Project Reflection
Project Description
For the philosophy project we started by looking at different styles of philosophy and looking into the history of it. Additionally we looked into the meaning of life, and the existential crisis and how one thing leads to the other . To learn about this we looked at some of the more classical philosophers and their beliefs and views. We looked at the people who use nature as their source of meditation and a connection to the earth around them. Then to connect us to a more real world application of a personal philosophy we read the story of chris mccandless and how he found himself by disconnecting himself from everyone in his old life and starting a new journey to find self purpose. We used everything we learned to come up with our own personal philosophies, we had to make a writing piece and visual piece that related to our personal philosophy.
New Insights
I gained a few new insights about myself throughout this project. Most of what I gained is from when we learned about the people who use nature as their connection to the world and themselves. And I feel that I am super similar to that, I don't go out and meditate as in sit on the ground and think. But I will go out and spend time mountain biking, and hiking, just so I can clear my head and think. Additionally reading into the wild was super influential to me. Not that I would ever leave my family and friends to go on my own journey. But just his journey, and how he connected to all the people he met and made these experiences for himself. Through this project it's not as much that my thinking has changed it is the fact that I was able to think more about my personal philosophy and realize and put into words how I view life. Seeing that you can live your life however you want as long as you think everything through to a point where you will not die a painful death such as Chris Mccandless did. That is what I want to be able to do, if I end up having an existential crisis.
Further Questions and Intellectual Work Left to Do
I feel that from my personal experiences through this project I am not left with many or any questions. I was able to look back on my life and figure out my personal philosophy. Learn that for me to live a successful life I need to do the things I love and keep doing those things. There are obviously still things that I have yet to learn or realize about myself, and that's something that only time can do for me. As my life progresses and my personality changes as I grow, I will learn new things about myself and over time develop a new personal philosophy. For me the benefit of living in the moment is that I don't need to worry about those kinds of things right now. I can go through my life doing the things I love and I will learn new things as time passes.
For the philosophy project we started by looking at different styles of philosophy and looking into the history of it. Additionally we looked into the meaning of life, and the existential crisis and how one thing leads to the other . To learn about this we looked at some of the more classical philosophers and their beliefs and views. We looked at the people who use nature as their source of meditation and a connection to the earth around them. Then to connect us to a more real world application of a personal philosophy we read the story of chris mccandless and how he found himself by disconnecting himself from everyone in his old life and starting a new journey to find self purpose. We used everything we learned to come up with our own personal philosophies, we had to make a writing piece and visual piece that related to our personal philosophy.
New Insights
I gained a few new insights about myself throughout this project. Most of what I gained is from when we learned about the people who use nature as their connection to the world and themselves. And I feel that I am super similar to that, I don't go out and meditate as in sit on the ground and think. But I will go out and spend time mountain biking, and hiking, just so I can clear my head and think. Additionally reading into the wild was super influential to me. Not that I would ever leave my family and friends to go on my own journey. But just his journey, and how he connected to all the people he met and made these experiences for himself. Through this project it's not as much that my thinking has changed it is the fact that I was able to think more about my personal philosophy and realize and put into words how I view life. Seeing that you can live your life however you want as long as you think everything through to a point where you will not die a painful death such as Chris Mccandless did. That is what I want to be able to do, if I end up having an existential crisis.
Further Questions and Intellectual Work Left to Do
I feel that from my personal experiences through this project I am not left with many or any questions. I was able to look back on my life and figure out my personal philosophy. Learn that for me to live a successful life I need to do the things I love and keep doing those things. There are obviously still things that I have yet to learn or realize about myself, and that's something that only time can do for me. As my life progresses and my personality changes as I grow, I will learn new things about myself and over time develop a new personal philosophy. For me the benefit of living in the moment is that I don't need to worry about those kinds of things right now. I can go through my life doing the things I love and I will learn new things as time passes.
Visual Piece
Writing Piece
My Personal Philosophy
Sean Holley
In my opinion, a life well lived is a life where you've achieved enough of the things that you've wanted to do in your life to be able to die happily knowing that your life wasn't totally wasted at a dead end job. You were successful in some way that was meaningful to you. And so that when you die you can say “I did the things that I wanted to do. I left an impact on this world and attempted to make the world a better place. I used the short amount of time I had on this earth the best of my ability.”
And you cannot look at life in a way where everything that you have worked for and what you have worked towards is essentially pointless if it's going to come to an end at some point anyways. But then again it's been all the work that has made our lives today as good as they are. And if you're focusing on living in the moment and not thinking about the worlds inevitable end then all that work that is being done and has been done actually was not for nothing and gave everyone reason and motivation.
Additionally I connect to looking to nature as a higher power or a source of spiritual fulfillment. A lot of listening to nature and listening to nature for answers. There are some people who are devout believers in free thought and freedom in general and there are some benefits to that. I don't reject a whole lot about it though, I connect with a lot more than most other forms of spiritual fulfilment. For me having that connection to nature is mutually beneficial for everyone, because nature can offer a lot of things that you just can't find anywhere else.
I would say that most of my personal philosophy is based around being connected to the things around you. And sharing those things with the people that you care about most. I love spending time in the outdoors, mountain biking, skiing, hiking, and I love to do these activities with my friends, so that I can feel that connection to everything. Doing the things you love is how you will find purpose in your life.
Sean Holley
In my opinion, a life well lived is a life where you've achieved enough of the things that you've wanted to do in your life to be able to die happily knowing that your life wasn't totally wasted at a dead end job. You were successful in some way that was meaningful to you. And so that when you die you can say “I did the things that I wanted to do. I left an impact on this world and attempted to make the world a better place. I used the short amount of time I had on this earth the best of my ability.”
And you cannot look at life in a way where everything that you have worked for and what you have worked towards is essentially pointless if it's going to come to an end at some point anyways. But then again it's been all the work that has made our lives today as good as they are. And if you're focusing on living in the moment and not thinking about the worlds inevitable end then all that work that is being done and has been done actually was not for nothing and gave everyone reason and motivation.
Additionally I connect to looking to nature as a higher power or a source of spiritual fulfillment. A lot of listening to nature and listening to nature for answers. There are some people who are devout believers in free thought and freedom in general and there are some benefits to that. I don't reject a whole lot about it though, I connect with a lot more than most other forms of spiritual fulfilment. For me having that connection to nature is mutually beneficial for everyone, because nature can offer a lot of things that you just can't find anywhere else.
I would say that most of my personal philosophy is based around being connected to the things around you. And sharing those things with the people that you care about most. I love spending time in the outdoors, mountain biking, skiing, hiking, and I love to do these activities with my friends, so that I can feel that connection to everything. Doing the things you love is how you will find purpose in your life.