Codependent No More

Andrew Just last year, Dylan and I traveled to Haiti on a missions trip. As you may know, it's one of the poorest countries in the world. When we were beginning our descent on the airplane, I thought about how little roads and how poor the housing was. We drove through chaotic roads and rubble filled alleys, until we reached the orphanage. New Life Children’s Home is a safe haven for kids who lived in the mountains a couple miles north. These kids were neglected, sick, beat, starved, etc.…

Repair café started from Amsterdam, Netherlands where Martine Postman and her family started to think about ways to reduce waste going into landfills. Today is has more than 1,100 sites across 30 nations. The idea of repair café is steered by the people who are aware of the environmental issues just like Annie Leonard, the creator of the film ‘The Story of Stuff’. As mentioned both from the film and this article about repair café, products today are manufactured in a way that make their parts…

Barry Schwartz’s “The Paradox of Choice: Why less is more” is a book about having too many choices, and the negative impact on society. Schwartz explains that being given too many options can lead people to experience high levels of anxiety that could eventually turn into depression. He found, when given a “trade-off decision,” Schwartz (2000); a choice between two things, people found it nearly impossible to decide between the two items. Schwartz defined this as a loss because a person feels…

day to day and how the result of this is less joy for most people. Both pieces expose how ideas that seem so useful and productive can actually have the opposite effect. In Schwartzs ' essay “The Tyranny of Choice” he gives numerous examples of how more isn 't always better.…

Humans see choice much like they see technology, something that can be manipulated to their benefit. This is more apparent in maximizers, as they believe that each individual choice will affect their life in some way. This is why for maximizers small decisions begin to bear so much weight, as “[w]hen you put a lot of time and effort into choosing […] you want…

Lafayette Dubose was a math grade. What? A math grade? How would a math grade greatly affect someone? Coming from someone who has gotten straight “A’s” in all her classes, a math grade - a low “C” - would probably cause lots of commotion. Friday, one more day until the weekend and my birthday. After first period’s geometry test, I can relax and just patiently wait for Mr. Keem to post the grades tonight. My classmates and I all frantically pulled out our notes and began reviewing with each…

The Paradox of Choice Why Less is More by Barry Schwartz is a book about the pitfalls in an overstimulated world. We live in a society where options are endless, and so are the anxieties that come along with having so many available choices. Schwartz discusses how having too many options can hinder a person’s overall enjoyment of decision making, which can eventually lead to high anxieties, indifference, and even depression. Living in a world that allows one the freedom to choose whatever…

all; something that changes and grows over time as new philosophers and other experts, like psychiatrists and psychologists, conduct research to prove their hypotheses. In 2013, Derek Thompson, a writer for The Atlantic, wrote an article entitled “More is More: Why the Paradox of Choice Might Be a Myth.” His main argument is the success of Starbucks. If an overabundance of choice is supposed to have a “paralyzing” effect, how are companies like Starbucks still in business and making a profit?…

Moreover, the authors suggest that more equal societies take environmental regulations and foreign aid more seriously. Perhaps most importantly, the book suggests that the social fabric of a country will improve as it becomes more equal. Strengths of The Spirit Level One of the great strengths of the work is that Wilkinson and Pickett use data from a far-ranging array of sources from…

fall into codependent relationships, it can be hard for one to seek the help they need to recover from codependency. However, there is hope for those seeking help. There are a few different methods of overcoming codependency. If the codependent feels comfortable enough they can go to a therapist about the battle they are fighting against themselves. There is also the chance of couples counseling. Most often, if the significant other of the codependent struggles with addiction, the codependent…