The American Dream Is Really A Nightmare Growing up, my parents always told me to do well in school. To work hard, and they will be happy. They said if I do well in school, I would attain a well-paying job. If I work hard, I will have money, and I will be happy. With that well-paying job, I can buy myself a nice car and a house. If I work hard, I will have money to buy myself nice things, and I will be happy. They told me I would be able to provide for my future family with the most luxurious products. If I work hard, I will have money to buy my children all the things I never had. Then I will be happy. If I work hard, I can achieve The American Dream, a perfect successful life full of opportunities to help reach my full potential. It
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The world is inevitably evolving. Broadening and changing perspectives can cultivate passions and create a modern innovated way to live. YouTubers, entrepreneurs and other newly unique established professions prove that it is possible to have a career that you can thrive in, do what you love, and even work from home by going the unorthodox route. Removing everything that is excess in your life and that causes distractions leaves you with the items that add value to your life and is what you practically need. This also includes relationships. We often associate ourselves with people based on convenience and proximity, like our ‘school friends’. Once we graduate, it will be clear who our real friends are. Do not waste time and energy. Only focus on the people who bring out the best in you and whom you genuinely enjoy being around. Last year at my co-op placement, I was working with the elderly at Markham Stouffville Hospital and had the opportunity to connect with the patients. Before a patient would be discharged, I would ask them for advice before they left the hospital. Each of them said to never neglect the ones who are closest to you. Some said it in a tone of gratitude and others in regret. In that setting and situation, it is a lot easier to empathize. The majority of the patients are meant to stay at the hospital for a couple of weeks and sometimes, unfortunately, it extends longer to months. I would see some of the patient's families come in regularly and some I rarely saw. Those who did not have many visitors smiled a little brighter every when they saw me walk in, in the afternoon, eager to play a game or to just have a
The world is inevitably evolving. Broadening and changing perspectives can cultivate passions and create a modern innovated way to live. YouTubers, entrepreneurs and other newly unique established professions prove that it is possible to have a career that you can thrive in, do what you love, and even work from home by going the unorthodox route. Removing everything that is excess in your life and that causes distractions leaves you with the items that add value to your life and is what you practically need. This also includes relationships. We often associate ourselves with people based on convenience and proximity, like our ‘school friends’. Once we graduate, it will be clear who our real friends are. Do not waste time and energy. Only focus on the people who bring out the best in you and whom you genuinely enjoy being around. Last year at my co-op placement, I was working with the elderly at Markham Stouffville Hospital and had the opportunity to connect with the patients. Before a patient would be discharged, I would ask them for advice before they left the hospital. Each of them said to never neglect the ones who are closest to you. Some said it in a tone of gratitude and others in regret. In that setting and situation, it is a lot easier to empathize. The majority of the patients are meant to stay at the hospital for a couple of weeks and sometimes, unfortunately, it extends longer to months. I would see some of the patient's families come in regularly and some I rarely saw. Those who did not have many visitors smiled a little brighter every when they saw me walk in, in the afternoon, eager to play a game or to just have a