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Blog Post #5

The results of my profile share the overall pattern of what the ideal time perspective looks like, just not as extreme. All of my results lie along the middle of the graph. The past positive and present hedonistic were my two highest categories, which is good, because that means I focus on the good things. Past negative and present fatalistic were a little lower, but still not that low. My future number was a little lower than the ideal number, but not by much.

            I think that these results are pretty accurate. The future category is definitely right because I tend not to focus on the future too much. I don’t plan things ahead, and am usually a spur of the moment type of person. Some things I do think about in the future though. If there is a big event or something fun coming up, like a vacation, I tend to think about that more and what it will be like. If something bad happens, I don’t like to think about it anymore, I just try to focus on the good things. Like if I have a bad play while playing a sport, I forget about it and think about the next play.

            From this article I learned that the category that needs to be highest to have the most effective life is the past-positive time perspective.            

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