Garbage in garbage out is a computer science principle that states if you give garbage input to a process, no matter how well designed the process is, you will receive garbage out.We are the total of our fuel plus our desire for change.
I knew about garbage in garbage out (GIGO) but I never thought it effected my daily life. I have come to realize this affects our lives as a whole, no matter who we are, or how much prestige we have.
In fact, I thought I was above it. We over-estimate ourselves, and I am sure of it by my behavior. I looked at my behavior today, I have already taken care of 5 things on a random day off, things I would have avoided like the plague, and put off, simply by taking these last few weeks and slowly removing the garbage in my life. It has been a hard journey, one that I will eventually share, but through it I becomes a real believer in the GIGO principle.
One such example.
I used to love morning time crap TV.
Absolutely love it. Set my watch to it. If I were off work, then nothing set my day off right quite like an episode of Maury. For those who lived life on a higher plane – Maury – a show ran by its host, Maury Povich, was a circus of banality headlined by paternity cases and lie detectors. An hour of “gotcha” with badly shot daytime commercials showcasing horrible “for profit colleges” (and as a person who doesn’t care for the standard college, it is concerning, anyone who would engage in its outright disastrous cousin – for profit colleges)
In short, it was absolute garbage for me to enjoy . Garbage in.
Back then, I would be angrier. I had a shorter fuse. I was lazier – in fact, if I did a single other thing outside of my apartment on those days it would be a miracle. My output would crawl to a stop, with none of my goals really done (even superficial ones, like getting through a boss on a video game, seemed like a huge challenge). Garbage out.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 