Being and Time

new job, and better yet a new college. I can strongly say a new chapter in my life is in full force and no time to look back now. Setting goals along the way is extremely important. To become a registered nurse is the big picture, but what is it going to take to achieve my goal? This quarter I am setting a goal to have perfect attendance not only in school but also at work. Always being on time…

Often times, when people start a new weight loss journey, they have the tendency to want to clear out everything that they have learned and start fresh – a concept of Tabula rasa: a blank slate. However, usually what they are starting over with is a new diet or a way of living based on an ‘expert’s’ recommendations. However, as you continue to be awakened through these exercises, you might be reminding yourself that ’starting over’ with another diet doesn’t remove emotions of regret, judgment,…

Alice, the protagonist of “Alice in time” by Penelope Bush and I are similar in more than one way then i expected. We both share just about the same views of the world, are viewed by the world in various perspectives…

they have. There’s a misconception that moments stop, but that’s impossible. Right now is connected to ten years ago, but it’s also attached to a million futures, no definitive length only indefinite time. So in every moment we begin again, continuing to mold our stories. Just another once upon a time. Learning is so much more than school to me. The typical system of education has little value in my eyes. We grow from reading between the lines and infusing passion into our environments. I…

As a young, single man living with his mother, who sits in his room on most days, whose biggest responsibility is waking up, and who has become accustomed to silence, I think I know a thing or two about loneliness. I’ve spent a large portion of my time mulling over the thought of loneliness, and how life should be spent with others. My mind is typically occupied by love and tends to live in the future. In the end, all I feel is a longing for a connection between days. However, it is in these…

idea that some people are living a lifestyle entirely different from their past and society thinks nothing of it. As well as The Storyteller, The Story of an Hour suggests that other people present themselves differently in public than during the time they spend secluded from the public,but the communities do not realize that. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber proposes that society never truly knows what actions a person will or will not take. Perceptions of people’s personality and…

In 2013, at Bowie State University Michelle Obama made an extremely motivational commencement speech to the graduating class. Obama’s speech was incredibly powerful and heartfelt. She talked about the possible struggles and tough times that individuals went through to become educated, the history of the school, history of how African-Americans couldn’t become educated and several other topics. However, topic in particular stood out, and it was that countless young adults just don’t care about…

family has six people traveling with them, this including; the grandmother, a couple, and their three children. Bailey is the father and accompanying him is his wife. They have three children, two older children and a baby. John Wesley and June Star, being the older children have no respect for adults or really anything. The grandmother is a talkative elderly woman who also believes she is better than others and only thinks of herself. This story has many themes but one stands out to me, the…

Stress is known to cause a number of health risks including heart disease, asthma, obesity, depression, anxiety, and a number of others. Stress can cause a person to experience a quantity of problems that can be carried out for a long period of time during their lives. Within stages this affects the people around me causing them to be drawn from my behavior. My parents begin to worry if I am going to be alright and stress that maybe I am doing too much so they offer their advice to improve my…

Sartre explains “Existence Precedes Essence” as a motto for everything that exists today. Every item has a purpose that was determined by the inventor before the final product was made. As it compares to the existence of human beings it’s a bit of the opposite. The inventor is simply a higher power based on the individuals’ beliefs, but the essence of existence is made by the person himself. The decisions and actions when combined form and show what type of person he or she is. The individual is…