So one big reason that I haven’t made an attempt to write in my blog is lack of sleep. Lack of sleep = hard time concentrating and thus a hard time getting my school work done, which in turn give me less time, which causes stress, which = can’t sleep. See how that could be a problem?
I should take some meds for it, I know this is the cure, but I hate taking them. Just little over the counter sleeping aids with all these scary warnings on them that make me try a week or two to overcome my sleep problems on my own. Which just means I stay awake until I am so exhausted that I basically pass out. This is horrible on any routine, as I have learned the pass out stage normally happens after I have been awake for some 30 hours…
So once or twice a week I take a look at my politics when I am in a state of should be sleeping (I tried doing homework, but I end up having to redo it all!) Which got me thinking about the personal growth I have had in this area. (Hey, I had no interest.) I went from knowing nothing (I didn’t even know there was a presidential election, how American is that?) to knowing whatever it is I know now.
What do I know? I can’t say I am either Republican or Democrat as they both have some good points, but I have learned I am without a doubt liberal (especially on the social side.) No I didn’t know which I was, and to be honest I didn’t really know the difference. I also learned a lot of people that might otherwise be democrat (with most of their views) will be a republican on issue of abortion alone. (Hey, I am not knocking it but it still surprises me.)
I think I tried to make up for 10 years of not paying attention in a few months. The ups and the downs of seeing things that were years old (I have successfully pretty much followed the whole thing from the last two years since I started taking an interest. Which led to some confusion when I got things out of order!) I have learned that thoughts I had about people I know were quite off the mark in some cases. I have learned that nothing tears apart people more than political views. Why we can’t lay them on the table and agree to disagree kind of bothers me.
I have learned that “trusted news” isn’t really a true thing, much anymore. I have learned that I like specific ones (namely Rachel and TYT), Rachel has very similar views to my own and TYT does a lot too. Which leads me to think we are drawn to the news stations that say what we want to hear. (I watch opposing view points sometimes so I don’t get to big headed.)
I have learned that just like all of my social science classes have taught sometimes there is no “right” answer just a “more right” answer. I have also learned that both answers can be right to different people (believe it or not I am actually thinking of the current economics stuff.) Both sides have good points, but generally I side with the democrats in general. However, I didn’t before. Mostly it is the tax cuts issue, as I don’t see how saving people, that live extravagantly to begin with, money can stimulate growth. It just doesn’t make sense. Really you think someone with a budget that high is going to spend that much less? It is silly.
I have worked through principals that sounded good on the surface to find at the end I didn’t agree with them. I have tried to stay respectful to all (although I did loose my cool a couple of times.) So all in all I have grown a lot in terms of politics… My biggest one? I now realize that there are a lot of people that don’t think as much like I do as I thought. Which is good in one respect I guess, but frustrating in another…
