Tonite in class I noticed a ray of light coming through the window, and I decided that I would rather not be sitting inside, listening to a boring lecture on utility analysis.
I got up and left.
I walked to my car, put in my favorite cd and drove around some back roads with the windows down and my music way, way up.
I swooned over cows, I caught the tail end of a beautiful sunset, and stuck my hand outside of the window so I could feel the invisible force that is the wind. And I sang, really loud.
I feel so much better about life right now. I mean, there is a very small part of me that's interested in what W.S. Jevons was thinking when he theorized marginal utility with numbers... but cows + pretty sunsets > scholastic endeavors. And surely I win some academic points for realizing that the opportunity cost of sitting in class wasn't worth forgoing a reset of my emotions. Am I right?