I'm So Tired

Conformity: Is it so Simple? Conforming; it almost seems too simple. Society pushes the agenda that growing up is an essential aspect to existing in a civilized society. A growing teenager’s life is hectic enough without the struggle of an external force; being society. In J.D. Salinger’s, The Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist Holden attempts to walk the line between preserving his individuality, and pushing the boundaries of social norms and societal unity. Through Holden, Salinger portrays…

open, I immediately look out to identify the scenery around me. After two years of traveling, the landscapes begin to slowly blend together. The red ground tells me I’m in Arizona. No, it’s too flat. Arizona has miles of towering mountains that make you feel tiny in comparison. It must be Utah. No, there’s way too much green. Utah is so red you feel like you could drown in it. It’s New Mexico. New Mexico has seemingly endless roads of nothing that rarely lead to any place of significance, but it…

before. My dream job is intricate, and way too complicated to ever become a reality but a girl can dream. It has many parts to it and would take an estimated 70 years to get all necessary degrees and experience to be able to achieve but it would be so worth it. The first part of it is I would be a climber-photographer for National Geographic and get paid to travel, climb mountains, and take pictures. Then, in the next stage of my life, I would become a neurologist (which, in reality, is probably…

Henry Ford once said, ”Money doesn’t change men, it merely unmasks them.” This is derived from the idea that money has the ability to alter a life, however, it cannot change a person. It contains the potential of revealing someone’s true colors by transforming their former situation. Whether what is brought to light is pleasant or horrendous depends on their demeanor. Whereas one person may display integrity, another may be like Walter and have traits such as greed and selfishness become…

their unhappiness or stir a pot full of negativity that's presented. Once you realize that you are the only one responsible for yourself and don't give out portions of your responsibilities for others that you think they will fulfill, it almost feels so liberating, once that is done you will realize how much control you really do posses. Your goals that you want to achieve are within your containment because external circumstances do not control your life. In the development of foundation in…

THE DEFINING THEME OF OUR AGE The twenty first century, or our age, is one of the first ages to come close the “future” of mankind, so far at least. Our inventions pushing us into the new age and pushing out the block phones and the tiny televisions of the 1900’s. Creating a century only to be known as the Worry age. Our children in this century are so used to the easy “hands-on” way of electronics. Not only are they able to find out the density of a certain object within seconds, but…

The answer exists, but we are incapable of grasping it. The universe is known as a singular thing yet there are so many things in the universe that make it up. Every "single" thing is made up of many other things. Along with the universe being many things it is also unattainable. It is an idea (the One). Yet, the things that make up the universe (the Many) are mostly tangible things. So how does that affect our fixation on the reality of the One and the Many? Our reality consists of more than…

always act mature. But the one thing they never taught you is how to be a teenager, make mistakes and just enjoy life as much as you can. So stop trying to be something that it’s just not the time for you to be. Yes, be mature about things but keep in mind that you’re young too. Remind yourself that you only get to experience those moments once in your life. So enjoy every precious minute that you are given and just let yourself go and relish the occasions life puts you…

Have you ever thought about of losing a love one? If so, it would be the difficult experience, and you would have to learn to accept it. For myself, when I was eighteen years old, I could not believe the day that my grandfather would be gone forever. Along with my grandmother, he was the one who raised me; he taught me how to become a good person. Therefore, when it happened, I could not stand on my own two feet. However, I must learn to accept the truth because it is fact that no one can escape…

off after a scary movie. Yet, there was one thing that at the ripe young age of thirteen absolutely terrified me, and that was airplanes. As a child I heard many horror stories of catastrophic plane hijackings and crashes. It scared me to think that so many things could go wrong. The weather could be bad, the plane could be damaged, or something awful might happen to the pilot. Thinking of these things would always make me come to the same conclusion, I would never ride on a plane. For a while…