6/6/2025. #180

I tried to think of an answer to this question all day. I came up blank. Mostly I spend a great deal of time thinking it'd be nice if there were legal consequences that affected those who purposefully harm others. I just can't see myself in that role, hoping to bypass consequences when I highly respect them.

And so I continued to try because I wanted to keep this fun activity light - not a place to sound dogmatic and judgmental. Maybe something supernatural? If that was the case - flying. I have horrible motion sickness from an inner ear disorder and it'd be nice to physically bypass that factor.

Legally? Something simple - like speeding. But I have a good reason for that. Wichita's traffic system has issues that could be resolved from adults being allowed to decide the speed limit for themselves based on the flow of traffic. It's a large city with minimal traffic congestion surrounded by farms. I personally believe that the drivers afraid to go the speed limit are part of the problem and they get clustered together on older, narrow streets that are always under construction. Instead of chasing down 'speeders' I think paying attention to those who run red lights would be more effective as a public safety strategy.

I tried to think of what vice I'd want to apply the prompt, which one would be most appealing to abuse. And it'd probably be sloth because I'm tired. But I enjoy all the reasons why I'm tired. If I were well rested all the time, I wouldn't be me. I honestly don't know what that feels like. I'm trying to imagine it. Rest.

Even if I had all the money, resources I could ever want - I'd still choose to spend my life assisting developmentally disabled children. Helping them smile. Teaching them life skills and social communication strategies to appropriately resolve problems. It's a hard physical job sometimes. And I love that too. It's like getting a workout in at work.

I never want to have one of those days where I crawl home from exhaustion and emotional overload burnout but if I did have one of those days? It's going to be a memorable one. I will have learned something new and grow, probably humbled by the experience. I've had many of those days. It's a challenging career path, intervention.

Emotional regulation is not easy. I do well because of my own (issues with authority) background. I can relate to those with behavior disorders. In my mind, it's frustrating when structure is not followed. Which brings me back to the first paragraph and why I was so stuck on this prompt. Being able to trace down the consequences provides me with emotional regulation. If you can trace consequences, you can imagine the future.

I'd want to trace the consequences.