this week i had to write an op ed piece for my political science class. the hardest part is, of course, choosing a political issue that i was interested in discussing. the only problem is, i have very little opinion about things. talking to my brother, i saw he was very passionate about immigration policies. my mother, taxes. my father, everything. i ended up writing about low birth rates because it is such a simple, uncontroversial topic. hardly anyone disagrees on the issue.
i realized that i don't have opinions about things because i don't take time to think about things going on in the world that don't involve me. maybe that is a bad thing, but it also prevents me from getting worked up about other people and their gossip, the latest drama, etc. it just isn't worth it to me to think about that - when i am alone in my room (often), my thoughts wander and i reflect on who i am, what i want, what i need, what i have done, what i want to do, and where i am going. everything else just seems unnecessary.
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