Assignment 8- Sam Ederington

Fears- Dying, being useless, being alone
Annoyances- stupidity, hypocrisy
Accomplishments- being overly self critical
Confusions- conscious discrimination, how we can move
Sorrows- lack of self control
Dreams- being perfect, people spontaneously combusting
Idiosyncrasies- counting everything, self contradictory
Risks- being in marching band, trying out for honor bands
Beloved possessions- my cats (now and then), books (now and then), computer (now)
Problems- consistency




     I originally didn’t realize that it was weird to count how many times I swallowed when drinking something. The first time I realized people didn’t count such things was when I asked my younger brother a question about how many grapes he had eaten, in an attempt to balance the number between us. He didn’t know, while I always have known exactly how many grapes I just ate. For example, I just ate 12 green grapes and 16 red ones. When I drink water from a water fountain, I usually end up swallowing around 17 times. I just always feel that I need to be thinking about something, and for some reason I usually default to numbers. Does this actually help me in any way? Probably not, but it’s just a habit that I’ve developed that I’ve found exclusive to me, and a mental exercise to make sure I can still think.



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