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The red mage reference in question here is that of\u00a0Final Fantasy<\/em>\u00a0lore.\u00a0 The class of character that was the definition of a jack of all trades; they could fight with weapons and equip actual armor yet they were capable of casting white\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0black magic.\u00a0 Not to mention that in most every instance of the appearance of the red mage, they had an awesome red hat, often times with a feather in it.<\/span><\/p>\n Sounds appealing, being able to do a little bit of everything, doesn\u2019t it?<\/span><\/p>\n The drawback to the red mage was however, is the fact that they were\u00a0a jack<\/em>\u00a0of all trades \u2013 meaning that they were neither a king nor a queen of any of them.\u00a0 Their fighting prowess had a ceiling far lower than that of any other class that specialized in fighting strength and abilities, and their speed and agility were vastly middle of the pack, and could go no higher.\u00a0 When it came to casting spells, sure, they were capable of casting both white and black magic, but they eventually hit a wall with both, that they are incapable of surpassing, while white and black mages can continue on to learn a litany of spells exclusive to just them.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In other words, red mages are pretty awesome in concept, but in order to truly be great in any capacity, it is impossible with them.\u00a0 Only the fighter can equip Excalibur, only the thief can be the fastest, only the white mage can learn Revive, and only the black mage can learn Nuke.\u00a0 Even at level 99, will you not hit has hard, move as fast, heal as much or cast damage as any other class with a more exclusive skill set.<\/span><\/p>\n I still think red mages are awesome, but the fact of the matter is that they\u2019re kind of the perfect analogy for people like me: people who have a diverse array of interests and hobbies, but when the day is over, not truly excelling at any one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n A jack of all trades, and a master of none.<\/span><\/p>\n Personally, I adore the idea of versatility.\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s been in video games, in sports, and even in artistic pursuits, I\u2019ve often times been drawn to the idea of people who are capable of doing lots of things.\u00a0 It just seems awesome for there to be people that do a variety of things, instead of one solitary discipline.<\/span><\/p>\n But the more I think about it, the more it seems apparent that none of these versatile people are truly masters of any one thing.\u00a0 The aforementioned red mage could do a little bit of everything, but wasn\u2019t the best at any of them.\u00a0 Scottie Pippen could do just about everything, but Michael Jordan was a better scorer and Dennis Rodman was a better rebounder.\u00a0 Mike Trout is the prototypical five-tool player, but Miguel Cabrera\u2019s ability to simply hit better has won him two straight MVPs over him.\u00a0 Companies and employers all across America have people on their payrolls that everyone loves to call \u201cgo-to\u201d people who can chip in and fill in wherever they\u2019re needed, but it\u2019s the people with defined roles and specific titles that are in the higher pay grade.<\/span><\/p>\n Versatility is undoubtedly cool, but when the day is over, it doesn\u2019t really pay off as well as being really, really good at one particular thing.<\/span><\/p>\n I feel like I\u2019m a red mage.\u00a0 I like a lot of things, and I try my hand at a pretty wide variety of things, but frankly, I don\u2019t particularly think I excel at any one of them, and I think it\u2019s because of my red mage-like tendencies that sort of cap me.<\/span><\/p>\n Sounds kind of like that I\u2019m making an excuse, but I think there is some truth to people who stretch their interests thinly for a wider variety.\u00a0 Using myself for an example, I\u2019m pretty strict about my gym-going habits; if thoughts of indulging my gym hobby are running through my head, it potentially influences me when I\u2019m indulging in another hobby of mine \u2013 writing.<\/span><\/p>\n Sometimes I wonder that if I want to truly get better at one particular hobby, that I need to completely ditch others.\u00a0 If I want to become someone who is capable of taking better photographs, perhaps I should take some classes, or at least take extra time to practice and take pictures or something, but you know, the Braves are on television, or I feel like playing League of Legends now.\u00a0 If I really want to be a truly great writer, perhaps I should not let myself get distracted by the variety of things that pique my interest.\u00a0 If I want to really get into awesome shape, I\u2019d have to really curb back on my interests in really good food, even if they are sometimes abysmal for dietary health.\u00a0 And so on, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n I like having a lot of things that I\u2019m interested in, but there are plenty of times in which I feel inadequate in the opinion that I don\u2019t think I\u2019m really, really good at any one of them.\u00a0 These are times in which I should probably stop trying to make excuses to justify those emotions, but I\u2019ll be honest, they tend to pass pretty quickly when I stop and make myself think about them.<\/span><\/p>\n But really, I sometimes wonder that if I cut out particular hobbies or interests, if it would afford me the time or attention to get better at others?<\/span><\/p>\n Who really knows?\u00a0 In the end, it\u2019s probably best to let things like that happen organically, instead of trying to force the issue and giving up another hobby or interest cold turkey, because then that might set things up for tragic failure, and an inevitable relapse back into something claimed to have been given up.<\/span><\/p>\n So whatever; my attention span to writing this is waning, likely because I\u2019m not that fantastic of a writer that\u2019s easily distracted, maybe I have ADD or something, or maybe the fact that I\u2019ve already said everything I sought out to say with this post.<\/span><\/p>\n I like being somewhat of a red mage, but it\u2019s times like lately, in which I wonder if I\u2019m stretched too thin over an excessive variety of interests and hobbies.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The red mage reference in question here is that of\u00a0Final Fantasy\u00a0lore.\u00a0 The class of character that was the definition of a jack of all trades; they could fight with weapons and equip actual armor yet they were capable of casting white\u00a0and\u00a0black magic.\u00a0 Not to mention that in most every instance of the appearance of the … Continue reading Red Mage lyfe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[93,83,15],"class_list":["post-39459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-final-fantasy","tag-observations","tag-og"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39461,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39459\/revisions\/39461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}