Aristotelian Potential

Yesterday I was thinking about Aristotle. Y'know, he studied everything. He seemed to be an expert on everything. I could be an Aristotle. I am fascinated by philosophy, theater, political science, music, and poetry. Not so much linguistics, biology or physics but still, I have the potential to be an Aristotle. I think we all do. But who is the last person you can think of that seemed to be an expert in an endless number of arts and sciences? I don't think we are encouraged culturally to find more than one area of expertise. Most of us go to college to study one subject (our Major). Occasionally you'll meet someone who is a double-major, or a major with a minor, but it is uncommon. We study one thing. Previously I studied theater. Currently I am studying business. I am not living up to my potential. Who is at fault? I am. I could blame culture, my parents, Barack Obama, or any number of groups or people. The fact is that I am not living up to my potential because of me, myself, and I. I am not disciplined. Like, at all. I want to be, but every time I think about it I get a headache. I want to read more books, to expand my knowledge and awareness and critical thinking, etc. My favorite excuse is that I don't have the time. It is true that I have less time now then I did a year ago, but this excuse is still lame. I have time to write this blog. I have time to jump over to nba.com every morning and check-up on the Bulls. I don't have time to read about important things. Maybe that is why I and everyone else fail to reach our potential of expertise in multiple areas of study. A lack of understanding for the value of time. We need to challenge ourselves. I am going to read a book by the end of February. We'll say about about..... writing poetry. You can hold me to that. And then I'll post a blog with a poem that I wrote. Sigh.... If I have time.