Didn't go to class today, was feeling a bit bummed and felt like I needed a stress free day to relax. I think it would of been better if I just toughed it out and went, because atleast I'd feel like I was productive (but what does that mean anyways). Usually, I don't think clearly in the morning anyways, and it's so easy to just turn that alarm clock off and go back to sleep and take another "day off". Does anyone else feel like they get smarter as the day progresses? I feel like that sometimes.
Anyway.. I had this idea.. make a chart with things that might affect my moods (like: amount of sleep, eating healthy foods, activity, ect, etc.) in the feilds. Then make a graph of my up moods and down moods and see if there is an actual correlation between them, and then maybe change my behavior that is negatively affecting my moods. Sounds like it would work theoretically. I've tried keeping a journal before, but that only lasted a few weeks, so I probably wont follow it through
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I can be pessimistic at times or have a negative conception of myself. Maybe I do it for humility because overconfidence or pompusness is tacky. Or maybe I do it for sympathy because it is a quick way to see that people care. I'm curious about my emotions and behaviors and want to see whats behind them and remedy the ones that don't contribute to happyness. To look at yourself objectively and see your faults as they are and not be afraid to admit them is the only way to make progress and evolve into a better person -- or atleast that is what I believe.
Anyway.. I had this idea.. make a chart with things that might affect my moods (like: amount of sleep, eating healthy foods, activity, ect, etc.) in the feilds. Then make a graph of my up moods and down moods and see if there is an actual correlation between them, and then maybe change my behavior that is negatively affecting my moods. Sounds like it would work theoretically. I've tried keeping a journal before, but that only lasted a few weeks, so I probably wont follow it through
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I can be pessimistic at times or have a negative conception of myself. Maybe I do it for humility because overconfidence or pompusness is tacky. Or maybe I do it for sympathy because it is a quick way to see that people care. I'm curious about my emotions and behaviors and want to see whats behind them and remedy the ones that don't contribute to happyness. To look at yourself objectively and see your faults as they are and not be afraid to admit them is the only way to make progress and evolve into a better person -- or atleast that is what I believe.
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morgan:
P.S. I think I agree with Socrates on the idea that there is some ultimate good...we don't know exactly what it is but we do know when we do something that moves us toward that ultimate and when we do something that moves us away from it. So no matter where a person is from he can move towards or away the inalterable ultimate good
orchid1:
That chart sounds like a good idea. Since I've learned to knit I can sit around all day and then say, "Its okay, you made a scarf!" Its not productive in the same way as what I might have been doing...so...uh...learn to knit? I have no idea where I was going with this...