i'm in a sociology class this semester called "individual in society", and i hate it. the class itself isn't awful, but both the teacher and material are super dry, and i would just prefer to be filling my time with something else. but oh well. i was studying for an exam we had recently, and time use came up.
"Researchers studying time use try to determine exactly what people do on a day-to-day basis as a way to really know what people value, regardless of what they say." - pg. 249 of Sociological Perspectives
if a researcher was studying my life, what would they gather that i truly value, regardless of what i say? to me, that thought hit hard. everyone is busy, we all know that. different kinds of busy, but busy nonetheless. but i tried to look at my average day from the outside in, in order to determine what i value. some days i'm very disappointed by what i seem to value that day. i know what the most important things in my life are, but probably more often than not my days do not reflect that. i don't like that. i'm looking to change that. every day i strive to live and love in a way that reflects what i believe, but is that always where in invest my time? it seems like what i spend my time on is something i have the most control over in my life, and it should reflect my heart. i'd love if a researcher could look into my life and see that it's different, and why it's different. i really like this challenge.
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