My higher education has come to a close, however, my desire to learn and create hasn’t. I want to pressure myself intellectually and continue my evolution: mentally, physically, creatively, and socially. So here I am, and I hope you enjoy the content I will be providing.
My Interests
For me, there has always been –and there might always be– a fascination with this psychological quadrant; thinking, feeling, behaving and experiencing. The range of contradictory extremes of each element is especially interesting. To go one step further, I enjoy thinking about and examining deeper issues pertaining to both consciousness and philosophical ideologies. It would be safe to say that I am motivated by two facets. Intrinsically, I want to develop a better understanding of myself, formulate a more concise perspective, and live a healthy lifestyle. Extrinsically, I want others to discover my writings and find them interesting and useful.
There are two main areas that will be discussed on this website. The first will be under the umbrella category of psychology, and similar to the breadth of the psychological quadrant, there will be a large range of items being explored. There will be some fundamental questions as well; some original, others, using other people’s (more reputable) ideas and perspectives. An example of these areas might include subjects like social psychology, psychodynamic theories, cognitive science, and neuroscience. The second topic of interest will be related to lifestyle: social media, health, and knowledge.
With questions like these, we are quick to establish a parsimonious answer, contrary to the extremely complicated nature of things. With the technological rise and access to new information, questions like these transform in nature, where both science and philosophy are now running perpendicular.
Hopefully, I have caught some of your interests and you will follow along on my journey of self improvement, philosophy, mysticism, and science (I realize this is perceived as a contradiction, but let’s have fun with it). Let’s discover new ideas and explore this beautiful internal and external world.
– Reid Carlson –
05/08/2018