Today I learned about rewriting the reasons. Last Sunday I got up and I just stayed in bed. And went on a YouTube binge. I found myself aimlessly watching videos I really wasn’t even interested in. I knew I had to cook for the new week and get to the library to do some homework but I just wasn’t feeling like it. I had a sense of stagnation that stemmed from my boredom with being in school. Last semester I was motivated and disciplined. Though this semester I was over it. I felt weak siting there last Sunday willfully distracting myself. I got up and made some food but I still couldn’t find the motivation to leave for the library. It was only after sitting there for awhile did I realize that I had to revisit the reason why I was in college. I had wrote out a reason of why I was in college when I wasn’t feeling so motivated last week. I grabbed my notebook and read it over and over again and I found myself back in the zone to get up and keep plugging away with my studies. Later on I found out that taking the time to routinely ask myself things like “Why am I in college?” and jotting down at least six reasons even if their the same from the last time is beneficial. I’ve found that this practice gives one a sense of purpose. It gives one a sense of fufillment. When I wrote down the reasons why I was in college I realized it was more than about getting grades and a diploma. It was about correcting a mistake I made my first try at college. It was about being a better person than I was. It was about so many more meaningful things that just passing a class and moving on to the next semester. I’ve realized now that meaningful things are easy to forget. This idea does have its downside though. I’ve notice how I now have more of tendency to see things as a means to an end. With putting this idea into practice I can get into the bad habit of overlooking the beauty of the day because I’m so focused on the vision in my head. I guess I have to be mindful about being present and simultaneously being longterm focused. Another thing to add is when putting this idea into practice you see the real reason why your doing something. The not so pretty reason. The reason that your kind of ashamed about mentioning to other people. That silient though still embarrassing moment is an opportunity to address an issue before it grows into something larger. Before I’ll do anything big or repetitious now I’ll take a couple minutes and ask myself ‘Why?’