Monday, June 8, 2015

Failure

As I was assigned this blog assignment, I faced a blockade. A mental blockade that for some reason prevented me from thinking of any of my numerous failures. I know that I have failed because I am certain that I haven't succeed at everything I tried. So as I was pondering what to write, I realize that I fail to think. Not all the time but only on demand. For example, I when I took the dreaded SAT on Saturday, the essay prompt, which I can't say the exact one because that's apparently illegal, but I couldn't think of an example. It was horrible, knowing that my college future was on the line and I just didn't know what to do. In the end I wrote about Martin Luther King Jr. because how could you go wrong with that? So the moral of the story is I fail to think on demand. That doesn't  mean I don't think at all because that's not true. I think all the time, about everything and I always speak my thoughts. People often say that if you always talk a lot, your do not think, but I completely disagree. In order to speak, you have to think. Although some people do not think a lot, they still are thinking when they speak.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_block

4 comments:

  1. Jazpaaah, this is not a very detailed blog but it is very true. Right now, i'm trying to think of what to write for my free-write entry but I have no idea what to write.

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  3. I have the same issue, Jasper. There is a unique sadness in being unable to articulate your thoughts- but honestly one of my favorite things to do is just talk about it- for people like you and me, often mindless talk can reveal the truth about what you feel. My suggestion is find an object, animate or inanimate, to talk to about issues that you have a mental block about. If you're anything like me you may find a truth within you.

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    1. I appriciate you r comment Robby. I didn't mention it but talking defiantly is a way to push past the block and free up my mind. I've never tried talking to objects before, sounds interesting

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