Similarly, I've learned to peel off the outer layer of everything else in my life. I can't quite figure out if I love it or if I hate it
I've encountered so much Philosophy and different ways of thinking in my life now academically that I'm beginning to apply it to everything in my life—subconsciously—whether I like it or not.
It's kind of like peeling an onion. Once you realize the difference in taste when you actually do the work of peeling the outer skin off, you never want to go back to leaving the skin on; however, you also notice imperfections more easily. If someone else forgets to peel the skin off all the way and you get a little piece of onion skin in your mouth, it's just not the same.
I've always been one to live in my head and analyze everything. But I'm seeing the world in a new way. It can be better, and it can be worse, but ultimately I feel as if everything just became a lot more intense. I will never look at anything the simplistic way that I used to. Once you see that there are multiple layers to everything, they don't go away.
