“Once upon a time, there were three men in a cave, all they did all day was watch their fire and its light dancing on the walls of the cave. Eventually, one of these men got bored, and tried to find a way out of the cave, and eventually, he found the sun. He was so inspired, he ran to show his companions, to enlighten them to the sun. But they were so entrenched in beliefs that all they did was kill the man, and move further into the cave.” that was a story I from Plato, and it feels eerily similar to the situation I found myself in during this project. The only difference, was we didn’t kill the person trying to enlighten us.

”This year, my work hasn’t been the most proficient, but I will use a bullet journal to organise my time and ensure I can make better work”

I’ll be honest with you, it’s all nonsense. Do you really think that the public speakers do what they say? All anything they say does, is it adds more pressure into our lives by making us feel obligated to be better people by doing what they tell us to do.

Things is meant to be some “great organizer” and maybe it’s my brain, but it doesn’t work. In my case, the license is simply wasting 60$ that could’ve been spent somewhere better.

The time blocking my calendar simply clogs up the finely tuned machine I have to remind me what things are on what days. It’s like putting cooking grease in an F1 car.  Using it to remind what classes/extracurriculars I have and reminding me things I can remember easily using other means. Like a physical calendar.

Every YouTube video says “Successful people timeblock their time” but in reality, those successful people aren’t successful due to their brilliant work ethic and superhuman smarts. They are only successful because that have rich or well placed parents or have one (1) good idea. The myth of the self made billionaire is just that, a myth

IBM, the leading supplier of computer equipment to commercial enterprises at the time, approached Microsoft in July 1980 concerning software for its upcoming personal computer, the IBM PC, after Gates’s mother, Mary Maxwell Gates, mentioned Microsoft to John Opel, IBM’s then CEO. – Wikipedia

Happiness is determined by internal factors and not by the outside world. That’s what the video we watched at the start of the project said. And weve been doing the exact opposite. Doing things to impact how happy we are, and it’s not working.

The last part of this project is making myself more presentable, and as the wreck I am and will continue to be, I’m unemployable, unwantable, and generally just a useless member of society.

 

“This year, I will try to be a happier person by using strategies to make my life more balanced”

At least, that’s what I would say, if I wanted to be a liar. The person I am today is so firmly entrenched into what I am now, it would do more harm than good to take me out. Perhaps it’s like the story of the 3 men in a cave. Perhaps I’m so entrenched in my systems I have, that I would rather kill someone than face the truth. But if that how I am, then so be it.

And explaining the name of the post: Things is like Disney land or world or whatever. It’s overhyped to oblivion by Willemse, when in reality it’s not worth the absurd price you have to pay.

So how can I use strategies to maintain balance in my life and support my own well-being?

Short Answer: I can’t.

Long Answer: I can try any number of systems but my brain will refuse to accept them no matter how hard I try.

 

thanks so much for bearing with me in my rant against this project, it was pure pain for me to experience. As in it made me want to throw myself out of a decently high window. It also made me have a mental breakdown and reduced my ability to take this course seriously in their attempts to better us. If they think this is to help us, I pray for whatever it is that they think harms us. (I,e. Grade based thinking, actually communicating plans before a week prior to an even, and actually using words in their intended meaning). Hopefully you have plans for gaining those skills time blocked and put into things.