11/15/12

When I was younger, like many other people I got told that my parents were getting a divorce. My parents were very young when they got together and got married half way into college. When they told me and my sisters about the divorce I was pretty young so I didn't exactly know what was going to happen but then I soon realized that my life was going to change in a huge way, holidays became hectic, my parents fought about everything possible, and they were each dragging me and my sisters into all of their problems. I started getting older, and as I got older I understood more but also got angry about the way they changed our lives. Being angry brought me to question: why do so many divorces accure in this day in age? Getting a divorce used to be a rare thing that happened, but in today's society almost every older individual has been married and divorced before. I question maybe people have just gotten careless about people and they just settle for "the now" because it is socially acceptable. People also marry people a lot more for the wrong reasons, they do not think about what the ring on their finger signifies. Soon enough marriage will be just as routine as going to the dentist and getting your teeth cleaned.

11/8/12

In Freakonomics I was surprised with what i was reading. Most children you see reflect how their parents were when they were the childs age but other kids will do the exact opposite of the parent. There are plenty of rich and succesful parents who have a kid that feels like they can do whatever they want so they do nothing and then people with less educated parents want to strive for excellence so they do not have to be in their parents situation, having to live paycheck to paycheck with a low income job.
I always used to think that if I worked out I would walk away feeling gross and sore and that it was a complete waste of time. I used to dread working out even though most people said that it makes you feel good about yourself and makes you happier. I thought that there was no way you could feel good about yourself after you get all sweaty and nasty, feeling like you can't move. But then I started actually working out, not just once in a blue moon. When I started working out more my body got less sore and I could handle a lot more, I truly did feel good about myself after I was done. Although you get sore, you feel so much better about yourself when you're done because you look great and feel healthy. I do not get sick nearly as much either so there are many benefits from working out, it really isn't that bad.