Tuesday, December 7, 2010
End of the Road
As this first semester comes to a close, I have been thinking a lot about what I have learned. Mostly about happiness. What is happiness? I feel the happiest when I am content. When there is not a thing to worry about, and when all my homework is done on time-I feel so happy. All the papers and blogs paid off forsure. After putting so much effort and energy into this final, I feel accomplished. No matter what grade I get. I have learned and grown from past experience, and I am happy to look forward to my future. Happiness is contentment. Happiness is also accomplishment. Although, I still feel as if happiness is an emotion that can change at any time. I have found that my happiness changes as well. I feel happy when I buy clothes or shoes, but I feel a different kind of happiness when I turn in a paper that I worked hard on. Accomplishment vs. Indulgence. We Indulge to boost our happiness, but success is the greatest indulgence of all. It feels good to know that I am completely capable of performing well in my future classes-whether it be writing a synthesis paper or simply asking my teacher a question regarding class. I feel happy! Happy to know that I completed my first semester here at IUPUI! I have grown into a more respectful and a more aware young adult. By writing the last two papers, I have honestly learned so much. Time management, efficient self-evaluation, and efficient use of resources, are a few to list. Most importantly, I am confident to to continue on with my education. I can write and brainstorm better than I have before, which in turn will leave me happy in the long-run. And even in the short-term. I am happy, due to the growth in knowledge that i have acquired over the period of the semester.
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If you could take the class over again would you? Its great that youve gained so much knowledge from this course and this semester. I think that W131 was a good decision for my first writing class in college, and its always nice to know that others feel the same way to.
ReplyDeleteI like the word indulge! We will indulge for happiness won't we? Advertisers even tell us it's O.K.; that we deserve it. At least you indulge in getting homework done--I find myself indulging in carbs and sugar. You don't really use it this way, but I when I read "indulge" I think of a guilty pleasure--we indulge even though we know we really shouldn't. Does this mean we know we are sacrificing long term contentment for short term pleasure? Is buying a flashy sports car similar to having a smoke after gorging yourself on red meat and chocolate cake?
ReplyDeleteI also feel content and happy when I have put hard work in to something. This class has challenged me a lot and gave me a taste of what the rest of my career at IUPUI is going to throw my way.
ReplyDeleteThe things you say about happiness I think is so true. I personally think that happiness has its on personalities because everyone feels a different type of happiness when they do something. People get happy when they pay their rent on time, when they get paid, when they have something to look forward to on there birthday, when there able to go shopping to buy them something special. Everyone has a different feeling of happiness the list can go on forever.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that happiness is accomplishing something. Getting a hard task over with makes me feel proud & productive which in turn also makes me feel happy. I also agree that indulgence makes people happy. It seems like going shopping and spending money puts me in a good mood, even if it is just temporary.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you went about writing this blog. I feel as though you were genuine and sincere about what you said. Reading you posting, I became in tune with it. There are differnt kinds of happiness, and accomplishment and indulgence is just to name a feww. I agree with this because, really thinking about it, I'm happy when I'm with loved ones, I'm happy buying something that I feel I deserve, and I'm happy when I do well on somthing, but they are all differnt kinds of happiness.
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