30-10-2010

Questions

Hello again!

I figured that the easiest way to start writing, is by asking myself questions and answering them in the following paragraphs. After trying to find the right questions to answer I discovered that I wasn’t able to formulate any type of question that would give me enough writing material. My undeveloped mind is even too simple for an easy task like this (I guess becoming a journalist is out of the question then). Anyway, there is a simple solution for this problem. I’ve decided to ask my friends (and later on probably others) if they know any difficult questions which would allow me to actually explore my own mind and my current issues (not that there are many). So far, I have asked a few friends to help me out. They came up with the following questions:

Am I happy?
What has been  my greatest accomplishment so far?
What have I been avoiding in life?
What the fuck am I going to do with my life?
How do I treat others?
What have I done with my life so far?
What do I want?
What personal qualities do I appreciate in myself and others?

My plan for this diary is to answer one of these questions a day (continuously adding new questions to my list). My first question, however, is not listed above.

What do I wish to accomplish by doing this?            

As I have mentioned in my introduction, I wish to gain inspiration from this. Not necessarily just for writing music. I feel like this is an efficient way to get to know myself better. By doing this I hope to learn what I want from life, what I’m doing wrong at the moment, and if I have any chance of getting a desirable future. With all the things I learn about myself I not only hope to understand myself, but the human mind in general. What sparks a person’s creativity, and sets them apart from the rest? How would others experience the situations I have been in and would they (re)act the same way? These are mainly psychological questions, but that is one of my (declining amount of) interests. Furthermore, I wish this’ll help me gain inspiration on what to do with the rest of my life, as I have no clue what will become of me after my time at school.

2 opmerkingen:

  1. "Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery"
    -Matthew Arnold

    I have yet to "find myself" as well, and if you don't mind, I'll be joining you on your quest, by stealing these questions and using them myself.

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  2. That's okay, I probably received one or two of these questions by asking you anyway =P

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