Hello again. I don't really have too much to update, but I wanted to just talk about some stuff I've been thinking about recently. However, a mini update is that I was put on new nerve pain medication to curb the headaches I've been having. It took about a week and a half to start showing a true difference. I went a full five days without headaches, and that's massive for me. I've only had maybe a handful of days since this started a couple months ago where I haven't had headaches. Today the headaches continued, but it was nice having a respite from the constant pressure in my head. By way of school, it's almost the end of the semester so there's a ton of work I've been doing. I'm trying to still take time for myself since mental health is important, but it's difficult when I feel like everything is due at once. Even today during my meal break at work I spent my time reading a book about radical behaviorism instead of just enjoying the little silence and peace I have during my work day. The only thing getting me through it is the thought of a peaceful and enjoyable summer. I get summers off since I work at a school and I'm not taking any classes after school lets out, so I have a solid two months where I'm being paid for doing absolutely nothing. I plan on watching movies, playing video games, and maybe doing some short road trips with friends. Lord knows I need to decompress after these last few months.
The main point of my wanting to jump on here is to talk about something I've been reading for one of my classes. It was the discussion of free will vs. determinism. Free will is the line of thought where we make our own choices and have control over what we do and where our lives go. Determinism is the exact opposite, where choices we seemingly make are already predetermined for us and free will is merely an illusion. I would like to think free will is a real thing and that my actions are solely my own. However, part of me also thinks that determinism may be real. From my personal viewpoint, I tend to favor free will as being the dominant theory. Though there could be some level of both that coexist. We may make choices in life that steer us in certain directions, but maybe there are a few paths in life we were meant to take for the bigger picture. I can choose to have vanilla ice cream instead of chocolate, but a small free will decision like that wouldn't necessarily impact the larger scale of maybe a career choice or meeting a significant other which could be under the umbrella of determinism. I don't know if that makes much sense, but I thought it was an interesting topic and maybe a small change of pace from what I normally post on here. I've never been the philosophical type and I dreaded taking philosophy in undergrad, but there are some interesting elements here and there. Maybe this will make you think a bit and introduce a new topic to stay up thinking about at night when you can't sleep. You're welcome.
Fun Fact of the Day - I love oranges. They're definitely my favorite fruit. Also, my favorite vegetable is asparagus.
Time for the usual music drop. This section was intended to introduce new music to you guys, but I've caught myself a few times now posting more mainstream songs. There isn't anything wrong with more "popular" music, but I wanna use this section to introduce artists or songs you've probably never heard before or maybe even older songs that you may not have thought about in a while. I'll still post more well-known songs every once in a while, but I'm tying to keep to the original purpose of this section. Hopefully you guys like the more niche stuff I post. I've always found it cool to discover new music, and I hope you guys do too.
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