Some Context for 'My How I Met Your Mother Rant'
On one of my other blogs that I will not be sharing with all of you, I wrote a post titled "Barney's 'Get Psyched' Mix". It was during one of my rather down moments in college and combined some HIMYM references with a reflection about life. To help you understand why I was just so darn angry with the HIMYM series finale ending, I thought I would post it here.
"When you wake up in the morning, what gets you pumped and going? What strategy do you use to get yourself through a full day? Whether it's coffee, an energy drink, the crossword puzzle, or something more extravagant, everyone has a way. Because if we don't, it makes living almost impossible.
The difference between a happy person and a sad person is simple. When that alarm goes off before the sun is even up, how do you feel? If you're energetic, see potential in everything around you, clearly you're quite happy. But if you're like me and just wish that you can hit the snooze button and crawl back into bed, you're probably a sad person. Because that's how I feel every morning. Sleep is the greatest thing in the world because for those brief 8 hours, I don't have to worry about life. I have no motivation or drive to do anything anymore.
Truthfully, there's really no reason for me to feel this way. My life's not so bad. It's not great, but it could be worse. It's what I would consider mediocre, boring, ordinary. Maybe that's why I'm so unsatisfied. Despite the reason, it's hard to know. But it doesn't matter. The problem is that I can't seem to bring myself to do anything except watch episode of How I Met Your Mother. Burying myself in the lives of others, using entertainment as a form of escapism is what my life has come down to.
It used to be that when I knew I had things to do, I would do them. Possibly use TV as a reward for finishing whatever it is I had to do. But now I have no self-control. I'm on a destructive path that involves a lot of short-term enjoyment but will ultimately lead to long-term failure.
See the thing is, I know that life is full of ups and downs, like any good CD mix. It's natural to feel down sometimes and take a personal holiday. But I think I have a different outlook. A part of me agrees with Barney. A good mix shouldn't have to go up and down, it should just be rise all the way, just like life. Unfortunately, balance is the key to life. We can't have night without day, white without black. Sun without rain. The only reason the world turns is because of balance.
This also means that good things are coupled with bad things. No matter how much I wish my CD mix could just be all rise, it needs to be balanced out with some fall. What matters is that I find a way to get me through that fall. Those bad times. The mornings when you wake up and just want to hide under your covers. I need to find my own "Get Psyched" mix, and then maybe, tomorrow won't be so bad."
"When you wake up in the morning, what gets you pumped and going? What strategy do you use to get yourself through a full day? Whether it's coffee, an energy drink, the crossword puzzle, or something more extravagant, everyone has a way. Because if we don't, it makes living almost impossible.
The difference between a happy person and a sad person is simple. When that alarm goes off before the sun is even up, how do you feel? If you're energetic, see potential in everything around you, clearly you're quite happy. But if you're like me and just wish that you can hit the snooze button and crawl back into bed, you're probably a sad person. Because that's how I feel every morning. Sleep is the greatest thing in the world because for those brief 8 hours, I don't have to worry about life. I have no motivation or drive to do anything anymore.
Truthfully, there's really no reason for me to feel this way. My life's not so bad. It's not great, but it could be worse. It's what I would consider mediocre, boring, ordinary. Maybe that's why I'm so unsatisfied. Despite the reason, it's hard to know. But it doesn't matter. The problem is that I can't seem to bring myself to do anything except watch episode of How I Met Your Mother. Burying myself in the lives of others, using entertainment as a form of escapism is what my life has come down to.
It used to be that when I knew I had things to do, I would do them. Possibly use TV as a reward for finishing whatever it is I had to do. But now I have no self-control. I'm on a destructive path that involves a lot of short-term enjoyment but will ultimately lead to long-term failure.
See the thing is, I know that life is full of ups and downs, like any good CD mix. It's natural to feel down sometimes and take a personal holiday. But I think I have a different outlook. A part of me agrees with Barney. A good mix shouldn't have to go up and down, it should just be rise all the way, just like life. Unfortunately, balance is the key to life. We can't have night without day, white without black. Sun without rain. The only reason the world turns is because of balance.
This also means that good things are coupled with bad things. No matter how much I wish my CD mix could just be all rise, it needs to be balanced out with some fall. What matters is that I find a way to get me through that fall. Those bad times. The mornings when you wake up and just want to hide under your covers. I need to find my own "Get Psyched" mix, and then maybe, tomorrow won't be so bad."
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