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Video games and movies are empty, simple, stupid to me?
I took online lessons in math to prepare myself to study sciences (chemistry, astrophysics...) a bit, and it looks like I am not a mind for sciences. What could be happening to me. Could I be too smart for movies and video games, and not smart enough for sciences? I intensively learned english and german, and I learned so many words, could it be that because I learned so many words, now video games and movies are simple, empty, stupid to me? It have been a while since I learned english and german. What is wrong with me?
1 Answer
- 1 month ago
OK... so, what do you enjoy?
That's the real question here. What brings you happiness in life?
Maybe it isn't video games or movies. Books? Comics? Sport? Math? Pottery? Gardening? I'm just throwing possibilities out there.
Whatever your thing is, make a connection with it. And keep it in your life.
If you like science, don't be discouraged by failure. Learn from it. We all fail sometimes, the real test is in how we handle it, how we bounce back from failures, better for the experience.
Don't look at life in terms of how smart you are, just be smart, and be yourself. Being smart is a good thing, no doubt about it, but part of being smart is having a desire to learn more, and try new things, and in doing so become smarter every day. It's hard to sustain intelligence if everything seems to be dull and boring. I am convinced that intelligence and ability is inexorably linked to our satisfaction with our existence, and our self confidence. To reach your potential, you must have purpose, motivation.
It's your life. You don't have to like video games or movies... What about books? What about paintings? You don't have to like them either, it is good to be honest with yourself, but I think it is worth considering that not all art or entertainment belongs in the same bucket. Do you really want to put The Godfather, or Life of Brian, or Memento in the same bucket as Howard the Duck, or Battlefield Earth?
Just ask yourself... out of all the things going on in this very strange world, what speaks to you, what catches your attention? Hopefully there is something, and hopefully the world is not just a sad rock full of garbage to you.
Hope my meandering thoughts were of some use.
