Attempting to Know Everything

I like to think that I know quite a bit about nature. I can identify most of the plants and animals I come across, and even tell you how they interact with their ecosystems. But, unfortunately, it’s not an easy task to learn every species out there, and it’s one I’ve struggled with. I may have a couple degrees in biology and ecology, but I’ve always felt like I know nothing about the environment around me. My friends and family would always ask me “what king of frog is that” or “what kind of bird is this” or “why is that tree growing so weird”, and I would have to tell them I didn’t know, and after saying “I don’t know” for the 157th time I began to question if I knew anything at all. I was starting to think that the six and a half years I spent in school had been a waste of time. So, to get over this I decided I needed to learn everything about every species there is so I could start giving them some real answers. Then I could feel good about myself as a biologist, ecologist, and a naturalist. <a href="https://medium.com/@theIslandC/attempting-to-know-everything-3c9a807f93c3">Visit Now</a>