Another journal assignment for my psyc class, thought it might be worth posting. It unintentionally developed into thoughts that related to where I see myself going in the future. I can’t imagine I’m the only one with the dream of a simpler, more self-sufficient life, and I genuinely think that will become a major theme in the future as the fear of water wars, peak oil, etc approches.

I discovered that there is a ‘revolution’ going on in term of life-cycle norms for people; for the better and worse.

I was born in 1988 so I don’t have first hand experience with what life was like before I was here, although I’ve always been very interested in it. I’ve often thought, things now seem SO different even if we take technology out of the equation.

It seems as though you didn’t have kids that talked back to their parents (in such great numbers). You didn’t have an ‘everyone wins’ policy and education in general seemed much more comprehensive and challenging (a good example here is Charlie Brown; if children watched that today, would they understand the vocabulary they were using?). I don’t know where the change was made (to think you could pinpoint the problem is oversimplifying it) or if these changes were for the better. The general consensus between people older than me seem to think these aren’t good things.

On the other side of things you DO have early diagnosis and prevention of disease and difficulty and a more comprehensive knowledge of who we are psychologically and physically. The question is, are we really using that knowledge in a meaningful way?

As technology advances and we move further from our roots of a simple life it seems life becomes busier and more complicated. I see the next revolution being the opposite of ‘advancement’ as we understand the word today. A life more simplified and sustainable; one more in touch with our roots.

I haven’t posted much in a while. I haven’t drawn much either. Been mostly busy with classes when I’m not working (stats is going to be the end of me). I thought it might be fun to through up some of my assignment entries for a Psyc class I’m taking.

For these journal assignments we have to start a sentence with a certain phrase (I realized… in this case) and expand on something we’ve read in the chapter. Here’s my entry on first impressions:

I realized that first impressions are powerful and at times out of your control. This is a fairly obvious assessment but the books seems to articulate it well. Often times someone can build a perception of you before you’ve even met, which is something we’ve probably all experienced.

We all think we have an initial sense of someone’s intentions or motivations; the gut feeling when meeting someone for the first time. That being the case, it’s worth mentioning that people who are really aware of this subconscious perception have an opportunity to change how people perceive them for the better or worse.

A fun example is the russian scam trick as performed here by Derren Brown.

I guess it’s important to remember that your ‘gut’ feeling is important, but to understand your conscious faults and limitations. Things often aren’t what they seem; don’t judge a book by it’s cover; so on and so forth…