Who Can Say If I've Been Changed For The Better?

Sigh, sorry about the musical reference, my life over break has been soundtrack after soundtrack interrupted only by movies and work.  But I digress, I wanted to bring up a very serious question about AP  English in the real world: Does analyzing everything around us make us happier people? Or even smarter? Sure we all joke about how we share connections to Chief Bromden or Gogol or Moushumi but I think the constant analysis of daily life outside of the novels can alienate AP English students from the rest of the school, if not the world.  For example, I accidentally logged into my original blog (the one I lost the password for) and realized: I had done this before and posted a blog without even realizing and this original blog had nearly double the hits of my current one.  I actually said out loud, "Wow, this basically indirectly characterizes everyone as lazy for not realizing I have a new blog." What? Who says things like that? Do not get me wrong, I do feel smarter, but as an already critical person recovering from OCD, do I really need to find more faults in things?  This attention to detail frequently causes me to miss out on the big picture: I forgot when Christmas was because I was too busy focusing on how I should go about buying gifts and if my parents would notice where I hide things and which hiding spot seems the least suspicious and is it even worth hiding gifts or even wrapping wrapping them and should I wrap them and if so what paper should I use and what paper really symbolizes me, you know? I love this class, but I'm asking you, does this added intelligence make you happy?