Time

For this week’s reflection I chose to discuss number one. After reviewing the question, I realized that there have been times where I did not feel “connected” during a conversation. It may have been because I was bored with the topic and tended to start thinking of something else while the conversation was still going, not even knowing I was doing so. Or other times I may have not known the full concept or understood completely what was being discussed in the conversation. I think everyone has…

characters that builds to climax and at the end everything sorts out but on the contrary Vonnegut offers us a war story without heroic characters or glorious battles instead he portrays a war story filled with science-fiction elements but at the same time makes it sound as real as possible. In the eighth chapter, Vonnegut declares that his…

her, these variables ensures a clear route for avoiding financial instability. Alice then wants to buy a house and save for her children's education, which are two great accomplishments that needs proper financial planning and a time frame. Alice needs to identify her time frame for buying a house because if she has no achievement point there cannot be proper financial planning. With no proper financial planning in place Alice also cannot plan for her children's education fund, how much does she…

When you ask me what is my role in my family, I am lost in thought. I was born in an ordinary family. My mother is a quality supervisor and my father is a director of a foreign company. My role I think is the protector of my parent’s relationship, because I protect the complete family intentionally or unintentionally. By the way, my elder female cousin’s father divorce with her mother because of the endless quarrels when she was in the primary and she is fallen for a few years. I never thought…

Band of Brothers How do you spend your time outside of work and school? I am willing to bet some of that free time is spent with other people you would consider friends and family. Possibly unknown to you, most of these activities you enjoy can be classified as sub-territories, specifically tribal territories, according to Desmond Morris’s writing “Territorial Behavior”. Some examples you may be familiar with are book clubs, political parties, biker gangs, gun clubs, fraternities or sororities,…

In addition to being present with the grief, it’s equally important to practice opening to joy. Make time to do things that you love, and give yourself permission to feel good again. Live Well Loss reminds us that life is short. Use times of loss as an opportunity to reassess your own life, and begin to ask yourself questions about whether you are living a life filled with joy, doing what you love, and making meaning…

And every time he closed his eyes, they were kids again. It had been a constant reminder of the days when they were innocent, wide-eyed and childlike, an age in which they would look at the world with curious stares and bright smiles, a time he had missed dearly despite not wanting to remember. His once high spirits had been crushed, leaving behind chaotic remains of distant memories and good times which his mind couldn't help but visualize every time he would merely blink; and his wandering…

(post-traumatic stress disorder) from his time serving in Vietnam War. Throughout the interview…

me to. In August of 1998, my parents packed me up and moved me into my dormitory at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro. This was the first time I had ever been away from home for a long period of time. It was scary, considering I wasn’t a very outgoing person. I always stayed to myself and talked only when I was spoken…

On the first day of class, I felt pretty confident about my level of skills as a writer, but little did I know there were a lot of aspects in my writing that could be improved. As time progressed and we learned more about colloquial language and little things I could change in my essays to further advance and improve my writing. Now, I feel even more confident about my writing and know that all of these little changes I can make in my writing create a better flow of ideas and a higher level of…