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[RaymondCarver]

Work? School? Same things day in/out?


How do you change your attitude and keep a fresh perspective?

Without chemicals, what activities might you do, what reflections do you think of, or what is it that energizes you, charges you to go boldly into facing situations that do not change on their own. What I personally need is something to spice up my learning. I always have a high initial interest that wanes after a time. I need some random drama or scene changes from time to time, so I've thought of these things to do that may make school a little different and a pleasure experience:
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Go to another campus not of your own school. Find the library or somewhere where you might want to quietly sit, read, study, or wi-fi to hop on for those of you laptop users.

Get to different parts of town and get some outdoor action, excercise, et al. The world begins to look rather small and booring when visiting the same four walls with no changes.

Look to positive friends to hang out with. Hang out in the engineering building if you want to be an engineer, etc.

Take different routs driving, walking, et al. Park somewhere which makes you walk a different rout to your office or class.
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I find the last one pleasurable. I need to change some things since my campus experience tends to remain the same save for new classes each semester. In what ways do you add spice to your life when things seem to stay the same?

 

[MrAngryFace]

I rearrange my rooms maybe. I dunno. Ive spent the first 25 years of my life moving around and having zero stability/predictability. So now that im starting to have that I dont think i want to keep things fresh.

I mean improving your life is one thing, but shaking things up just isnt for me.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

Read Raymond Carver...and lose all hope.

 

[RaymondCarver]

RaymondCarver (the author) is nice to read once in a while.

UltraMarine

is a good read, but most of the negative sentament of his work can leave one feeling like this:

My mission is to not feel like the world is nipping at my heals because I get board with it when it doesn't change. I'll just try to think if praise with every step I take.

 

[jgkspsx]

Look to positive friends to hang out with. Hang out in the engineering building if you want to be an engineer, etc.

This applies, of course, outside the academic world as well -- though it's much harder to achieve!

Even if you're primarily a loner, the people you spend time with become "role models," so to speak. We humans have a limited perception of the world's extent, so (unless you're exceptionally driven, in which case you're likely not in these forums if there's something you'd like to be, you have to first put yourself in a conceptual framework that "supports" that role.

If you're interested in games programming, for instance, start hanging out at gbadev or something. Resist the urge to the easy and familiar unless that's where you want to be in five years' time.

... now if I could only follow my own advice =|

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

Have you tried having an affair?