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I have just used this blog as a blog.  I have been logging my occasional attempts at study, without being aware of it as such, and I have just looked back and discovered that I have been trying to motivate myself since December 6th. 

Before Christmas comes I have to at least get the SK course up to date.  I still haven't started Chapter 3, although at least I've read the forum discussion around it.  The forum discussion for Chapter 4 (I guess) seems to be about theory of mind...  I had a minor panic attack reading that, thinking it was a much disliked topic for me, but I was thinking of philosophy of mind... phew.  Though, inevitably these subjects always merge.  It brought back to me exactly how much I love and hate philosophy.  More hate than love.  I'm compelled to read it, and then become instantly irritated and frustrated by it.  Funny how it works like that, much like being compelled to look at something that I know will turn my stomach, or watch something that I know will scare me.  It seems to be a common human feature to be compelled to behave in ways which will ultimately make us uncomfortable in some way... it seems that in terms of evolution this is a strange and unhelpful trait to have held onto.