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August 04, 2005
Finding Balance
As many who no me are aware finding the right balance is an ongoing challenge. It is very easy for me to become sedentary and only rarely see the light of day (or night). Being surrounded by so much history there is also the temptation to do to much. Today is one such example. While a wonderful experience that I wouldn’t give up for a moment it is safe to say that I did too much today. The pendulum swung well into the active side of the spectrum.
One of the difficulties I find is that while my body may be quite content to do as little as possible for days on end, my mind has a tendency of climbing the walls when this happens. Boredom is a dangerous thing. While a bored Don may not follow the Tick’s approach and become a super hero it still leads to no good.
It is in search for greater balance that I’ve found myself turning, with surprising eagerness to my not a thesis and its related studies. As part of my requirements for the elusive degree I am required to write a paper of all but thesis length and quality. The biggest qualifier that prevents it from being a true thesis is the name. I also have to smaller studies to do that tie into the not a thesis.
The world becomes much less boring when sifting through the Song of Roland and similar writings for clues into an idealised philosophy. While I will admit that these works can, on occasion be frustrating reads it is with great relish that I tackle them with a purpose. I can even put up with bad attempts at maintaining a rhyming scheme. I consider myself to be very fortunate to have not only history on my door step waiting to be explored but also a focus for mental forays into the realms of antiquity.
Posted by Bluerevolutionist at August 4, 2005 10:22 PM