Blog #19

My Three Virtues
The three virtues that I attempted was Temperance, which is, "Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation", meaning that one should simply eat or drink not too less, and not too much. My second virtue is Moderation, which is, "Avoid extremes; forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve", which means that one should know their limits. My final virtue is Cleanliness which is, "Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation", which means to be clean. The reason why I chose these three virtues is because I am a messy individual, which likes to eat and take risks. By picking these virtues, I believed that I might improve in my sloppy side and achieve each of those virtues, some were unsuccessful.

Temperance: I was not successful towards the end of my project. Saturday was a day of cheating on my actual diet. The pizza would look me dead in the eye and call my name from a distance, "Gevvoooo, Gevooooo... gevooo". I finally took a bite and took my taste buds to a journey they have not experienced for a while, I was unable to stop at that point, I had already gone too far and I felt as though there was no turning back. I feel bad because I promised myself I would not eat junk food anymore and I broke two things, my virtue, and by its side, my promise to myself. I will continue to work on myself after this experiment and will not eat junk food again for a really long time. For about two weeks I was successful and have lost some weight, and now I know that I am capable of accomplishing temperance, but I failed during the actual project.

Moderation: I was very successful with moderation, moderation can mean knowing your limits and that can also branch out towards subjects like, dangerous risks to drinking alcohol. I did not drink alcohol during the period of this experiment and still will not drink alcohol. I did not do anything stupid, which I am prone to do so. Taking risks is something that fuels my life, one can say, during this experiment, I was a good boy. I love taking risks and it is my passion, I love to have my adrenaline pumping and it really excites me. I can not live without going out into a wilderness-like environment and try and test my survival skills one day. I do not like to physically fight, but I do not mind getting into one, I believe in the survival of the fittest and wish that I can test myself. But there are some things like that, that will never be achieved, especially during these modern days.

Cleanliness: I was successful in being clean. I always clean my room, especially because I have to, but I got used to it and do not complain any longer. My room would always become a mess because I have two younger siblings that would come in and out of my room constantly and I would achieve anger every single day. They will come and play on the Xbox 360 and would have game CD's laying around everywhere, especially during the weekends. I always clean up not only after myself, but after others. If I see something is out of its place, I would put it back; example: Today I realized that my Dre beats were not in its case, what I did was I neatly put it back in its case and back into its box. Along with my Dre beats, I noticed the home phone was in my room; I also put that back where it belonged and went back to my business. I was successful in cleanliness and not because of this experiment, but because it bothers me not to be clean.