Week 9 Post 1

As I read about intuitive thought and analytic thought in Chapter 15, I related it to past experiences throughout my life. Looking back, I feel like in my younger years I definitely used more intuitive thought than analytic thought, which was probably because I didn’t yet consider how my choices had consequences. Instead, of weighing pros and cons to a certain situation I would follow my emotions. One example in my life about thinking intuitively was when I was about six years old. I remember smelling freshly baked chocolate chip cookies that my made. I would beg my mom to let me have some cookies before dinner because they just smelled so good. My mom told me that if I had cookies before dinner I wouldn’t be able to finish my meal. Despite her saying this, I still continued to beg her for cookies until finally she caved in and let me have some cookies. Unfortunately, while eating dinner I began to feel incredible stuffed and couldn’t finish my meal. I remember my mom asking me if I was sure I couldn’t finish food, to which I shook my head yes. My mom then proceeded to the freezer and pulled at a new gallon of ice cream. Before she made it back to the table she brought the container of freshly baked cookies with the ice cream. If I only I had waited just a little bit longer, I would have been able to have both ice cream and cookies with the rest of my family. Yet, I let the feeling of wanting cookies right away get the best of me. Now I always think twice before having a snack before dinner.