I should also try to identify the actions that bring an experience of dissociation, that make me feel like I'm not myself, or distant, or isolated from life. These are the sorts of actions I should attempt to avoid, if at all possible. I think sometimes the Internet does this to me--mindlessly checking websites, whether myspace or facebook or blogs, reading them, but not actually retaining anything. There are certain actions that seem pointless, empty, worthless. I should avoid these.
Of course, it's important to remember that not all actions are going to be entirely fulfilling, and that I sometimes might have to take actions that are going to be somewhat deadening. But I would like to be able to identify actions that fall into these two types and organize my life so
that I can tend more towards fulfillment and less towards pointlessness, as difficult as this might be, since it will likely involve cultivating some habits while interrupting others.
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Look at what grad school has done to you. Just take more drugs and it'll all be fine...
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