day 3: not according to plan
Yesterday I planned on doing more planning, and doing some philosophy school work. I did very little of the former, and none of the latter. What I did manage to accomplish was finish reading a graphic novel for an English course, listen to a bit of a podcast episode of The Rest is History on the Enlightenment, and read some of How Fiction Works by James Wood.
At only three days in, I feel that this blog is slowly becoming a log of my media diet.
I feel a lot of resitance towards my philosophy course right now. The assignment I have to do is simple on the surface of it, but I'm terrified of doing it wrong. The honest truth is that I'm not confident in the material. I worry that reasoning is not my strong point.
Remember the bit about self-fulfilling prophecies?
But the deadline is coming up, and I will have no choice but to face the uncertainty, even if I don't feel ready to do the assignment.
The smaller task I give myself tomorrow is to write down all of the fallacies from the last unit. I can't keep them all straight in my head, might as well keep them all straight on paper. Just kidding, I might use Obsidian for that.
On second thought, I might use my pens after all. I have so much ink that I need to use. And a lot of pens that I haven't touched. I started keeping a book journal (or rather, a quotes journal) so I could use my inks more. I'm starting to see callouses on my fingers now. And my writing hand is more sore than usual. I have a terrible grip when I write, I should learn the proper way to hold a pen.