The Laws of Motion and My Productivity
Old post of mine! This was literally in my old Tumblr, so this is quite rambly. I just thought it’d still be great to keep this here.
This may be quite informal and is in no way meant to be scientifically accurate, but is meant to share some of my thoughts.
It’s the first of March and I would really like to be more productive this month. I was productive last month, I guess, but not so in the bigger picture. I’m trying to remind myself that apart from being an academic student, I am one of my own, and I have to pledge to myself that no matter where I’m at, I will never follow the typical trajectory of a human.
I’ll zoom in this month and start the thought train at the point of today. I would really like to be productive today, and I know I can be. The thing is, I woke up this morning in a state of restful inertia. It’s not like one of those mornings where I wake up feeling ready to conquer the world. I just felt like in a daze. Is it because it’s Sunday and on Sundays, I always crave vegan pancakes? Whatever it is, I am in a state of inertia too fixed for me to get out of.
The First Law
Newton’s first law of motion states that unless acted on by an external force, any object will remain at rest or move in a straight line at constant speed. Essentially, this means that if I keep going at the rate (or lack thereof) that I am currently in right now, I will just be… doing that, I guess. Nothing. Now while it appears that I have a ton of external force in the form of deadlines, long-term goals, and motivational videos, I still feel to be at a point in my life where I am rather stuck. This leads me to believe that I need to look out for a different external force, or, if I may alter the law a little bit, Mr. Newton, an internal one (I know that I tend to make a lot of antitheses, but I can’t help it).
A lot of what I read tells me that I must stop focusing on willpower and focus more on “why-power.” The internal force within me tells me that I am doing what I am doing and am on this path that I’m on because I want something more. I don’t, however, want to be on a cookie-cutter path and be a mere doctor. I want to be different; I guess I’m really just afraid of being ordinary, even if I probably am quite simply that at present anyways. Okay, am slightly losing my structure here. Away from my dreams and back to the point. I have to get going and use my “why” to release me from my state of rest. Now to accelerate.
The Second Law
Newton’s second law states that force = mass x acceleration, so acceleration = force/mass. This means that if I want to go a little faster, I need to decrease my mass, or increase my force. I think that it may be a little difficult to increase my force (my why power) so I’m gonna need to decrease my mass, or in a less physics-y sense, my weight, which may come in the form of overthinking, regrets, and–dare I say it– Netflix. Okay, there, I admitted it. Netflix is so not helping me to be productive (it makes me so happy though :( ). Oh, also social media, which isn’t too much of a problem for me now anyways. Anyway, yeah, time to get a little faster now.
The Third Law
Newton’s third law states that forces cannot act alone. Two bodies exert forces on one another; the forces are equal in magnitude, but opposite in direction. Trying to relate this to productivity without completely forcing it (no pun intended), I have to say that I can’t ignore the fact that there may be other forces counteracting my own, bringing me to still stay stuck. Some of which may be forces that are out of my control. So how do I go about this? I guess I just have to try to let these forces not interact (is that scientifically accurate?) by not letting things get to me too much. Makes sense? I don’t know, but I gotta try. I know it’s a little vague but I have no other choice but to be cryptic; it’s the Internet.
Okay, I can’t continue at this rate, lol. Time to get some motion!
