my name is Stanton.

Hi Steemit, my name is Stanton. I heard about Steemit awhile back, but was re-introduced to it by @abroadlife a few weeks ago and here I am.

I've been wanting to get into the habit writing for a long time because I think written communication is a very valuable skill to have. A daily habit of writing would help me improve my writing ability and it will also give me an outlet for the tons of ideas I want to share. I haven't done so yet because I'm lazy, scared, and am a perfectionist. These are all just excuses. Being lazy means that I haven't made this a priority. Being scared means I'm afraid of how people see me if I put myself out there. And being a perfectionist means that I’m always procrastinating because as a perfectionist, you’re almost never happy with your final product.

Now, a little about myself. I've been thinking about defining who I am on paper for awhile now. I'll do it in 4 pieces: a one sentence self-description, strengths, weaknesses, and interests. So here goes.

If I was to define myself in one sentence:
"I am a generalist and logic focused jack of all trades type of person with an interest in creating more efficient systems that will benefit the world".

Strengths:
Long term planning, coming up with ideas, larger picture thinking, organizing and systemizing things, logic related tasks, open minded, comfortable with change, easily content.

Weaknesses:
Lack of focus and easily distracted, constantly a little late (average of 8 minutes), easily find myself in a lazy and unproductive state, constant interrupter in conversations, not very good at caring about the people around me, slow to take action (often times because I'm not sure of my decision yet)

Interests:
Ways to improve our environment, ways to handle trash and recycling, alternative education, how to have a longer life, technology improvements, Japanese manga and good stories (both fiction and non-fiction), ways to connecting people to improve the world, the perfect government system, self improvement, why humans are the way they are, and most importantly, the cross section between all the previous interests and the future (I love thinking about the future).

On Steemit, I’ll be writing about my interests and random ramblings of topics that I have encountered during the day or have been thinking about recently. One of my longer term projects is to explore the future of education, so I’ll have a strong focus on education.

Thank you for reading! If you have any thoughts, comments, questions, grammar suggestions, or critiques, please comment and let me know.