Autopilot

purposeful. Self-regulation, sometimes referred to as effortful control, may involve counter-intuitive actions (Bauer & Baumeister, 2011). As defined by Bauer and Baumeister, the goal of self-regulation is to go against the self’s tendency to function on autopilot and to consciously move in a desired direction. Shouldn’t we be driving like that? Driving as if we were travelling? Self-regulation can be learned and reinforced over time with practice (Bauer & Baumeister, 2011). Cognitive skills are…

Q1. Both movies Gattaca and Wall-E showed different points of views for the future. In Gattaca nearly every person is born by eugenics and everything in his or her life revolves around what ones genetics are. If a person does not have the right genetics they are outcasts and considered undesirables. However, in Wall-E things are grim for earth. Humans have destroyed earth and are now living on a ship in space. These views of the future are much different as Gattaca presents a world that is still…

Imagine walking through a house of mirrors - an endless array of reflections staring back at you. Those faces look like yours, but the cold glass cannot truly emulate the living, breathing human which stands in front of it. The enjoyment in such scenarios comes from finding your way out; it comes from recognizing that none of those reflections were a reality. Many people, however, are trapped in these fun houses by the monotony of life, and it takes a traumatic event to jolt them awake and…

Jeanette Winterson is a British writer, she is also a lesbian. Being a lesbian writer has become a common identifier when she would rather be referred to as a writer who is a lesbian. In “The Semiotics of Sex,” Jeanette Winterson tackles the inherent relationship between the artist and their artwork by digging through the biased judgment that encases it. According to Winterson, using sexual preference “to judge the work of the writer” creates a distorted reality about their work of art (173).…

While some progress has been made. Racial inequality is something America is still struggling with, and has been since its birth. Racism should have been eradicated after the civil war, unfortunately it hasn’t, instead it has evolved. In this essay I look at white privilege, a hidden form on racism. I will look at what it is, who benefits from it and how. If it’s really a privilege and how it effect both sides. I will look at how it works and what can be done to correct it. While fighting and…

Toast Worthy women practice living a life they adore not one that they tolerate. When we over-clutter and over-schedule and overwhelm, we end up creating chaos and living a mediocre life of existence. If you only do one exercise in this whole book, I want it to be this. This activity will absolutely change your life. If will free you up and open space for the life and desires you truly want. I want you to grab your journal and write down everything you are tolerating. It could be old,…

Choice: The act of picking between two or more possibilities. This definition came right out of the dictionary and it makes choice sound very black and white. In reality, there are many factors that tie in with it. Every individual has a choice but their decision, whether good or bad are all based on their morals and their circumstances in life. There are a wide variety of choices popping up constantly in everyday life. One example of this is shown in Adrienne Rich’s article. The overall…

The morning of September 11, 2001 started off as any other. Who would have expected the deadliest terrorist attack the United States has ever had. An Islamic extremist known as al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes all with very important targets. American Airlines Flight 11 with United Airlines Flight 175 struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The Pentagon was hit by American Airlines 77 (History.com 1). United Airlines Flight 93 was the only hijacked plane…

In a world full of stereotypes, the worst one possible for most people is autism. Being labeled autistic usually means that people think of the subject as a savage animal that should be euthanized at worst and an illiterate idiot who can’t even feed themselves at best. People want to get rid of autism altogether, with that label as part of the reason why. However, like Temple says “people are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic…

We’ve seen a significant change in the use of technology over the last 10 years and this change is set to continue over the upcoming years. To think that we have gone from brick like phones, to thin and sleek phones is mind boggling. We’re using smartphones on a daily basis - being able to access any information from anywhere we want. We have incredibly powerful computers which can do more calculations per second, than we can even think of. Smartphones have changed everyday life drastically.…