Last week, Dr Seligman (of the Authentic Happiness psychology theory) gave our university forum. He talked about how his ideas have been tested out in schools with all these wonderful results (of course they were wonderful, or he wouldn't be sharing.) But he said something I found interesting. He said that if you take your greatest strength and use it to do your hardest class, you'll do better. Something like that anyway. So I got on his website and took the strengths test. My number one? Love of learning.

Okay, so haha, how do I apply that to ochem? Sorry, but I just don't find it all that interesting or useful to what I want to do. I understand how it can be useful on some level, but it's boring and intricate and too detailed. Amines and amides might sound the same, but they're very much not. So I went on with my life.

Then, on Thursday, we talked about Einstein's theory of special relativity in physics. And it was so hard to wrap my mind around it. Time and space change depending on your intertial frame of reference. Sounds simple, right? But incredibly hard for me to visualize. But it lit up my mind, especially when I realized that as you approach the speed of light, time approaches infinity and space approaches nothing. Dude. Take a second to appreciate the significance of that. Especially in scriptures such as 1 John 1:5; Alma 40:8; D&C 93:9-10; and Abraham 3:24. I love it. Turns out I really do love learning.

Now if only I can somehow apply that love to the Robinson Annulation--which is really just a Michael (1,4 addition of an enolate to a beta-carbonyl carbon) reaction followed by an intramolecular aldol condensation reaction that can occur when you have a 1,5-dicarbonyl setup. I mean, really. I'd be unstoppable if I could only learn to care.