I truly need exciting, interesting and most of all stimulating conversation in my everyday life or else I feel lost. There is something so bothersome to me about talking about nothing. There’s of course exceptions to this rule, as in any, but for the most part discussing topics that have little meaning to any one individual, let alone the world, drives me crazy. There is probably nothing more exciting to me than being in a discussion with someone as it leads you through different areas of life and the world. This is the same reason entertaining books can grab ahold of me so well. You fly page after page not knowing where you’re going only to end up and look back at an amazing journey.This led me to think about my life and where it’s going. I can’t, and definitely don’t want to, plan it out. I want to live in the small conversations and have those lead to big world change. I want to be able take opporunities as they come because I know when I look back on my life it will be the experiences and mark I made on the world (and within people) that will really matter. How could I ever plan that out?! Couldn’t happen, not nearly as much would get done and it certainly wouldn’t live up to the potential life has to offer all of us! Life is incredible, I am so grateful for all opportunities I’ve been given and I’m most grateful for feeling open to the positivity of the world, it way different to look at the world with optimism. So…in not knowing where I’ll be or what I’ll be doing, I’m ready to take life as it comes!
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.~ Steve Jobs
(Source: soupsoup)
how many times do we sit and think about everything we don’t have? it’s human nature to want what you don’t have but do we ever feel satisfied?
infant life to old age, we constantly strive for something different then our own, it can be classified as laziness, motivation, or even determination, but either way it keeps us from being happy as we wait for the next best thing.
the next best thing will never come, because once it does, it is no longer the next best thing.
so how are we supposed to be happy with what we have?
i don’t have an answer for this, i’m on my journey as well…I’m a very goal driven person, and it seems as if my happiness has always relied on my next goal. I wanted to get out of high school, I wanted my degree, I wanted to move out, I wanted a relationship (still waiting on that one I guess), I wanted a good job, I wanted freedom as an adult…more and more I’m realizing how the outside world will not satisfy me whatsoever and that I need to look within and be able to be ok with who I am. Part of the perfectionist in me wants to constantly strive towards being a better person. This striving to be a better person is difficult, you can’t be your best self if you don’t ever accept yourself as your best self. I’m working on balance in life, in all things and starting within myself. I need to find the line behind healthy goal setting and self-destructive/negative self-talk. I’m a very positive person, anyone can tell you this, but I think I’m able to be positive with the outside world much more so than what I have within.
WORLD’S ULTIMATE BUMMER:
In Spiderman, when Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider his genes are mutated and he gets cool powers.
In the X-Men movie that came out in 2000, Magneto invented a mutation machine to give non-mutants cool powers.
In real life, you can only inherit mutations to get cool powers. So if you mutate your eggs or sperm, maybe, MAYBE, you could have a kid who secretes silk. If you are an adult, however, you really can never hope to just acquire a mutation that leads to some new cool function. If you do acquire mutations as an adult, you will most likely just get cancer.
Sorry to crush everyone’s super hero dreams. Batman is still a workable option though so, um, if you are a fabulously wealthy orphan your day could still come?
You should follow Malibu Einstein for the above post alone. If you need more convincing then I will turn your attention to “The Argument For Not Injecting Coffee Directly Into Your Veins.” You’re still not following her? Really? Ok. Try, “What would happen if you drilled a hole through the earth, and then jumped in?”
If you still aren’t following then I really don’t know what more to add. It sounds like maybe there is something wrong with you.
The richer–that is, the more varied and complete–the individual’s emotional life, the less is he driven to projection, and the more will he incline to identification. His outlet and satisfaction comes in identifying himself with the emotions of the other. On the other hand, the narrower and more restricted the individual’s emotional life, the more intense will be his fewer emotions, the less will he be inclined to, and capable of, identification–the lack of which he has to compensate for by projection. Projection thus proves to be a compensatory mechanism that adjusts for an inner lack. Identification, on the other hand, is an expression of abundance, of the desire for union, for alliance, for sharing.~ Otto Frank, “Love, Guilt and the Denial of Feelings” (1927)
(Source: psychotherapy)
I’ve started grad school and am finding my studies immensly thought provoking and interesting. As I continue to study emerging forms of leadership and system innovation I end up having several thoughts of my own and need some sort of organization for myself so I figure I’ll use this medium.
Most of life is spent planning, predicting every moment working towards whatever picture we have labeled “perfect” or whatever ideal we have in our head. The problem with this is we’re human. By nature we’re unpredictable. We’re attempting to systematically categorize a life with unexpected influences. Life can’t be predicted, we can’t plan for our situations, emotions or even worse, the emotions of others. Emotions play such a significant role in how we work and this is largely unrecognized in how we operate day to day life. We have a “plan”…if A happens then B needs to be the reaction, we have step by step lists for almost every aspect of life. This rut, disguised as working for a goal, leaves no room for creativity and ignores what lies at the core of us. Instead of working towards a goal, we need to start acknowledging the in between. There are things that affect our motivation, ambition and judgement. This unpredictable “curve ball” that is within all of us makes life exciting but also allows for such incredible potential. Why aim for one ideal when you could potentially have something so much better?
I’m sorry…I know this sounds like incessant rambling (well, because it is) but still I’m sorry if it doesn’t make sense or seems to jump around. So take what you will from it or ignore it completely!
Half of the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.~ Robert Frost
