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[Jun. 27th, 2009|01:43 am] |
One of the interesting things about being away from home is that it gives you perspective on what is actually important to you, as opposed to what only appears important to you. It’s so easy to get into a rut of comfortability when life doesn’t change, and you can mistake that rut for need. You might think that you absolutely must watch that particular tv show, or read that particular website or partake in a particular activity. But when you in a different place, and your whole day-to-day life has changed and you are far away from all your stuff and your friends and you family and your ruts, you can gain some perspective and realize that many of the dumb little things you felt were so important really weren’t, and all those things you felt you couldn’t live without, you actually can live without. For example, back in DC I felt this need to keep up with all the political news of the day because that’s what people do there, but here in Alaska, where I don’t have a tv, a decent newspaper, or reliable internet access, I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t really ‘need’ to keep up with political stuff. It’s almost like I’m a totally different person up here; with different interests, hobbies, and requirements for day-to-day life. I haven’t had a single latte or wasted an evening chatting on IRC since I got here!
It’s all temporary of course, as soon as I get back, I’ll go back to being the same person I was before I left, but maybe this time with a little more perspective about what I really ‘need’ from life vs. what I just lazily keep around because I’m used to having it around. I think this goes back to a pervious post of mine about how a person needs to continually break themselves down and rebuild in order to really understand who they are at their core. |
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