Preparation for Takeoff

Yesterday, me and my friend Finn proposed our project to the class in a format that my teacher calls “The Elevator Pitch”; you have sixty seconds to explain your idea and sell it to “The Boss”.

All in all, our pitch wasn’t bad. I mean, how much can you screw up in sixty seconds anyway, right? We explained our passion for mythology and outlined the design of our website.

Surprisingly, I found that we had some interest. A few people asked questions and gave some helpful feedback, suggesting that we expand to more mythologies from around the world and connect mythology to modern religion. It turns out that everyone is secretly a mythology nerd.

Alright, everything’s in place. Now we just have to do the actual project part…

Humble Beginnings

The end of the school year is near, and my English teacher has assigned one more challenge: a purpose project.

Now, a purpose project is designed to help students find and fulfill their purpose, but most of us, including me, do not have the ability to conjure our purpose out of thin air before the deadline, especially after years of working under a system that attempts to find a purpose for us (#doschooldifferent). Instead of finding my own purpose, I decided to help out my friend Finn with his. In the next few weeks, we aim to design a website that compares and contrasts the major tales of ancient mythologies in order to provide insight on the universal themes behind each one.

I’ll be doing progress updates every week. As of now, we’ve yet to establish a website, but we’ve found most of the sources that we’ll be using for research. There are two big hurdles in the way of my success: my lack of focus in the morning when we’re given time to work, and Finn’s nerdy lectures on Norse mythology. Of course, these obstacles are overcomable, and I’ll have to overcome them at one point or another before the final due date. But that’s about it. Wish me luck!

Third-Eyed Robot, signing off