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One Menu for the Rest of Your Life

August 11th, 2011

The three things I could eat every day for the rest of my life would have to be chicken breast, salad, and, although a drink, water. I would choose chicken breast because it is very versatile and can be prepared many ways. It is also not very fatty and fairly nutritious. For obvious reasons, I chose salad as my healthy option. Salad can also be prepared in a variety of ways, and variety would be very important to me if I could only eat these three things and nothing else for the rest of my life. As for water, I believe that is pretty self-explanatory. Not only would I need it to replenish my body, but if I could only choose to drink one beverage for the rest of forever, water is the one drink I would never get tired of.

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Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder

August 8th, 2011

The most beautiful place I have ever seen would have to be Greer, AZ. I haven’t been to many forests in my life, but when my family took a trip up to northern Arizona, the scenery was absolutely gorgeous. The open air, fields, trees, and lakes simply took my breath away. Living in the desert really makes you appreciate places like Greer and Payson, AZ. I have never loved seeing the color green as much as I did when I first visited these places after living 5 years with dry, desert scenery. I guess that just goes to show that perspective is everything.

The Blessing (and Curse) of the Lottery

August 5th, 2011
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Winning the lottery, I believe, would be both a blessing and a curse. I strongly believe that money changes people for the worse. That being said, if I won the lottery, I would use the money for certain things that I have already been planning to purchase or save up for, such as an apartment and my tuition. I would then put maybe a quarter of the winnings into a savings account for my future, help my parents pay for my sister’s college tuitions, buy my parents a nice beach house to retire in, and then donate the rest to charity. I honestly believe not spending or keeping the entire amount of the winnings is the best way to go about this situation, because having more money than you know what to do with or deserve is a recipe for disaster.

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Creating an Environment for Family Bonding

August 2nd, 2011

A family tradition that I would like to keep when I have my own family is having dinner together at the table. Although, as a teenager, I often scoffed at the idea, I do now realize how valuable that time together with my family truly was. My father worked long hours and my sisters and I were always busy. Being able to eat dinner together and being put in an environment where we could talk together and laugh and discuss things was invaluable to me. I want to pass this tradition on to my future spouse and kids to promote togetherness and to make time spent as a family unit fairly mandatory.