Tuesday, October 6, 2009
The good things
It is a whole new experience to to be with professionals at a confrence with people "in your area of expertise". It solidifies the fact that I am in the real world… not that uneven like that. Networking, learning about meaningless material interests.… It is just solidifying the fact that business is not for me.
The continuing need for me to have some sort of self fulfillment and for me to be in a new and different time in my life has been filling my mind and overtaking my thoughts. As I start to see people my age (22) doing things that they love, getting engaged, settling I thier new time of life, I start to get restless. Not even that these people are even in the right.
Right now I'm just blabbering but I feel that to be happy is a goal that can no be overlooked, as it is now. It is a necessity. If this profesional persona and marketing guru is not what will make me happy, then changes need to be made. The job dilema continues…
Friday, September 11, 2009
Shower time!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
A Return?
“The problem is, women complain more,” he said. “So it seems like they’re doing so much more.”
I was mad at first but then realized there was something to his statement.
"The poll found that 13 percent of dads were working a second job to make ends meet, compared to 3 percent of working moms. And dads and moms were working longer hours, 14 percent and 16 percent respectively.
But only 43 percent of dads admitted they felt stressed out about the situation, compared to 48 percent of women.
So why do you all think dads don’t bitch as much?
It may be that they like their jobs more. The survey also found that 80 percent of the working moms worked because they had to, compared to 63 percent of working dads.
Or maybe they just don’t want to make waves, and go to work each day with a big smile and return home each night with a big smile."
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Should Genius Kids Know Their IQs?
Friday, May 8, 2009
What is culture?
This is an essay that I just wrote for my Cross Cultural Communications class. The question is simply- "What is culture?"
The first time that I remember analyzing the word “culture” was when I was sixteen years old. My sister-like family friend, Danielle, had recently married a Swiss man and was trying to convince my mom to let me visit her in
Of course, I had been using the word “culture” for years, but I had never actually stopped to think about it’s meaning. What exactly did she mean by “culture?” Danielle’s meaning of culture seemed to mean worldly, knowledgeable, and advanced.
I have somewhat internalized this definition, along with others, to create my own definition of culture. To me, culture is a way of living, thinking, and identifying yourself. It means that you are knowledgeable, respectful, and accepting of ways of living, thinking of others. You are well read, travel domestically and internationally. Your identity- based on nationality, religion, or the like- embraces your way of living and balances it with your background and identifying groups.
I believe that to be cultured is something that you should strive for and that it makes you a better person. If you are accepting others and the ways of others, you can live a better life. Hopefully, when you have experiences outside of your norm, you can take something out of that experience and mold it into your own life (therefore becoming a part of your culture). When you are continually becoming “cultured,” you continue to mentally grow.
This definition began to develop after my life changing trip to