Free Write

Write about a topic of your choice. Be sure to write at least 200 words.

So... Hm. I guess I could say exactly what's on my mind, but considering the fact that this is a class assignment and is published on the internet for peers and strangers alike to view, I think that would be a bad idea. The last thing I want is a mob of angry PAS-ians chasing me through the school halls - and there are only a couple halls, which would make it a very short chase scene. If anyone's going to chase me, they should do it across a large city-scape and incorporate multiple free-running sequences. Like that scene in Casino Royale where Bond chases Mollaka to the Nambutu embassy (which is, apparently, a fictional country).

It's actually ridiculously hard to write something without a set of guidelines. While we're on that topic...

People, I believe, are actually happier given no choice when they have a choice at all. It's not even a belief, it's actually a scientifically proven psychological phenomenon that was introduced on TED.com a couple of months ago. An experiment showed that if a person has to choose to do something and is forced to stick to that decision, he is happier than the person who has a choice to change a previously made decisions. For example, one test brought together two classes of photography students, who were told to take pictures around a school campus and choose two best photos. One group could only keep one, and the other would be confiscated. The second group could only keep one, but was able to switch their photo for the other at any time. The first group displayed an immense amount of satisfaction with their photo sample. The second group was dissatisfied with their photo.
This test displays the most common thought process amongst all people: we value something that we don't have more than if we have it. Old people are often seen incorporating this thought process, as they continually claim that "the good old days" were much better than today, when in reality the "good" old days were probably just as violent and liberal.

Fascists were apparently well aware of this. They just took it a step further and disallowed all freedoms. You can't even choose your photo to keep.


Another psychological test said that people who tell others their goals are less likely to achieve them compared to people who aspire to achieve their goals without telling anyone. Apparently the act of telling people and receiving their positive reinforcements "relieves" the brain and tricks it into thinking that it has taken a step towards accomplishing the goal.
I would think this as silly, and that I would be able to have the mental capability of overpowering these feelings, but this has happened to me over and over again, which is both embarrassing and disappointing.

Now I feel guilty again. I need to get back in shape, start studying instead of scrolling through Facebook, study my APs more instead of slacking, and start rebuilding my spiritual self. Yes. That's what I should do. But I know I won't be able to bring myself to do these things. After I click "Publish Post," this motivated mindset will disappear.

And I hate myself because of that.