sigh.
something bad happens, and thats what i'd do. then i'd think, "what can i do?" then, of those things, i pick what do, then do it.
disregard lethargy, disregard emotion, disregard context.
if logically, pragmatically, it makes sense, its what you should do, and just follow through.
decide on a course, and follow through
its a sort of code i've tried to live by, i remember i got it off a japanese cartoon.
it was about giant fighting robots. and there was this boy, who was a pilot of one of them. he was in the middle of a war conflicted on what to do next. so what does his perfect pink haired girlfriend tell him? decide on a course and follow through. i was captivated ever since.
life is just so simple, now. i am lazy, but an essay is due. so what needs to be done? an essay. what do i do? the essay.
disregard emotion. disregard lethargy, escapism, and rationalizations, which are dangerous.
all there is is the task.
beware of rationalization-- the ultimate nemesis of the pragmatist-- rationalizations are sweet delusions that you allow to trick you into picking the most convenient yet unbeneficial way. then you find yourself in a hole, maybe because you wanted to be in one, for fun, or drama's sake, i dont know. that sickens me.
then there's the subject of complicated decisions.
just simplify.
are you in love? are you in love with two people?
you just ask yourself, considering the consequences, or not considering the consequences, what do you want?
then you just do it.
if you can't do it, then don't.
it's. so. easy.
i'm not sick-- but i don't understand-- or maybe i am sick-- i don't understand how people can so easily be overwhelmed or be so easy to rationalize.
its the quintissential way to live life, the way you want to.
what do you want? what do you need? what is the logical path, the utilitarian path, what is the most good you can do? the most logical choice of action, that benefits you the most.
what needs to be done for these things to happen?
then just do them. one step at a time.
you and i are the main characters to our lives, but we are nothing in the world. no one will care what you are going through, or why you are falling behind--
you can stop, rationalize complacency in mediocracy or even less than that-- die nobly, a martyr in your own eyes
but the world still sees you are mediocre and accomplished nothing.
there will be no consideration of how unfortunate and dramatic your life was, there will be no dramatic music, no scene of you, standing nobly at a cliff's edge while the wind blows at your back and the leaves swirl around you-- all there will be is you left behind.
what is best for you?
decide on a course and follow through.
