On Drive

This post is a little more introvertive, so you may use it to look into yourself. I believe that each of us has a set of innate drives that tend to override other feelings or desires. As an example, the other day I was in a terrible mood. I was tired, I was stressed, I didn't want to be around people, and I didn't want to say anything to anyone, so I chose not to for much of the day. But at the end of the day, in my history class, as we got into a lecture, I found myself blurting out the answers to my teacher's questions like I normally do. When the teacher asked a question, I almost instinctively would blurt the answer, as was the custom in that class. I thought about how that probably would give off the impression that I was in a better mood, even though I still didn't want to be there. It would seem to me that I have a drive to answer questions in class when they are presented. Now, you could derive many possible conclusions from this - Arrogance, smartalec, a need for recognition or attention - but the point I'm getting at is that I think we all have some strange innate drive. Now, as with all drives, it is possible to control them. It would not be hard for me to keep myself from answering questions. But if I don't think about it, it happens automatically. And it can override other feelings or desires that we have at the time. So what other drives to I have that I don't really think about? Could we define a difference between these drives and habits, or would we just categorize these drives as habits? How can I most effectively control and suppress these drives?

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