January 28 Mersault

After that class period I was seriously surprised by how many people were against Meursault and some of his actions. I do agree with them disagreeing with the action of Meursault killing somebody. However I love how he's able to detach himself from worrying about the future, and thinking about the past. I find that aspect of Meursault interesting because I too attempt to live my life accordingly. I also found a very similar connection with Meursault because I too have lost my mother. I can't fathom however not crying at my mothers funeral. I do get the concept of how he's not trying to show any emotion because in doing so nothing will change, his mother will still remain dead. So in retrospect I already imagine myself to live my life like Meursault. I also try not to worry about the future, or think about the past. Also I make very rash decisions sometimes without any thought at all. Often times I also hear from people that I show no emotion, or they consider me heartless. The reason why i choose to live my life this way is simply because often times people stress out about things that are simply out of their control. I figure why worry yourself about things you can not change, but rather instead would focus my time on the present tense and what's going on currently in my life. This has caused many people to disagree with my lifestyle, much like a lot of my fellow classmates disagreed with Meursault's lifestyle. I believe though that if people would actually take their time to test the idea out of leaving their emotions out of certain situations , and to learn to live in the moment that sometimes the quality of life can seem much greater. Lastly I believe that if people would begin to be more open minded, and not just shut any concept that does not seem normal to them out of their minds that they might actually find themselves to agree with some things.

Excuse The First Impression Please .

 Hello my name is Paul Reynolds; you may remember me as the black male who was sleeping in your class. I would like to start off by apologizing for that. (I made some poor decisions the night before and woke up with a massive hangover needless to say). However it is no excuse for my actions, I do not intend on that happening again. I first enrolled in this class when I read the reviews because it seemed like an easy A.  Although it still does, my actual intentions are to come to class and be very engaged with the material because it honestly deeply interests me. The reason why is I have struggled with who I am, and who I want to become for as long as I remember. However that day after class I took some time (after I sobered up) to reevaluate the quality of my life, and what I was doing to change it. I also looked at my rash decision-making, and how often it has gotten me in trouble. I found that I have been consistently wasting potential and taking the easy road out. I feel as if I was living life with the hopes that things would be handed to me on a silver platter. That night I realized that nothing has been handed to me at all, and I've worked to get everything I have. However I feel as if it’s not enough, I have only done the bare minimum for myself. So my new plan is to start thinking more open minded, and create far-fetched goals and work to achieve them. These new intentions of mines, plus the added help of this course I am confident that I can end this semester as a whole new me, with a whole new outlook on life.