It is 1:50am right now and I'm still up so late because I took a very long nap after school. I knew that it was a bad idea, but I was exhausted. Why did I do it even though I knew it was a bad idea? Because I only have a moderate amount of self control and I love sleep. Yet here I am, not sleeping.
I find it funny how we as humans know that something is bad for us yet choose to do it anyway. And I'm not talking about the lack of self control that comes from a long harbored addiction. No, I'm talking about the decision we make to put our own satisfaction above our health when there are other options to satisfy these wants.
When I say this I'm not implying that I never do anything that's bad for my health, because, trust me, I do. I'm just wondering when I decided to ignore my conscious. When did I decide to give into the dangerous choice?
As humans we are selfish creatures. It's just nature. But as we grow we learn to control these urges and start to put others before us, we become less selfish. Although, we still have these tendencies and sometimes we let them take over. I guess it's just how things work sometimes?
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My Glow in the Dark Stars
RandomA journal written by a confused seventeen year old girl who tells her feelings to the glowing the the dark stars on her ceiling "Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. " -Carol Burnett
