tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125284099225481984.post5123534579567484374..comments2008-09-28T11:07:08.657-05:00Comments on My Compact Year: Climbing the LadderKellininaperkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057159981717028333noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125284099225481984.post-58633231066396442412007-01-14T16:50:00.000-05:002007-01-14T16:50:00.000-05:00Interesting thoughts. What is self actualization? ...Interesting thoughts. What is self actualization? Perhaps it is not as much a struggle to achieve it as much as it is the realization that we already have achieved it.<br /><br />Sometimes the maintenance of the things we possess can distract from other, more important, things in life. Like the ones you mention here.<br /><br />Self expression in a discount-store world is a wonderful thing. I wish there was more of it.<br /><br />It's interesting to me that our society tends to focus on the mechanism of self expression and social interaction more than the expression or interaction itself.<br /><br />Things don't necessarily go better with Coke. Someone once said that some things that people believe are necessities are actually positive hinderences.<br /><br />In my opinion, this is the path to self actualization.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com