I’m a pretty balanced person; therefore, there are both Apollo and Dionysus traits to my personality. Being Apollo, my life is pretty structured during the week: I wake up, go to school, go to work, complete school work, and go to sleep. My room is very simple and usually organized and everything I have has a designated spot so I do not lose it (because nothing annoys me more than when I lose something, even if it’s nothing significant). I don’t go a day without text messaging, and I try to attend all my classes. Being Dionysius, my life can vary during the weekend: I usually sleep all day and stay up all night (and do activities that are planned last minute). I also love the outdoors, especially taking midnight walks on the beach, and I always have my ipod in hand. Though I have both Apollonian and Dionysian traits, I believe that I, and everyone else, are not simultaneously these two traits in a given day. There are times when someone is completely Apollonian, such as a Monday evening after classes when someone is eating dinner and finishing their paper due the following day. However, there are times when someone is completely Dionysian, such as one in the morning on a Sunday when someone is completely wasted and dancing foolishly and without a care with their friends. To be both these traits simultaneously would be impossible, and to only exhibit one trait and never the other would lead someone to be unsuccessful and labeled an outsider by society.
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Thats interesting that you said you like to be outdoors with an ipod, because the outdoors are very Dionysian, while the technology of the ipod is very Apollonian.
I liked your last statement... how the person would be unsuccessful and labeled an outsider if that person didn't have both personalities. Nice.
It's so true that one can not be successful if they don't balance both sides! I guess you can be Apollonian while enjoying your dionysian side as well (ipod and nature).
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