-- about me --

Good afternoon everyone,

I want to begin my blog by telling everyone about myself.

I am almost twenty years old, and I am a currently attending The University of Mary Washington. Recently I have been very confused with what I wanted my future to be. Although I attend a university, academics have always been boring for me, because I had little interest in becoming a scholar. I do enjoy reading and learning, but not for the sake of grading or income.

My dream for the last six months was to play a board game (Go) professionally. Although, after talking to Guo Juan, a Go Professional (5p), for an hour I learned that Go professionally is not everything I dreamt it was. I understood that it would be work, studying, and small income, but I had never realized the freedom it stole from you. Also, I have learned that at my age it is difficult, and almost impossible to become a professional.

My dream has changed from wanting to play Go professionally, to something more glamorous. I want to play Go to the best of my ability for the Western World. As of now, I must put my studies of Go secondary to school, because I hope to make myself wealthy in the field of business. With this wealth I hope to better Go in the Western World, so when a child from the US wants to play Go professionally he or she can.

I will never stop studying Go, nor will I put my goal of being the best behind me. I promise to everyone that I will study my hardest for both school and Go.

I would like to end this post with a reflection on Guo Juan’s words. She told me to, “Earn your freedom now, and enjoy go forever.”

Thank you for reading,

Sincerely,

David L. Bowman