What determines mood? Quite an intriguing question that I've been thinking about for the better part of the day. External influences? Internal belief? Is it created of a layer in the subconcious, or is mood a concious decision based upon the assumed emotional reaction of sleep/health/external influences? Is mood a congnitive process, or is it automatically generated by a part of the brain we can reach with our inner-dialogue? For the first time in a long time I haven't had an inner dialogue, or any natural pull towards either end of the positive/negative spectrum. The day has been sort of phoned-in. I don't think I've paid attention to a single thing since I woke up.
I received 3 awards yesterday (an unusual amount of awards to receive in less than 1 year in the Navy). On the other hand, my 5 day old car had a dead battery this morning... More of a negative impact, for the first time for as long as I can remember the stock market, gold, silver, and the dollar are all down for 4 consecutive days. I just put $5,000 into an ETF named AGQ that measures the price of silver. I purchased the shares last Thursday, and since then the ETF has lost 50% (or $2,500). I'm not very happy about that. The bubble on silver has burst. And I am at the completely wrong end of the bubble. Now I have to wait for who knows how long... This one actually hurt since I thought silver was a relatively stable commodity. Guess not. My portfolio has gone from $13,000 to a little over $9,000 in 4 days... All against my theory that the jubilation brought about by Bin Laden's death would carry-over into wall street. I'm not panicing, since the market is cyclical, as is everything else in life. I'm just not happy about having my ego put in check, and realizing once again that I don't actually know anything. Time to go put in 5 miles on the track. Time to get excited!
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