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What Version of You are You?
Cloning was a big thing a couple of years ago. Even the covid virus got into cloning with the new strains coming about (too soon?). Everyday we experience a new version of ourselves. Last week I felt sick. I was scheduled to travel and what I now realize was anxiety caused me to have a headache, and feel sick. I have not experienced a version of myself that was averse to traveling before.
In my opinion, we are all like Jekyll and Hyde. We have multiple moods, react to occurrences differently, and evolve every single day.
The context right now is not normal and I am getting tired of writing and reading about life’s deviation from nomalcy. I am also tired of being tired, which has led me to ask:
Who am I in the midst of chaos? Who am I when things don’t go my way? Who am I when I feel fear? Who am I when I experience loss?
I don’t have pointers this week. I don’t have my advisor hat on. I am just thinking on paper. And my thoughts have led me to the concept of conditioning. I am thinking about and trying to answer the question: what is the pandemic version of me? I realize that covid is affecting me in more ways than I can count. But for some people it’s much worse. Their livelihoods are affected, their health is on the line, and they…
