When you go to a theme park, would you
1) Quickly queue up for all the exciting rides possible as fast as possible?(assuming the queuing time is relatively short)
Or
2) Take your time to sit in all the rides?
Here are my thoughts
1) Pumped up in an adrenaline rush, many of us would take on this option. Anticipation has already been built up and bottled within us when planning for the trip, and wit's hen the opportunity comes, you would simply just want to try as much as possible due to the excitement achieved ride after ride. It is an addictive feeling that you want to constantly experience, a fervour that you want to ceaselessly feel.
But once you tire out all your choices, you will be hit with the sudden realisation "what's next"? Because you have rode every ride in such fast, blinding speed, you have exhausted your options before you know it, and you are left with either riding the rides second round or simply going home. It's that crash that meets me all the time whenever I go to a theme park - what to do now that we have finished all the rides? This is usually a small dilemma which is countered by some other suggestion such as going to another theme park or going elsewhere for some meals.
2) You take your time to sit in all the rides, you are able to prolong your enjoyment for the entire day. You have this consistent level of excitement and enjoyment, but definitely lower than those in 1). As you purposely drag your timings between each ride you intentionally lose or suppress that adrenaline rush. You lose or lower the level of that craze most commonly experienced in 1).
Now juxtapose those 2 situations to situations in real life.
Yes it seems to be that debate of "fast crash" or "slow torture" (rat race vs stopping to smell the flowers).
But in this case, it's about something enjoyable. It's like food: there are 2 school of thoughts about eating good food. You either 1) eat it fast because it's so awesome and you want to just keep wolfing down morsels of that heavenly thing, or 2) eat it slowly because you want to slowly savour the awesomeness and you can't bear to actually finish it
I know my description of 2) is pretty short, but I think it should be succinct enough for you to understand.
Link this to situations like ...
Studies:
1) Crash mug one shot? But you get to "enjoy" your days more previously because you were not mugging
2) Study consistently. You enjoy your life lesser per day since you have to study each day.
Watching shows:
1) Watch all the episodes one shot? Once you finished with all the seasons you'll go "what's next"
2) Watch a set number of episodes daily so you will drag the season long haul - but you have to resist that temptation and feeling of anticipation for the next episode
There are many other situations other than those I have linked. I.E. love life, personal life, relationship with your friends...
Up for you to think through (:
Oh and I decide to try Georgia this time round. Or rather I like Georgia too, in case you are sick of Verdana (:
And times new roman still looks too ugly >.<
I like Georgia!
ReplyDeleteFor eating ah.. I usually prefer eating it slowly and enjoying it if I have time, but then sometimes if you eat too slowly you get full before you finish your food O:
For shows, generally I like to watch all at one go (or as fast as I can watch) but then I'll get withdrawal symptoms lol. Last time in JC I watched a show one ep a week; it served as motivation haha cos I watched on Fri night and treated it as a reward!
Haha! There are many other factors like what you have mentioned that determine which choice you choose too!
ReplyDeleteWell, "shows" as a reward is certainly something which I have to try. I don't usually watch shows, but rather play games =/