Physics in Real Life

So, a vast majority of us have been taught in Physics 30 that, Impulse = mass(change in velocity). This equation has yet to leave my mind, due to gruesome hours of study. However, there is one connection which catches my eye.

Change. Impulse = a change in something. Well…you can’t deny the laws of physics! So, there must be some truth behind this. (I am such a nerd at heart…)

Recently in my life, I have made some rather “impulsive” decisions. Now, I know that all of you are wincing and feeling sorry for me already, but perhaps I don’t exactly regret all of this.

You see, some of my impulsive decisions have allowed me to discover some things about myself, entering into a phase of personal reflection, and I don’t think that personal reflection can ever be harmful. However, I completed these impulsive actions at someone else’s expense. There is the problem.

I’d like to think that all of this was meant to happen somehow. As though, this whole experience was a way to rattle me up a bit and help me to understand that life is short, and we all make traumatic errors sometimes, whether we are proud of it or not. I can be a horrendous perfectionist, so this I suppose “grounded me” a little, allowing me to see that even I am capable of royally messing up.

Yet, the formula speaks for itself. Impulse = Change. Or perhaps can this equation like all others be reversed. Change = Impulse. This is the part that catches me. Are my recent changes in life responsible for me acting upon Impulse, or have my Impulsive actions merely caused abundant change?

I see them as being completely interchangeable. Impulsive actions always result in change, meanwhile change can cause you to make impulsive actions.

I have discovered both of these to be true over the past few months.

So, I suppose it’s true. You really can’t deny the laws of Physics.