True Happiness

Family is the true source to happiness because they are the people that are closest to you. What the point of being happy if you have no one to express it with? In this picture it shows how happy one can be when family is present in someones life.

Blogging Ain't That Bad

When I sirst started blogging last year for English I absolutely hated it but now I have grown to like it (a little).  This semester it hasn’t been as nice as it was last semester because I’ve been more rushed to do my blogs. But when I get around to writing my blogs I kind of enjoy because I get to put my thoughts for people to see. I like it because you can personalize your page and with the combinations of blogs that you post it lets others get a feel of what you are actually like in person. If I was made to make another blog page I wouldn’t be that mad because this experience wasn’t half bad. 

My True Happiness

Since we are discussing about what true happiness is lately I wanted to share to you what my true happiness is through pictures:

This picture of me represents my youth and how oblivious I was to what happiness really means. When you are a child you don't know much and the things that make you happy aren't really whats important in life. One never knows what happiness is until you grow up and experience things through living life. When this picture was taken my parents were not divorced yet and I had not experienced the things that have made me who I am today.

As I grew older I started realizing who I was and what started making me happy. I was always loved by my parents but when I saw my parents fighting constantly I was quick to conclude that my parents were going to be getting a divorce soon. When my parents divorced I was angry but
not angry enough to do something drastic. The
divorce made me realize the meaning of family
and how important it can be. Even though I have
a very small family it means the world to me to bearound them.

After my parents divorced when I was 14 I started becoming really mad. The way I got rid of my anger was through sports. I played a lot of recreational sports when I was younger but know it's a little bit different. I now do more action sports like wake boarding, snowboarding, and mountain biking. I think the one reason it makes me so happy is because I know I'm outdoors exercising instead of wasting my time watching TV. I like the feeling of being different than other people and doing different things. Sports are definitely a way for me to escape from reality and be who I want to be.

This last picture is the house my parents own in Hawaii. This picture represents my parents happiness. Besides family and sports the other thing that makes me happy is seeing ones I love happy. You can't truly be happy if the one's you care about most are miserable. This house was a big accomplishment for my family and brought great happiness to them. If you are going to be happy the ones around you have to be happy. One person can bring everyone down.

How Selfish

In the novel, Into The Wild, Chris McCandless takes off on an adventure leaving everything he has ever known behind. I believe that because the way he was raised is the reason for his death. From personal experience I’ve realized that kids that grow up with money don’t find real happiness in life because so many things are handed to them. I believe Chris was the same way. You need to have some struggle in your life to realize what’s important and to appreciate others around you. Since his father betrayed him he basically shut down and thought his whole life was a joke. Not knowing where to turn to Chris immediately stopped trusting people and turned to the wilderness. He never thought about friends and family he just took off with one thing in his mind: finding inner peace. Unfortunately inner peace doesn’t come unless love is present, which is exactly what he already had. McCandless’s sister was the most devastated when he disappeared and cried for months. Chris had no second guesses and didn’t think at all about the ones who loved him. I think Chris was completely selfish by taking off like that I didn’t realize how much it would hurt the ones he knew.       

Adventure

In the novel, Into The Wild, Chris McCandless takes off away from home on an adventure for true happiness. I personally think that Chris was not happy with anything in his life and thought he needed to go somewhere to try and find happiness. This adventure just happened to lead him to Alaska to live off the land. Even though he wanted to prove to himself that he could live on his own in the wild his main reason was to explore to try and find if something out in the world is better than what he had been living his whole life. Not knowing what he was doing or looking for he went very unprepared which resulted fatally. Because of the life he experienced is why he thought there was more to life

Quarter-Life Crisis

In the essay, "Generation Debt", by Anya Kamenetz she explains how former college graduates are left to face many problems when they are done with school. This essay definitely had the most impact on me because I know I don’t have a lot of money to spend on college and need to make sure I do not leave myself a bunch of debt when I get done with college. She explains how young adults being in debt and not being able to find a job after college is causing them to face a “quarter-life crisis.” This essay gave me a great outlook on what I don’t want to have a problem with when I am done with school and helped me prepare to not being freaking out after I’ve earned my degree. 

Popular=Children With Divorced Parents

In the essay, “Numbers Drop for the Married-with-Children”, by Blaine Harden it shows how being married with children is becoming more rare these days. From personal experience and being part of a divorced family I totally agree with Harden’s point. The divorce rates are getting higher and being married with children, as Harden says, is “becoming a luxury item.” It is very expensive to have a family and in this essay it explains how people that get married are usually of the same social status. Wealthy marry wealthy and poor marry poor, which results in the poor being very unhappy and usually filing for divorce. Or in my situation, two people that don’t have the same personalities end up marrying and find out about ten years later that they are not meant to be. Divorce is becoming the new norm in for families.