The choice is yours.

So the other night I was thinking about how I have no idea what I really want to do with my life. I was also thinking about how there are so many different philosophies out there that I've learned over the past few years dealing with life and how to live it.
...and then I thought about how I have one of these philosophies tattooed on my body, and how I don't even pay attention to it anymore. I figured by writing a blog post about it, maybe it would help me think it over and try to incorporate it back into my life.

The philosophy is based around an equilateral triangle and the 4 major parts of it. At the summer camp I worked at (where I learned this philosophy), we called it a MEPS triangle. It stands for Mental, Emotional, Physical and Spiritual.

The left side of the triangle represents your mental state of being. It represents your dreams and ambitions in life and basically just having them.

The right side of the triangle represents the physical aspect of your life. Being in "physical shape" in this instance does not mean being fit or working out. It represents the physical things you need to do in order to achieve your mental aspect (dreams, goals). This means going to school (if need be), studying, getting a job, focusing, or just working towards your goals in any way possible.

The bottom of the triangle is the spiritual base. This doesn't mean that you have to be the most religious person on the planet (trust me,I'm not), or religious at all for that matter. This is basically your "moral compass" which will help guide you. Believing that there is something higher than you out there makes you realize that everything isn't about YOU, and you can't control everything. This will keep you grounded.

The last part of the triangle is the emotional center. The 3 other sides of the triangle basically make up your emotional center, leading you to be consistent in life. You want to try to keep a positive attitude and outlook on life because energy is highly contagious!! Most likely if you are feeling down, you will pull others down with you.

The triangle is equilateral because you want to try to find and maintain balance. If your mental outweighs your physical, you have all of these big dreams but you are not doing anything to get them. Nobody's triangle will ever be totally balanced, but you should try to work towards it everyday.

I want icecream.

...a nice big bowl of oreo ice cream. or maybe mint chip. or chocolate chip cookie dough.
mmm or maybe this delicious sundae of heaven...

I'm gonna eat all 1,660 calories of this deliciousness and I'm not gonna care one bit; because as Jordan previously said, it doesn't matter anyways right? We're just going to die in the end so I might as well enjoy myself while I can.

Well...kind of.

I do believe that essentially we can do whatever we damn well please but I think at some point you have to know when to take responsibility. For example, after I eat that huge ass dessert I will probably feel guilty and go for a run or something. Ok who am i kidding..

I mean in reality I could go out and buy a gallon of ice cream and come back here and eat it all; but I'm not going to because 1. that would be highly gluttonous of me, 2. I don't feel like leaving my room, and 3. I don't want to gain 5238957 pounds by Christmas. OH! Here's another example, I've recently realized that I love coffee. And I could possibly have a borderline addiction. Well yesterday I decided I would try to stop drinking it for 2 weeks. Yea, I have free will and at anytime I could give in and go drink 8 cups of it but I'm not going to because I told myself I had to stop for a while.

Yes, it would be extremely nice to just say "fuck it", drop everything, take a long road trip to Cali and live happily ever after sitting on the beach for the rest of my life; But I'm not going to (at least at this moment) because I know I have to finish school if I want to get a good job which will lead to money which will lead to road tripping it to Cali. I understand that everyone has free will and we can do whatever we want, and I also understand that (in my opinion) in the end nothing will matter anyway....but I still don't want to just go crazy and not care about anything. I sometimes wish I had the attitude that Christopher McCandless had when he said "fuck it" and went off 'into the wild'.

You have to turn the volume up high when you watch this but WATCH IT! and if you haven't seen Little Miss Sunshine, SEE IT!!!!!

"Do what you love and fuck the rest"

pic: http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/98115-john-lounsbury/75308-deadly-desserts