Care factor
Monday, 17th July 2006 by GadgetgirlA question I have been pondering lately is how much do I actually care about things? The answer to that would probably be it depends on what the subject happens to be. It seems strange, but it is a question that frequently appears in conversation around my acquaintance. The basic high-level categories are
• Work
• Family and Friends (Generally leading to relationships)
• Hobbies and Interests (including environmental considerations).
It is certainly interesting to see where each person I have come across puts his or her weightings. When is caring too much or when should you just not care?
I am resolved to think that if I care less about some things and more about others, the equilibrium will resolve itself.
Happy to open the floor to those who ‘care’ to comment.
23rd July 2006 at 10:23 pm
What equilibrium are you talking about? Do you mean:
care = good
don’t care = bad
.. and there for that a mixture of caring and not caring (to varying degrees) will result in some kind of balance?
Thinking about this is a bit mind boggling… I look at your three categories and think that other factors probably transcend these for me, but i also wonder what constitutes ‘caring’? For example, is it the amount of time that you are willing to give something? Or are we talking purely about a non-tangible warm fuzzy feeling? If we quantify/qualify how I can measure my carefactor.. then maybe I can start to think about what I care about most
31st July 2006 at 6:51 pm
Hi Jay,
I guess in the discussions I have been having with my circle of friends, the ‘care’ factor has been how much you are willing to devote time on some thing to ‘make a difference.’
Caring is some thing which is difficult to quantify it’s not scientific enough even to qualify (though I know where are some mowabians out there who have mathematics degrees which could probably be used to create some model for this) - you either do have some regard for an outcome or not. I hope this helps.