Cognitive Dissonance

I found this as a draft, and I don’t think I ever posted it, and it is still applicable, .

Well this is one of the principles learned in Psych about when a person either has two contradicting beliefs/ideas, or the actions of the person don’t follow what they believe, and then they either change their actions or their ideas to they are no longer in disagreement. (Yes, Psych puts names on somewhat obvious concepts)

Well this can be pretty normal for me as I don’t think I should do something, but then I do, and I try to correct myself, but I continue to sin. But I realized I may have been contradicting a post of mine in reference to having a Jesus work ethic. I was saying I shouldn’t slack and work hard so I stop running into this last minute worrying about Finals and such. But for the past few years my mentality with school has been to do the least amount of work in order to get the grade I want. Now that seems to really contradict the other thing I said, hence Cognitive Dissonance. Now but if I try my ‘best’ I could spend a near infinite time working on school so I am absolutely doing perfect in it, but then I would miss out on either social or random other stuff I enjoy. But now it comes down to the thing I already knew. Priorities and moderation. I know I need to put more effort into school, but it is not the most important thing in my life. I shouldn’t worry about getting the highest grade possible, but I shouldn’t do the bare minimum either unless necessary. Dissonance solved.