Last night before I could properly get to sleep I was thinking about the seasons a bit. I started considering favorite seasons and whatnot after a while. Now I knew that I myself preferred Spring, but I didn't really know quite why, so then I delved into that a bit and came up with some interesting results.
I first determined that there were only two real seasons. Most, if they view them this way at all, view them as Summer and Winter, but I prefer to see them as Spring and Fall--blame the school establishment if you wish, but I doubt that that had much influence with me. The reason I was able to isolate two seasons was that I simply assigned a characteristic to the four that we normally referred to and classified them that way; I chose the classic waxing or waning, analogous to the moon. According to this classification, Spring and Summer would be grouped together under "waxing" and Fall and Winter would be put under "waning".
The general rule I used to determine waxing or waning status was essentially a mixture of temperature, plant life, and animal activity--all factors that increase or remain constantly high in the waxing seasons and decrease or remain constantly low in the waning seasons. And since I was grouping them as either waxing or waning, it seemed appropriate that I divide it into Spring and Fall, the transitional seasons, rather than Summer and Winter, the two poles.
Now that I've done this, I set out to determine why I prefer the Spring. The natural answer would be that all life enjoys a time of sprouting and growing life, but that's far too vague for my purposes. Why is the growth of these things more pleasant to me than their decay? Both carry equal importance in the cycle of life all over the planet, after all.
The largest part of it I like to attribute to my own nature of liking things that haven't reached their peak yet. Whether it be athletes or government bonds, everything just seems better when it is younger and has a greater potential for improvement. I've noticed especially in the sports franchises that I always create, I prefer younger, less talented players to older, more experienced ones. A cookie or brownie you shall receive from me if you notice this sentence. There are plenty of reasons for this: younger players usually have lower salaries, can form the core of a team for many years, and tend to establish a strange sort of vitality lacking in a squad full of veterans. But even when these issues are irrelevant, I still find myself preferring the young to the old; or rather the more promising to the aging.
Also in terms of pure temperature, I like the waxing seasons more because of the idea of more heat--something that I like to the point of being reptilian--as opposed to the waning seasons which may have very hot days, but also promise that the next month the days will be cooler.
So then this leads me to wonder more about how I tick. A basic interpretation that I can get from my view of the seasons--which would be based on the fact that I view them as Spring and Fall instead of Summer and Winter--is that I prefer the prospect, and not the actual state of apex. What would happen if I were offered two jobs; one a low-paying job with opportunity for advancement, and the other a high-paying job with no opportunity for advancement? What if that first job would never make as much money as the second? Would I still pursue to the first in pursuit of a peak rather than take a better job and be doomed to remain the same? It's all very strange to think of it in such abstractions, but to go into too much detail would complicate the matter far too much.
Anyways, that's about as far as I want to go today. Hope you guys remember to eat your rattails! Hasta la byebye!
I first determined that there were only two real seasons. Most, if they view them this way at all, view them as Summer and Winter, but I prefer to see them as Spring and Fall--blame the school establishment if you wish, but I doubt that that had much influence with me. The reason I was able to isolate two seasons was that I simply assigned a characteristic to the four that we normally referred to and classified them that way; I chose the classic waxing or waning, analogous to the moon. According to this classification, Spring and Summer would be grouped together under "waxing" and Fall and Winter would be put under "waning".
The general rule I used to determine waxing or waning status was essentially a mixture of temperature, plant life, and animal activity--all factors that increase or remain constantly high in the waxing seasons and decrease or remain constantly low in the waning seasons. And since I was grouping them as either waxing or waning, it seemed appropriate that I divide it into Spring and Fall, the transitional seasons, rather than Summer and Winter, the two poles.
Now that I've done this, I set out to determine why I prefer the Spring. The natural answer would be that all life enjoys a time of sprouting and growing life, but that's far too vague for my purposes. Why is the growth of these things more pleasant to me than their decay? Both carry equal importance in the cycle of life all over the planet, after all.
The largest part of it I like to attribute to my own nature of liking things that haven't reached their peak yet. Whether it be athletes or government bonds, everything just seems better when it is younger and has a greater potential for improvement. I've noticed especially in the sports franchises that I always create, I prefer younger, less talented players to older, more experienced ones. A cookie or brownie you shall receive from me if you notice this sentence. There are plenty of reasons for this: younger players usually have lower salaries, can form the core of a team for many years, and tend to establish a strange sort of vitality lacking in a squad full of veterans. But even when these issues are irrelevant, I still find myself preferring the young to the old; or rather the more promising to the aging.
Also in terms of pure temperature, I like the waxing seasons more because of the idea of more heat--something that I like to the point of being reptilian--as opposed to the waning seasons which may have very hot days, but also promise that the next month the days will be cooler.
So then this leads me to wonder more about how I tick. A basic interpretation that I can get from my view of the seasons--which would be based on the fact that I view them as Spring and Fall instead of Summer and Winter--is that I prefer the prospect, and not the actual state of apex. What would happen if I were offered two jobs; one a low-paying job with opportunity for advancement, and the other a high-paying job with no opportunity for advancement? What if that first job would never make as much money as the second? Would I still pursue to the first in pursuit of a peak rather than take a better job and be doomed to remain the same? It's all very strange to think of it in such abstractions, but to go into too much detail would complicate the matter far too much.
Anyways, that's about as far as I want to go today. Hope you guys remember to eat your rattails! Hasta la byebye!
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