odds and ends

Put my head through chair
rode wave runner under a pier when couldn'
t stop

When I was young my thoughts were only about myself. When I married the first time there was little change. When I married the second time I felt as if our personalities merged and in a sense I lost my autonomy. I still acted selfishly with spntaneous responses. When I married the third time I feel a difference between my wife and myself. I feel a need for her love and to share mine. I temper my spontaneous responses. less ego.

People who live in Florida live longer but age sooner.

When I was 24-5 I went camping to isolated Cqnada with 3 guys who were experienced. I fe;t no fear and enjoyed myself. Today the thought fills me with fear and especially concerns with GI problems and wigh going over rapids and waterfall!!

Self image is probably the primary determinant of attitudes. As my sense of inferiority and not belonging is strong, also my size and lack of athleticism, my sense of opposition and hence conflict is out of proportion to reality. So  I consistently challenged authority and my system II thinking has been lazy. Whether lazy system II explains lack of motivation and not applying myself to task (my father more so)(and his slef righteousness as also my sister) or my preoccupation with emotional distress, I did not apply myself to tasks leading to achievemtn. Rather I appear to have been blessed with enough intelligence and drive to get by but always marginally in my view.

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