Get Organized: My Closet

When I first read the prompt for this blogging assignment it was really hard for me to decide what to organize.  The reason it was so hard is because I am a neat freak and so is my mom so in my house  there really wasn’t much I thought needed 30 -45 minutes of organizing.  Then my closet came to mind. This was something I have been trying to organize for a long time but it is simply just to complex, I dread thinking about it. 

The moment I opened the closet door I knew it had all started. I really didn’t want to clean out my closet because I know how hard it is for me to get rid of my clothes. I thought that by the end of organizing and cleaning it that I wouldn’t have improved it at all.

As I looked through my clothes I decided to organize my tank tops by colors, put all the long sleeves together, same with my short sleeves, my sweaters, and then my nicer shirts.  But while I was doing this I realized there were a lot of clothes I forgot I had or that I haven’t worn in years.  It was very hard for me to let go of these clothes. Even though, I could give them to my little sister I just always feel that “I might wear this someday”.  But this time around I decided I was going to get rid of all the things I haven’t worn in the last 6 months. Not only did I go through my shirts I went through my pants as well. I found so many pairs I thought I had lost.  Even after going through my pants I was able to let go of pants that were once my favorite but don’t fit me anymore.

After organizing and cleaning out my closet I felt refreshed and relived that it was finally done with. I had been dying to do this for a long time now. What I learned from doing this project is that I like to clutter and I am a pack rat. It made me think about how there are probably more things in my room that could use some organizing. Also, next time that I’ m organizing something I’m going to have an open mind to getting rid of unnecessary things.  After doing this project my mind felt good and happy because now I don’t have to constantly think about organizing my closet every time I open those doors. I also feel very good and proud because I gave some of the clothes to my sister and the ones she didn’t want I gave to a thrift store near my house.   

This project was a very fun and useful project. Thanks Mr. Allen for finally helping me organize my closet.

Change of Mind: Sophie's World

Before being in humanities I had asked other students from previous years about taking this class and one of the responses I got was the book Sophie’s World was very boring.  So when Mr. Allen told us to bring this book to class my first feeling was ugh.

But as I started reading this book I was amazed. It was one of three books I have read and actually liked and understood throughout high school. This book as actually changed my perspective on a lot. Before this book I have never really understood why things existed, if there was actually a god, do we have a soul that lives on after death and many more questions like the ones Sophie is asked to think about.

Learning about all these philosophers, what they thought about and their reasons for existence really opens my eyes to a lot I had never known before. I haven’t figured out what I believe is the correct answers to my questions but I have a very good feeling that by the end of this book I will have a better feeling about my own beliefs, and the answer to my questions.

Although, I haven’t found all the answers to my questions, I have figured out that I might be agnostic.  Throughout my life I felt that I was forced to believe in “god”. But one day I had asked my mom where he came from, and she couldn’t really give me a good enough answer. I then formed all sorts of questions about god. Ever since then I have questioned his existence.  But by reading this book so far and by my own reasoning I think I am agnostic.

Knowing where I stand religiously really makes me happy because it has been something I have stumbled on for most of my life but I will continue to explore this belief and to see if it is right for me.

Sophie’s World has been really helpful for me and has changed my mind or opened my mind to a lot of new ideas that I have never thought about or gave me answers to questions I have been pondering for quite some time.

Best of Today: Atoms

Today in class we didn’t get into the book that much but we did cover some of the major topics from the book.  One of them being atoms. 

Every day I don’t really think much about what makes up my surroundings. I just take everything for granted. Democritus is the guy who thought of the idea about atoms just out of his own knowledge. He had no scientific equipment like we have today to figure out, that instead of there being one major substance that forms into everything like most of the other philosophers believed; there are multiple substances such as atoms that combine together in order to create everything.

What really amazes me is how this guy could possibly think of a thing as complex as atoms just from his mind.  When it wasn’t until years later there was scientific evidence that this guy was right about atoms.

An atoms structure contains about 99 percent of space or air, Mr. Allen said something relatively similar today in class. Then he pounded on his desk and asked if 99 percent of an atoms structure is air or space how come we cannot break through the desk. This got me really thinking, I never even thought about such a thing, it got me thinking all sorts of questions about how atoms are made and how they stick together and what makes the break or if u can even break them with your hands.  I once thought I understood atoms in chemistry class but now I’m just confused.

After today I’m going to start paying more attention to my surroundings and I’m going to be more aware with what actually makes up the things I use every day. I will remember this guy Democritus because he thought of something incredible just by his own mind. He inspired me that technology is not always the answer.