Advice From Mr. Smiles

"Every human being has duties to be performed, and, therefore, has need of cultrivating the capacity for doing them.

An hour wasted daily on trifles or indolence, would, if devoted to self-improvements, make an ignorant man wise in a few years, and, employed in good works, would make his life fruitful, and death a worthy havest of worthy deeds. Fifteen minutes a day devoted to self-improvement, will be felt at the end of the year."

--Samuel Smiles from his book Self-Help

This isn't a particularly long or insightful post. But it is an indication of how my mind has been working lately. I am taking things from all over the place and applying them to my life somehow. I was watching Sin-City and I managed to apply some of the images and characters in the movie to myself, illustrating ways that I could improve and grow. I have been thinking a lot lately about that state of my person. I have read so much and learned so much, that by this point I really should be an amazing individual. However, I am not. And in my constant quest to improve, I am finding that the world is full of things I can use to learn and grow. I am really enjoying it. Lately, I have learned from conversations with Camille, hanging out with Russell, watching movies, reading for school, reading webcomics.....pretty much everything in my life is working to improve me. That means I am either a very good person becoming better, or I am so awful the world has given up on hints and is just telling me what's wrong. I'm going with option A.