f r e s h s t a r t
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
A brief moment of clarity
I've gotten into the habit of drinking a few beers while doing the reading for my legal ethics class, which is perhaps part of the source of my current train of thought. I prefer to think that my best thoughts come right after I've been concentrating on something else, and I did just spend several hours studying secured transactions. I think that studying something that requires use of the analytical side of my brain makes the more creative and random side of my brain a little restless. Either that or the entire brain is rebelling against studying secured transactions and is forcing other thoughts into the front of my consciousness.
I was just suddenly astounded by the richness of life. Really, think about it. Think about how lucky you are, person who has the free time and the resources to read a blog kept by me, someone who you likely met in high school, college, or law school. You've had a lot more education than most people in the world.
Beyond that, think about all of the people you love in your life, and how fortunate we are to have those relationships. To have friends who are there for you and who understand you, to have family members who love and support you. And if you aren't satisfied with your current friendships, think of the social skills that you have that will allow you to meet and build relationships with new people.
My first job out of college was working on college campuses for an environmental organization. I didn't always see eye to eye with the higher ups in the organization, and I didn't always meet with their approval, but I do remember that one positive thing they always had to say at my performance reviews was that I had a genuine interest in people. They were pushing me to build numbers: numbers of volunteers, numbers of signatures, numbers of attendees at events. I focused on working with some really interesting students whose lives I found interesting and whose skills I wanted to cultivate.
One thing part of my personality that I feel like I'm not exercising enough lately is my interest in people. I miss talking to people at great length about themselves and their thoughts and their interests. Too often the question is some variation on "what's new?" instead of "if you had the capability to excel at any extreme sport, which would you pick?" or "what rules do you live by?" Am I the only one missing out on these important conversations? And if so, how did that happen?
22:53 2 comments
Comments:
If I were going to excel at an extreme sport, I think I would choose hang gliding. Then it would almost like flying, and I probably would dislike actual flying much less. So, it'd be good on both extreme and normal levels.
Also, I don't know if it counts as an extreme sports, but I'd like to excel at that sport were you bounce around inside a big rubber ball and roll around. It seems to be big in Australia but not here yet. It'd be dizzy tho.
Post a Comment
Also, I don't know if it counts as an extreme sports, but I'd like to excel at that sport were you bounce around inside a big rubber ball and roll around. It seems to be big in Australia but not here yet. It'd be dizzy tho.
