Know Thyself

Know Thyself are the best words I have ever heard, they are form the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and according to Greek tale was written by Pausanias. The first time I heard about these words was when I was in Writing for the Arts in my Foundation year, which Mimi Fautly taught, she explained that it is difficult to write or put out anything without knowing who you are. As I age I feel like I learn more about myself and feel more comfortable with myself, or in my own skin, which I enjoy about aging. I still feel like I don't know myself that well, which is ironic because they really isn't anyone who should know me any better! I have been buying neuroscience, psychology books, and neropsycology books thinking that I want to understand about other people better, the mind and the brain as an organ itself, when really it's all about understanding me. I feel like I know myself pretty well but sometimes I just can't explain why I do certain things, like buying something I always buy, when I really meant to get something else etc, but I am learning about these things through books, which is actually really strange and funny if you think about it. Lately I feel like I am being pulled in some many different directions and I can cover them all fully, and to top that off it seems my body just wants to sleep, all of the time through everything and it's hard to control. How will I really know myself if I can't even control my sleeping patterns, or stop to really analyze what I am creating?