Life in Future Essay

Patti Dobrowolski’s “Draw Your Future: Take Control of Your Life” In people’s whole life, it is necessary to set up different goals and achieve the most important one. However, people always struggle with how they can find a goal and how to use the plan in the most effective way. In Ted Talk “Draw Your Future: Take Control of Your Life”, Patti Dobrowolski shows us that picture is the key to make the first step. Based on her description, pictures can present lots of things and it shows things directly. For this reason, the most effective way is drawing up what we want. In the first step, people need to clear understand their current situations. It will be better if people know what advantages that we have and what kinds of things that we want…

To be or to be not...that is the question. Do we as a species live for the future or does humanity thus risk extinction? That was the question that entered my consciousness upon completion of Edward O. Wilson’s Future of Life. Almost two decades ago, this book was published. It probed at an issue that wasn’t novel at that time nor has it been reprimanded at this point in time. Within this book, Wilson raises concerns about the environment and even provides possible remedial plans. Written in…

Some really old guy once said something about the unexamined life being a life not worth living, therefore I’m examining my future goals hoping that is what he was talking about. The sad reality of being a mortal is simply that we will one day perish and be laid in the earth to be forgotten. Everyone wishes and wants for more time to roam this world in which we live, however that is simply impossible. It is much better to make the most of time and live life to its absolute fullest. Nearly…

Dustin, Alvin, Samuel and Christian Are all very different people. They have different talents, hobbies, and future goals. They even have different live experiences, but all of this makes them who they are. Whether, their favorite things are playing video game, reading or skydiving, they are completely different people living in same world. I am Dustin Green, I am 19 years old. I have a talent when it comes to writing balance equations in chemistry. While, some people have a hard time figuring…

their morals high, seeks the betterment of our Greek Community, and excels as a leader. These should be highly considered since this new member is the future of Greek Life as a whole, many universities struggle keeping a positive image of their Greek Life apparent on their campus, having a new member like Jacob Wilkinson proves that Southeast Missouri shall not have to worry about issue that other universities face with the stereotypes. Jacob Wilkinson joined Greek Life for certain…

Since the environment is a hot topic in today’s news, many people have strong opinions one way or another about how people should handle environmental problems. The satirical book The Future of Life, juxtaposes two extreme ideas about environmentalism. Edward O. Wilson elaborates on the unproductive nature of headstrong, uncompromising environmental discussions by utilizing exaggerated diction, hyperbolic rhetorical question, and parallelism. By using exaggerated diction, Wilson highlights the…

represent the different futures that Jig and Mrs. Mallard could have. While Hemmingway leaves his short story with an open ending regarding Jig’s future, Chopin reveals the outcome of Mrs. Mallard’s future. Hemmingway’s short story takes place at a train station. The train station is painted by Hemmingway…

The Weight We Carry The weight we carry and its significance we put on the past, present, and future is something that affects our mood and truly influences our lives. People move through life and get caught up in their minds while missing important things going on around them all while missing out on the joys of the world surrounding them. The short story The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien, focuses on how First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross lets his daydreams of the past, present, and…

A lot of people keep calling happiness “relative.” But it has been said so many times that people just glaze over it and don’t truly understand happiness, they think it has to do with something of how you are doing in your life, specifically, with your successes. Comparing your successes such as an education, relationships and most importantly (especially in our materialistic saturated society) m-o-n-e-y. Everyone keeps sizing the people next to them to how ever much they make and how they are…

The world famous philosopher Buddha once said, “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” In this quote, he wisely teaches us that the present moment is a gift. The past is something that cannot be changed, and the future cannot be determined; the only time that can be controlled is the present. However, only few actually follow this mantra. In Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Pip and Miss Havisham are two perfect examples of people…