I've long advocated a rational approach to thinking about things. Too many
people seem to make decisions based on irrational decision-making methods,
basing their choices on impulse or simply "what feels right at the time".
Many problems which people bring upon themselves could be avoided by simply
reasoning out the situation and making an educated decision rather than going
with one's gut instincts. Generally speaking, I believe that rationality is
the best mindset to adopt.
  The problem with rationality is that while most decisions can be made
rationally, the ultimate decision can't be: The meaning of life. You can
rationally decide what food you're going to eat, what car you're going to
buy, or what job you're going to work on, but none of these decisions are
ends in themselves, but simply means to the end of aiding and sustaining
life. The completely rational mindset, then, is forced to ask itself: Why
prolong life? Is it reasonable or proper to do so?
  It happens, however, that life cannot be reasonably justified. Everyone
knows that everyone dies eventually, and thus anything that happens in life
is only temporary anyway. Given this, does it seem rational or efficient to
use up so many resources--including time, effort, and raw physical
materials--to merely prolong a life form? Not likely.
  And so people go on with their lives, justifying all their common sense on
the basis of an irrationality: The assumption that life is worth living.
  It seems likely, then, that for those who are alive, it occasionally
becomes necessary to suspend rationality and common sense in favor of
some other deciding factor. You can't always analyze every situation;
sometimes you've just got to make the most of what you've got by relying on
intuition, hope, and fortune. Maybe it doesn't always work, but what other
choice do we have?
  Life itself cannot be rationally justified, but we may rationally arrive at
the decision to suspend our logic. If we know full well that life is
irrational anyway, we can rationally allow our logical mind to decide to take
a vacation--in other words, to suspend our ego and rely on our superego
instead. This does not sound very logical, but if you're going to suspend
your logic temporarily, at least you can use logic to decide when to do so.
  So, live reasonably, and use your reasoning to decide when to suspend logic
and go a little irrational for a while. Sounds reasonable enough to me, but
of course, you should decide for yourself before you come to any conclusions.