You ever get that feeling? That's what I do. When something just hits me I don't cry, I get that feeling. A few examples for you: thinking about hell, reading the end of 1984 and this song. It's beautiful, but my stomach hurts.
Friday, May 29, 2009
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Expectations
I tend to keep my goals to myself. I tend to think of it this way: I have 4 possible outcomes.
1.) If I tell people about one of my goals and do not accomplish it I disappoint not only myself, but also the people who were looking forward to the outcome.
2.) If I tell people about one of my goals and accomplish it I am happy and they are excited as well (hopefully) about the outcome.
3.) If I don't tell people about one of my goals and I do not accomplish it I am disappointed but no one else is.
4.) If I don't tell people about one of my goals and I do accomplish it I am happy and people are surprised and happy to find out.
Those are the four options the way I see it. Now I've been told that sometimes having other people aware of your goals will help motivate you, but I have found that this isn't very strongly the case with me. Now you know why I'm hesitant to freely share my future plans and/or goals. Feel free to debate the logic of my 4 scenarios in the comments below.
1.) If I tell people about one of my goals and do not accomplish it I disappoint not only myself, but also the people who were looking forward to the outcome.
2.) If I tell people about one of my goals and accomplish it I am happy and they are excited as well (hopefully) about the outcome.
3.) If I don't tell people about one of my goals and I do not accomplish it I am disappointed but no one else is.
4.) If I don't tell people about one of my goals and I do accomplish it I am happy and people are surprised and happy to find out.
Those are the four options the way I see it. Now I've been told that sometimes having other people aware of your goals will help motivate you, but I have found that this isn't very strongly the case with me. Now you know why I'm hesitant to freely share my future plans and/or goals. Feel free to debate the logic of my 4 scenarios in the comments below.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Game We Learnt
A day once dawned
And it was beautiful
A day once dawned from the ground
Then the night she fell
And the air was beautiful
The night she fell all around
So look see the days
The endless coloured ways
And go play the game that you learnt
From the morning
And now we rise
And we are everywhere
And now we rise from the ground
And see she flies
And she is everywhere
See she flies all around
So look see the sights
The endless summer nights
And go play the game that you learnt
From the morning
Nick Drake's last album Pink Moon is (as I've mentioned before) my favorite and it is songs like this that make it so beautiful. Nick Drake suffered from insomnia and this was a big part of a lot of his music. The lyrics to From the Morning here show the beauty and pain as he looks in on the "normal" folk who play the game they learnt "from the morning"
And it was beautiful
A day once dawned from the ground
Then the night she fell
And the air was beautiful
The night she fell all around
So look see the days
The endless coloured ways
And go play the game that you learnt
From the morning
And now we rise
And we are everywhere
And now we rise from the ground
And see she flies
And she is everywhere
See she flies all around
So look see the sights
The endless summer nights
And go play the game that you learnt
From the morning
Nick Drake's last album Pink Moon is (as I've mentioned before) my favorite and it is songs like this that make it so beautiful. Nick Drake suffered from insomnia and this was a big part of a lot of his music. The lyrics to From the Morning here show the beauty and pain as he looks in on the "normal" folk who play the game they learnt "from the morning"
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