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When I think of my personal happiness I think of myself living a pleasing life, having a career with a great income, being wealthy and teaching my kids the right way to do something and not the wrong. Being nice and considerate of other people will take you a long way in life. But everyone’s definition of happiness does not consist of the same thing. Someone else’s definition of happiness could be to grow old with their significant other and move far away to a secluded, private island drinking…

On the night of January 28, in 1985 in the 97th General Hospital at a United States Army base in Frankfurt, West Germany, is the birthplace of a man that would soon change the music world forever with his powerful array of lyrical meaning and word play. Also known as Jermaine Lamar Cole, J. Cole’s arguably most popular song, “Love Yourz” not only demonstrates palpable humility in which Cole compares the two types of lives he has lived, but also distress to a belief that this nation has built…

I watched the movie Precious and had to evaluate the movie after currently watching it. This movie was not easy to watch a young woman who is living in poverty with her mother while attending school. In Precious’s world there have been three identified risk factors and three protective factors that have impacted her life. The three identified risk factors of Precious’s life have been her relationship with her mother, previous trauma, and her living situation. Precious and her mother do not…

Introduction – Background & context Recently health has become a major factor in people’s lives due to the rise of the internet giving people better access to information on the foods they are eating. Many people are seeking health and lifestyle changes to live a happier, healthier life and due to unhealthy foods being such an abundant, easier and cheaper option to many families as opposed to healthy foods, a rise in obesity has happened. 1. Obesity in New Zealand is a great problem with…

Hurdling Obstacles Challenges, obstacles, and the unplanned struggles that pop up throughout our lives. As we go through our everyday lives obstacles and challenges will be presented. However, there are a few ways we respond: one, give up because we think it's “too hard”, or two, persevering to conquer what's in the way. When presented with a long lasting obstacle that we have to choose to overcome everyday--shutting down and shutting up or preserving and proving it/them wrong. For myself, I…

“The Irony of Knowledge” by the book's name itself is a joke on how truly impossible it is to know everything or even to know a little bit about everything and the journey through life which is random and often senseless. “The Irony of Luck” to remove your brain to see if you accidentally know…

There are times in life when we lose faith. We eagerly search for a mentor who can make us believe in ourselves. Poems from the movie “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara/ Life Ain’t coming back once again” are the work of a famous lyricist and poet from India by name “Javed Akhtar”. In his work, he talks about the process of finding your fire within. He is a connoisseur of Urdu poetry. He has addressed the students of Harvard University as a keynote speaker on “Secular elements in Urdu Poetry”. Also he…

I have been married to my husband for 31 years, but didn't realize until we retiled our bathroom that I didn't really know him. It seemed like a simple, life affirming act. Our home of 26 years had needed a new bathroom since the 1994 Northridge quake. Far be it from us to act in haste. No we let it settle... for 13 years. We let all possible manner of aftershocks subside. We gave it lots of thought and then found a neighbor who agreed to do the highly skilled stuff, like the "tiling" for a…

(207) The denial had been lifted from my spirit. It was tragic that it has taken Cheryl’s death to bring me to accept my identity. Reading In Search of April Raintree was a direct reflection of my own childhood. Though I am not native, my own personal experiences I share with April, and know all too well the challenges of overcoming the past actions of alcoholics. After reading the book I revaluated my own life, and questioned myself and can only give thanks to have the opportunity to have…

The case study we created follows the success story of A&G Financial, a fictitious company, and how they implemented Fitbit into their company culture to promote a healthy lifestyle during and after work. The study is organized in a strategic order which includes four phases. 1) A&G recognizes they have a problem in a quarterly meeting discussing employee evaluations. 2) The CEO of A&G Financial Angela Baker discovers an answer to the problem. 3) The user (employee of A&G Financial) discusses…