Blog Post 6: Wellness
When I first heard about the wellness project, I thought it was a great idea. I've done a lot of these types of wellness plans in the past. I had to do one at the beginning of the semester for one of my classes. The idea was the same, but it was kind of different. For my other wellness plans/charts, I would check off an area if I had done the act. For example, say I wanted to wake up early and I did it, I would check off that area. What Franklin did was check it off if he violated that virtue. One of his virtues was silence, so if he violated that, he checked it off on his chart. I think his idea was good, a lot of people in today's society do something similar. I just think he was a little hardcore. I feel like he took it a little too seriously. What Lawrence said about his virtues makes sense. No one is perfect and I think trying to perfect yourself will only end up hurting you. It's good to have disciplines that you put on yourself, but not with the intention of being p...
