Season's Greetings
Hi all, Nothing formal. I just wanted to update this blog since it's been a while.
Amazingly, just another month of college applications remains.
I am now sitting on the computer, writing a blog post, for which I have very little idea. One thing I want to improve about myself is my lifestyle. I have a problem of getting easily distracted by the Internet and computers. I want to get to a point where I have established for myself a means to stay busy. Whatever it be, I just don't want to spend my time aimlessly watching videos or browsing online. I seek to do what I do with a purpose.
At this point, I am somewhat happy with my lifestyle. I write in my journal daily, which gives me a record of the things in my life. For the past 6-7 weeks, I've been running 3 miles a day, which gives me a reason to be happy and maintain discipline (although I have missed more than the past week due to sickness and recovery). I have made a conscious effort to withdraw from my addiction to the screen and distractions, by giving myself useful work.
As I mentioned above, I envision for myself a lifestyle where I can at any time have an exact sense of what I have done during the day and what remains for me to do. Keeping this in mind would give me a reason to be proud of myself and give me a start to greatness. I hope that I can move away from my helplessly distracted and unproductive state of mind. I guess what it all boils down to is being happy for myself. But, I feel I have idealized too far; even now, experience has taught me that it isn't always possible to remain happy and satisfied. This scares me a little because I suspect that I won't be able to keep up such a lifestyle and lose it all. Despite this, I have surprised myself in the past; for instance, I sustained close to 42 days of running 3 miles/day without a single day of break. So, I am somewhat confident in my ability. I just need to begin. BUT one thing I need to keep in mind is not to stop myself from doing what I want. Before I can stop being addicted to watching videos, for example, I need to realize that I am free to watch as much as I want, so long as I acknowledge the fact that . I feel that such activities are compulsory in order to maintain discipline, and the reason people do not maintain productivity is because they have come to associate it with pain and lack of fun. And I think that the idea that productivity comes with suffering is a myth that needs to be broken. All in all, I suppose this philosophy boils down to doing anything I want, but doing it with a purpose.
Other than that, I am doing well. This evening, I was remembering my old friends from middle school and thinking about my life. I am hoping that in the next five years of my life I can establish such a happy and satisfying lifestyle for myself.
Amazingly, just another month of college applications remains.
I am now sitting on the computer, writing a blog post, for which I have very little idea. One thing I want to improve about myself is my lifestyle. I have a problem of getting easily distracted by the Internet and computers. I want to get to a point where I have established for myself a means to stay busy. Whatever it be, I just don't want to spend my time aimlessly watching videos or browsing online. I seek to do what I do with a purpose.
At this point, I am somewhat happy with my lifestyle. I write in my journal daily, which gives me a record of the things in my life. For the past 6-7 weeks, I've been running 3 miles a day, which gives me a reason to be happy and maintain discipline (although I have missed more than the past week due to sickness and recovery). I have made a conscious effort to withdraw from my addiction to the screen and distractions, by giving myself useful work.
As I mentioned above, I envision for myself a lifestyle where I can at any time have an exact sense of what I have done during the day and what remains for me to do. Keeping this in mind would give me a reason to be proud of myself and give me a start to greatness. I hope that I can move away from my helplessly distracted and unproductive state of mind. I guess what it all boils down to is being happy for myself. But, I feel I have idealized too far; even now, experience has taught me that it isn't always possible to remain happy and satisfied. This scares me a little because I suspect that I won't be able to keep up such a lifestyle and lose it all. Despite this, I have surprised myself in the past; for instance, I sustained close to 42 days of running 3 miles/day without a single day of break. So, I am somewhat confident in my ability. I just need to begin. BUT one thing I need to keep in mind is not to stop myself from doing what I want. Before I can stop being addicted to watching videos, for example, I need to realize that I am free to watch as much as I want, so long as I acknowledge the fact that . I feel that such activities are compulsory in order to maintain discipline, and the reason people do not maintain productivity is because they have come to associate it with pain and lack of fun. And I think that the idea that productivity comes with suffering is a myth that needs to be broken. All in all, I suppose this philosophy boils down to doing anything I want, but doing it with a purpose.
Other than that, I am doing well. This evening, I was remembering my old friends from middle school and thinking about my life. I am hoping that in the next five years of my life I can establish such a happy and satisfying lifestyle for myself.
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