Essential Questions:
1. What is the purpose of your existence?
2. What is happiness and what makes you happy?
3. What does it mean to live a meaningful life?
4. To what extent can literature shape your personal philosophy on happiness and meaning?
Project Description can be found here
New Insights
Over the course of this project, the following insights have come to my attention:
1. The purpose of ones existence depends solely on their ability to perceive their own actions and thoughts. This idea came from The Stranger, by Albert Camus and is slightly based on Existentialism and the concept of The Absurd.
2. What personally makes me happy is being able to express myself, surround myself with people who make me laugh, have good family dynamics, eat really good food, exercise, read, be outside, and not have a lot of stress in my life.
3. It's come to my attention that values such as compassion, kindness, gratitude, forgiveness, and patience have not been something that I've really tried to work on in the past. After watching the Happy movie though, there was a tiny shift in how I wanted to treat others. Since then I've gained patience for my grandmother's clucking and long-winded advice, have become less afraid of sounding insincere when thanking people, and I'm currently trying to take up the task of doing all my own dishes (without my parents asking.)
4. One thing that I think people really overlook in our society is simplicity. I really believe that if you simplify life - such as your desires, how you live, and your expectations - it can lead you to a certain peace of mind that can't be found otherwise. Simplicity is something that I've been trying to work on as well. I'll ask myself "Do you really need this? Or is it just going to take up more space? Why do you want it?" Of course this isn't a constant thing. Haha I'm not what I would call the essential, bare-boned minimalistic person. I'm no buddhist monk. Yet I try to be mindful about my lifestyle in that sense.
Further Questions I Have:
1. How do you know which voice (in your head) is the one you should follow? How do you know it's authentic?
2. Is it too idealistic to require yourself to forgive everyone?
3. When you attempt to create meaning in your life, should it just effect you, or should it be able to effect the people around you as well?
4. How much does community and culture effect the progressiveness, health, and spirituality of a people?
5. Why are we so obsessed with status, image, and money?
6. Why is technology so fascinating?
1. What is the purpose of your existence?
2. What is happiness and what makes you happy?
3. What does it mean to live a meaningful life?
4. To what extent can literature shape your personal philosophy on happiness and meaning?
Project Description can be found here
New Insights
Over the course of this project, the following insights have come to my attention:
1. The purpose of ones existence depends solely on their ability to perceive their own actions and thoughts. This idea came from The Stranger, by Albert Camus and is slightly based on Existentialism and the concept of The Absurd.
2. What personally makes me happy is being able to express myself, surround myself with people who make me laugh, have good family dynamics, eat really good food, exercise, read, be outside, and not have a lot of stress in my life.
3. It's come to my attention that values such as compassion, kindness, gratitude, forgiveness, and patience have not been something that I've really tried to work on in the past. After watching the Happy movie though, there was a tiny shift in how I wanted to treat others. Since then I've gained patience for my grandmother's clucking and long-winded advice, have become less afraid of sounding insincere when thanking people, and I'm currently trying to take up the task of doing all my own dishes (without my parents asking.)
4. One thing that I think people really overlook in our society is simplicity. I really believe that if you simplify life - such as your desires, how you live, and your expectations - it can lead you to a certain peace of mind that can't be found otherwise. Simplicity is something that I've been trying to work on as well. I'll ask myself "Do you really need this? Or is it just going to take up more space? Why do you want it?" Of course this isn't a constant thing. Haha I'm not what I would call the essential, bare-boned minimalistic person. I'm no buddhist monk. Yet I try to be mindful about my lifestyle in that sense.
Further Questions I Have:
1. How do you know which voice (in your head) is the one you should follow? How do you know it's authentic?
2. Is it too idealistic to require yourself to forgive everyone?
3. When you attempt to create meaning in your life, should it just effect you, or should it be able to effect the people around you as well?
4. How much does community and culture effect the progressiveness, health, and spirituality of a people?
5. Why are we so obsessed with status, image, and money?
6. Why is technology so fascinating?