How does a person go about deciding what he has to do, at this moment? This question has intrigued me particularly, not just because I am curious intrinsically about the nature of thinking, but also because I am a particularly indecisive person. How, for example, does someone decide to go for a run when his usual schedule dictates that he must have breakfast? (That, for one, is exactly what I did today) Logically speaking, his environment must play a very important role in shaping his thought process. A nice, cool and sunny day, for example, would likely influence his decision to run positively. A stormy night would affect it oppositely.
But obviously, a person’s individuality would have to come into play, and this is particularly complex because it is in turn determined by a multitude of factors, genetic and acquired. Let’s examine the reasons a person might give to go for a run:
1. He is feeling tired and would like to boost his spirits by exercising
2. He has benefitted from the Healthy lifestyle campaign and has incorporated running into his plans for keeping fit
3. He notices he has no other more important activities lined up and he can afford to use his time for running
4. He spontaneously decides that he wants to run, perhaps having been informed of this thought in a dream or by some higher being while he was unconscious
5. Or perhaps he doesn’t want to run, except he is being forced to do so by higher authority; for example, in the army or during physical education class
Most of the time though, it is unlikely that any one of these factors alone influence his decision to go running; it is more likely an interplay between several modes of argument going in his head that will affect his actions. What about reasons for not running?
1. The person feels lethargic and doesn’t want to run. In other words, he is LAZY. (which is quite a common reason actually)
2. The person has unfortunately, fallen ill, and doesn’t want any intensive physical activity to compromise his physical well-being in this time when his immune system is under stress.
3. Or perhaps, as mentioned above, it is raining heavily outside and nobody in the right mind would run when it is raining cats and dogs. (Notice, in this case, that two arguments are in play – one, that it is inconvenient to run in the rain. Two, there is a kind of social pressure that acts to prevent one from running)
4. He could have been given advice not to run, possibly from a nagging mother or grandmother concerned for his well-being.
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