M&Ms...or Med School?
I often wonder how human beings can be so continuously ridiculous. Why is it that this weekend, despite my intentions to be productive, I spent the majority of my time doing nothing of importance? I suppose I'm asking the age-old question: why do I do things I don't want to do? I understand that sitting on the couch all weekend will not help improve my life. When there is homework to be completed, putting it off until the last minute does not make it go away. Watching the Lord of the Rings does not, despite my wishes, make me more like Frodo so I can go save the world. Watching Pride and Prejudice will not bring me any closer to my Mr. Darcy. So again, I ask, why do I waste my time? I'm no Albert Einstein, but my I.Q. is not 15 either. I understand that
watching movies will not change my life. Why is it that I act in ways that I know are completely futile? Why do I eat so many peanut M&M's, when I know that an apple is much healthier? Something is definitely wrong if I am no longer satisfied with what is "good" for me.
I hate to admit it, but there are times when I grow weary of doing right. I'm just sick of eating salad with a turkey sandwich on whole-wheat bread, and drinking water and cranberry juice. Give me a bag of M&M's! I wonder why it is that so many people in my generation have this same problem. We are so easily deceived by looking at the temporary. I think it's because we are such a demanding generation. We want everything now, not in five minutes. I feel like eating a huge tub of ice cream and M&M's, so that' what I'm going to do! I don't take into consideration that I could easily gain twenty-five pounds and eventually have a heart attack due to an inadequate diet. I don't feel like doing my homework right now, so I'll watch a movie. If I were to instead, step back and say "Well if I don't do it tonight I won't have any time to work on it the rest of the week. Then it will be rushed, I'll get a poor grade, and my semester grade could be affected. If I don't keep my GPA up, I'll never get into med school! I better start on this assignment tonight." While that may be a bit extreme, I believe that long-term goals and delayed gratification are two things that people today really need to work on - myself included. If I stay focused on the end result I want, it's easier to stick it through and finish what needs to be done. When I realize that, hey - I don't want to become obese - it's easier to exhibit self control when it comes to eating ice cream.
But hey. It never hurts to sneak a few peanut M&M's every once-in-a-while.
watching movies will not change my life. Why is it that I act in ways that I know are completely futile? Why do I eat so many peanut M&M's, when I know that an apple is much healthier? Something is definitely wrong if I am no longer satisfied with what is "good" for me.
I hate to admit it, but there are times when I grow weary of doing right. I'm just sick of eating salad with a turkey sandwich on whole-wheat bread, and drinking water and cranberry juice. Give me a bag of M&M's! I wonder why it is that so many people in my generation have this same problem. We are so easily deceived by looking at the temporary. I think it's because we are such a demanding generation. We want everything now, not in five minutes. I feel like eating a huge tub of ice cream and M&M's, so that' what I'm going to do! I don't take into consideration that I could easily gain twenty-five pounds and eventually have a heart attack due to an inadequate diet. I don't feel like doing my homework right now, so I'll watch a movie. If I were to instead, step back and say "Well if I don't do it tonight I won't have any time to work on it the rest of the week. Then it will be rushed, I'll get a poor grade, and my semester grade could be affected. If I don't keep my GPA up, I'll never get into med school! I better start on this assignment tonight." While that may be a bit extreme, I believe that long-term goals and delayed gratification are two things that people today really need to work on - myself included. If I stay focused on the end result I want, it's easier to stick it through and finish what needs to be done. When I realize that, hey - I don't want to become obese - it's easier to exhibit self control when it comes to eating ice cream.
But hey. It never hurts to sneak a few peanut M&M's every once-in-a-while.
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Monday, January 26, 2009
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