Happy 2010!

Of course, now it is the time of the new decade, and therefore, time to talk about ethics. Wait, huh? Oh, right, I said: ethics. I was working out with a friend, chatting while we did lunges and such, when we discussed what it meant to make rational decisions in our lives. From boys to murder, my friend said that decisions never boil down to what is right or wrong, but rather looking at all the options to discover what was the best for the most people. (I'm pretty sure that's what she believes, ha. She follows Aristotle better than I do!)

"Being rational is not being sane, but rather, rationality is knowing what is sanity," she said. That thought boggled me for a while. And also, by that definition, I'm really hoping I have the trait of rationality (Or perhaps it counts as a skill? Can you learn to be rational?).

In a really bad segue way, I bought The Sims 3 recently and have become addicted like my former 12-year-old self, like when the first version came out. The Sims 3 has transformed my thinking in my everyday life, which is not necessarily a good thing. Instead of thinking rationally about my life, I think in numbers and in Sim meters. When playing the game, there are eight meters that signify if the person is happy or not. When I go to sleep, I think, "My meter will grow 'this' much once I sleep." -- Who thinks like that? Not very mature for a 21-year-old. :)

Also, I usually am not one for New Years' Resolutions, but this year, I made one that I actually intend on keeping: I want to read every night before I go to bed. Not a magazine, or TextsFromLastNight (my current addiction) but an actual book - thumb through a chapter or so every night. I have so many books I want to read, but I never make the time for it...so 2010, this is the year.