For some reason I thought this would be more challenging. It's not. I've crushed these questions. Pondered them. Tackled them. Struggled with them. Destroyed myself over them. Instead of challenging, it was too easy. At this point I think it's pocket philosophy for people who don't study philosophy and a way to engage them in wanting to philosophize. I'm being a snob and for good reason. I'm not 18 and completely impressionable. I'm almost 25 and I've had enough experience and grueling introspection to no longer be so impressionable. I think critically of everything. Some ideas take more thought than others. These questions just weren't challenging enough. So it lacked in epistemology, but maybe not in other fields. I'm thinking this is definitely pseudo-psychology disguised in pretty garb. I will finish this project, but it feels like it won't take long.
I have been unable to do the first challenges. One being that it's the prairies and it's winter. No one shovels the snow here. Secondly, I waited too late in the evening to even be able to people watch while listening to a playlist to connect me with others....
My personal challenge: don't do the dishes. Let chaos reign. An excuse to ignore the sink littered in dishes. If only dishes no longer existed in their need to be washed to be reused. If only it were like The Jetson's and technology did all the heavy lifting.
Goodnight and wish that this book becomes more intellectually or personally challenging for me.
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