Ever since I was a young boy, I always intrigued by the concept of reinventing or building upon an already existing object with the intent of improving it to fit my needs and later, the needs of others. Inquisitive by nature, I was always engrossed with the interior mechanics of everyday things. I would regularly take apart objects just to put my curiosity at ease. I would also find myself constructing my toys with various components from around the house not because we couldn't afford new toys, but because I added an emotional meaning to an otherwise useless object. I would envision myself as                                                                                                  "The Inventor" and even carried a sketchbook filled                                                                                                          with all my "great" ideas not all limited to toys.                                                                                                                  Yea I'll admit some were nonsensical and had no                                                                                                     merit to them, but who doesn't have an occasional                                                                                                       bad idea or two, especially at that age. However, some of those ideas still amaze me even to this day for how logically well thought out they were to the point that one or 2 of those ideas now exist today. It wasn't until later on in life when I was being pressured to decide what I wanted to do with my life where I finally discovered the wonderful world of product design and my subsequent obvious decision to pursuing a career in Industrial Design. You're reading this and presumably thinking who cares, what does this have to do with the now,  but for me, these were all valuable steps I have taken that have contributed to the way I choose to view design to this day.