Week Four Assignment -STAMINA-

I think for most of the time I do take care of myself fairly well. Just like Ken, I eat well, sleep well, and also do the daily exercise which is to jog around the ICU campus for 30 minutes. I usually sleep between 10 o clock to 11 o clock, and wake up between 6 to 7 o clock as I know this is the best sleeping time for me to keep myself at best condition.

For the others, I do try my best to care for my family. For example, during the golden three days, I returned home and cleaned up the whole house by wiping the floor and furniture which were coated with dust. I also washed the dishes after the lunch and dinner and set up breakfast for mother, father and my sister. Since my mother is the one who is doing most of the house works during the school days, I try my best to help my mother as much as possible during the weekends when I can return home. When my friends ask for my support, I try to make a time to listen to their troubles, as I know they will do the same for me when I need their help. I think this is a "give-and-take" relations in which we depend on one another in times of need.

It's sort of embarrassing to share this to the class, but I am most likely to get this "summit fever" when I am in love. As soon as I fall in love, I became so into the person that I cannot really think anything else. This is sometimes really problematic because even though I want to write an essay, since that person keeps popping up in my head, it takes twice as much time to finish up the assignment compare to the time I write the paper with my head clear. Also, there are times when this "invisible hand" pushes me to take a stupid action, which I often regret later on. Looking back, I knew I should have never said that / done that, but at that time, I just could not control myself. I think this is because this "summit fever" is taking away my rationality, my consciousness, to think clearly and choose the right action. I actually don't know how I can solve this, but recently I have found that I can stay calm when I have something else to do. That is, if I don't have anything else to do, I spend forever thinking about it which takes me to nowhere, but if I have something else to do, my thoughts can stay away from love at least during that time. I also try to make the limit to my thoughts--for example, I tell myself that I should not think about anything else until I finish this assignment, and then after I finish the work, I tell myself that now I can drown into the unlimited pool of thoughts and imagination. However, this is also easier said than done, and I am wondering if there is any way I can avoid "summit fever".