In "The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory" by Daniel Kahnem, he talks about that it's not the experience we get out of something but the memory instead. He shares that happiness is not a useful word anymore because we use it for to many meanings. He shares a story about a student who tells a story of of him listening to 20 minutes of glorious music that was ruined by a screech at the very end. The student thought that it drew him in more to the experience but actually he had experienced the experience but all he was left with was the memory and the memory was ruined. He mentions that the most dominant side of being happy is being with people you like.
My plan to make a memory is to not think about doing something and just go do it. Don't think whether you should or should not go do something and just go do it. If you think to hard on whether or not something should be done than you start getting expectations and maybe some worries about whatever you're about to do. If you just go and do something than you don't have those expectations and you can just focus on the experience and make the memories that are important.
My memory is from Thursday on March 13, 2014. On Thursday I was at home just relaxing when my friend Andrew and assistant pastor called me to hangout. I could have thought about my answer or just said no because I wanted to be lazy but I said yes without thinking whether I should or should not go. I left to Andrews and once I got to Andrews; we talked, played some xbox 360, left for Walmart for Apples to Apples for our bible study, and got some McDonald's to eat. Just doing those small things made my day. If I thought about whether I should go or not or told my self to just stay home, I wouldn't have experienced that fun time with Andrew and have that memory of it.
I learned in "The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory" by Daniel Kahnem that your most dominant side of being happy is being with people that you like. That's exactly what I did, I hung out with Andrew because he's someone that I like and im happy from hanging out. In "One Second Every Day" by Cesar Kuriyama I learned that we often forget things that we have done unless someone brings it up and just from that we might remember something's. Cesar recorded a second of his life everyday for the rest of his life and to help me remember my memory that I made! I took only a few pictures of the events to bring back the memories that I made. In "The End of Remembering" from Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer, I learned that we have lost ways of remembering things because most things are becoming digital. "Our gadgets have eliminated the need to remember such things anymore" (137). With this in mind and besides taking the pictures I tried not focusing on my phone as much and just focus on the experience to make memories.
Works Cited:
Kahneman, Daniel. "The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory." TED Talks, FEB. 2010. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.
Kuriyama, Cesar. "One Second Every Day." TED Talks, MARCH. 2012. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.
Foer, Joshua. Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. New York: The Penguin Press, 2011.
Kindle e-book.
My plan to make a memory is to not think about doing something and just go do it. Don't think whether you should or should not go do something and just go do it. If you think to hard on whether or not something should be done than you start getting expectations and maybe some worries about whatever you're about to do. If you just go and do something than you don't have those expectations and you can just focus on the experience and make the memories that are important.
My memory is from Thursday on March 13, 2014. On Thursday I was at home just relaxing when my friend Andrew and assistant pastor called me to hangout. I could have thought about my answer or just said no because I wanted to be lazy but I said yes without thinking whether I should or should not go. I left to Andrews and once I got to Andrews; we talked, played some xbox 360, left for Walmart for Apples to Apples for our bible study, and got some McDonald's to eat. Just doing those small things made my day. If I thought about whether I should go or not or told my self to just stay home, I wouldn't have experienced that fun time with Andrew and have that memory of it.
I learned in "The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory" by Daniel Kahnem that your most dominant side of being happy is being with people that you like. That's exactly what I did, I hung out with Andrew because he's someone that I like and im happy from hanging out. In "One Second Every Day" by Cesar Kuriyama I learned that we often forget things that we have done unless someone brings it up and just from that we might remember something's. Cesar recorded a second of his life everyday for the rest of his life and to help me remember my memory that I made! I took only a few pictures of the events to bring back the memories that I made. In "The End of Remembering" from Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer, I learned that we have lost ways of remembering things because most things are becoming digital. "Our gadgets have eliminated the need to remember such things anymore" (137). With this in mind and besides taking the pictures I tried not focusing on my phone as much and just focus on the experience to make memories.
Works Cited:
Kahneman, Daniel. "The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory." TED Talks, FEB. 2010. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.
Kuriyama, Cesar. "One Second Every Day." TED Talks, MARCH. 2012. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.
Foer, Joshua. Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. New York: The Penguin Press, 2011.
Kindle e-book.