I actually had to look up “Number” in spanish.. God i really need to learn a thing or two about that language. Maybe i should try to do that while in college: learn another language. That’s actually not too bad of an idea. So long as i can balance out learning that with my life, then i’m definitely going to get that down by the end of these four years. See, that’s the trait that I’m steadily picking up: Maintaining structure. I am far from attaining my goal, but boy am i getting there.
One of the biggest roadblocks for making my daily activities at balance? And if you’re reading this- a block peer or Sophia- I’m sure you can agree damn well with me: computers take up WAY too much time of my life. I like to make a to-do list of the day prior to the actual day and I’m glad that I can get most, if not all, things done on that list. For example, on Saturday i came home 8 AM from work (9 pm- 7 am working… wacky huh?), slept till 11 and then i started banging out my list: took apart my bed to put it at my mom’s place, drove over to get groceries, then to get prescriptions for contacts, get a haircut, do a quick mile run, get to my study group at Baruch, chill outside , finish reading a novel, cleaned my room up, AND took a shower. It was a good day to get things done and did just that! However, i could have done so much more. By 10 PM, i found myself on my desk Facebooking for hours and online shopping. I could have meditated, had me some coffee, sat out my window, or even read a magazine. But damn you social networking for being so addictive.
See, humans need direction. We are generally lazy and thus, we like t.v. and internet for promoting our nature of sitting while being hypnotized to believe that “FOR THREE SIMPLE PAYMENTS OF ONLY $99.99…(RIP Billy Mays)” is truly a bargain. Television and computers do let us escape from the strains from the day. I could not agree any more. However it fails to give the second element of de-stressing: letting the mind wander about. Like a good PB&J, what good is the PB without the Jay? The Mac without the Cheese? The fries without the Ketchup? You get where I’m going, I’m just starving so I’m rambling with it. =) So computers fail at doing what I want it to do, and so i loathe spending too much time on this thing. I enjoy structuring my day because I put myself in charge of where, when, and how I want to go about getting my life done. Guess I would just like to do more with my time if I had a more thorough design.
I love this picture for numerous reasons. For one, i am that boy at this point in my life. I continue to aspire for more ,but it feels as if i cannot quite reach where I want to yet. And I feel like if I can structure my life better, then I can reach my goal. Metaphorically corresponding to this image, if that boy were to structure the chairs better, I feel that he can indeed grasp the moon that he strongly desires. I also enjoy the fact that in this image, it is a single character. On a side note, I love how the boy is alone in this picture. He put these chairs together, he reaches for it alone in the night, and it is ultimately him that can truly attain his goals for himself. I feel like that is me, and ultimately all of us. Hmm, this can be the next blog topic to dip into. See.. structure? 🙂