Character:Janus
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Janus
(a main Character in Peritia)
née Torbjörn Pettersson,
born on 1992 (37 years old),
pronouns he/him,
breathes with their mouth open,
of Terran background.
A Problem: main problem
A Want: primary want
Contents
Personality
- Scattered: lacking focus (multiple projects/interests, simultaneously); lacks steadiness (because of his multiple interests); naïve
- Creative: artistic, sensitive; childish
- Aanxious: his thinking is anticipatory (foresees events); impatient (lacks calmness)
- Hyperactive: wants to be useful/practical; wants to make use of the time he has; wants to be ready/prepared (at all times); wants to be stimulated
- Impulsive: spontaneous; lacks perseverance (gets bored easily)
- Affectionate: loving, kind, warm and friendly; believes strongly that love is (and should always be) a priority
- Curious: his mind is busy, working, at all times (especially with projects and positive ideas for the future); it’s difficult for him to decide what to do because of his quick ability to pick up new and different skills
Struggles
- restless
- overstimulated
- impulsive, spontaneous/uninhibited (doing and saying whatever comes to mind)
- unfocused/dispersed (he wonders if there is something else he should be doing with his time/potential)
- experimental (he tries everything to make sure he knows what’s best)/spontaneous
- frustrated
- insecure (of the choices he makes)/overthinker
- eager
- optimistic/upbeat, exuberant
Source of pain
- wants to feel like he’s “seizing the day” (living each moment on purpose) because he suffered boredom when he was a kid, in school
- feels anxious because he is independent, a free agent, therefore all the responsibility is on him (his actions have consequences/impact/repercussions both on his environment, and on other people)
- he's restless and frustrated because he’s aware of the amount of options there are to choose from, and because he knows he is capable of plenty, he’d hate to waste the opportunity/potential
- he wasn't a good student, in general, due to his lack of interest in most of the subjects on the curriculum. He always thought the approach/method his school used for teaching, felt forced and fake, unappealing
Needs
- TRUST: in others, in the unknown - to learn to delegate
- SELFLESSNESS: including sacrifice, altruism, heroism, and overcoming greed
- FULFILMENT: including the realization of accomplishment, the satisfaction of achievement, and the improvement of one's performance
- REDEMPTION: including atonement, accepting blame, remorse, and salvation
Wants
Wants to implement a real viable alternative to the current dominant socioeconomic system.
- wants to be good (above average if possible) in everything he does
- wants to make/create something important and transcendental; he dreams of being a pioneer, a visionary; a professional artist (sculpture), or a technological innovator/genius
- wants to prove to himself (and everyone else) that he’s capable of following through with a project, from start to end
- wants Peritia to grow, evolve, and be a significant factor of change
- wants to "seize the day" and enjoy his life as much as possible (always)
In pursuit of their goal (become a real child), they've been actively:
- he’s been analysing and studying computer systems since he was a young boy; self-taught, at first, he dove deeper into the web in his teenage years (it was a like safe harbour for him, in comparison to school) He learned about coding and programming before he was twenty
- managed to get Peritia off the ground, from the idea/startup to a tangible reality, and it’s thriving. Also, he managed to stay focused on the task at hand and he never lost interest on the project
- he’s been practicing woodcraft, which calms him down when/if he’s over excited/overstimulated
Roadblocks to achieving their goal:
- he's active, intelligent, skilful and practical, but the amount and variety of subjects he’s interested in, are counterproductive (he’s abandoned projects for new experiences, more than once)
- he's childish, seemingly immature, warm and loving but sometimes naive. He doesn’t take life too seriously
- he’s a foreseer (and hyperactive), he wants to prepare "the field" for the next step (beforehand) and that is why it's so difficult for him to live in the present
Desires
Intimacy, wisdom, being taken seriously and influence people to stop trashing the world and causing misery.
Background
- hacker, amateur woodcarver, working as a general coordinator at Peritia (founder)
- 37 years old
- lived in Stockholm with both his mothers until he turned 20 and he moved to England with his best friend, to study (computer programming) and find work in London
- he was 21 when he got his first steady job as a carpenter in a furniture workshop, which allowed him to cover his part of the rent and keep studying what he wanted (courses at the University of London, and others*) He became a Gaian two years later
- he represents the inner child in all of us (impulsiveness) and kindness / the power of Nature
- Studies: Introduction to Computer Programming; Top-up BSc (Honours) Computing and IT Practice; Diploma of Higher Education in Data Analysis
Family
- from Swedish descent
- two half-brothers on his father's side
- his parents met when met in primary school and married at a young age (17) believing they were in love (she believed she'd found her Prince Charming); they had Torbjörn at 25, and got divorced (amicably) two years later
- his mother, Anja Bergström, is a homemaker/amateur painter, daughter of a homemaker and a successful car salesman
- his father, Wilhelm Pettersson, middle class, son of a nurse and a Philosophy college professor; he married at 30 to his second wife, Tilda Lindberg, and had twin boys (Adrian and Josef)
- his mother’s father, Rasmus Bergström, passed away before Torbjörn was born (crime victim, a robbery gone wrong) and his father’s mother (Vera Pettersson) died of a heart attack when he was 3 years old; he's always been very attached to his two remaining grandparents
- his mother, Anja, fell in love with a woman when she was 23 but "came out" to her husband (Wilhelm) 5 years later when she realised it was undeniable, unavoidable, and uncontrollable; fortunately, they were both feeling like best friends at the end of their marriage, siblings almost (they grew up together so she trusted him more than anyone), so he understood and they have remained good friends ever since
- his mother remarried also, when Torbjörn was five, to a french woman named Filippa Bloch (psychologist)
- he was raised by both Anja, Filippa, Wilhelm, and Tilda
Appearance
Research
Surnames
- Common surnames in Sweden
- Andersson
- Eriksson
- Larsson
- Pettersson: a common Swedish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter"
- Hansson
- Bergström
- Mattsson
Other details
- personality type (enneagram): 7 The Enthusiast - Busy, Variety-Seeking...
- woodcraft/sculpture: woodwork / w:wood carving - "Woodworking is the activity or skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinet making (cabinetry and furniture), wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning." / "The making of sculpture in wood has been extremely widely practised, but survives much less well than the other main materials such as stone and bronze, as it is vulnerable to decay, insect damage, and fire. It therefore forms an important hidden element in the art history of many cultures."
- he was diagnosed at a young age (6) with ADHD (Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder)
- "The earliest references to an ADHD-like disorder date back to the late-18th century and Sir Alexander Crichton.1 Some even try to say that many famous people and historical figures could have had ADHD, such as Mozart, Leonardo da Vinci, or Ben Franklin."
- his mother, Filippa, was well informed so she patiently educated her co-parents on how to actively deal with their son’s diagnosis on a daily basis, without the need to resort to pharmacological drugs (at such a young age)
- gaianist
- Hacker
- cisgender, heterosexual, single; he had two serious girlfriends in the past, and several casual dates since; he loves love
