Success

       After reading Geoffrey James's article,  What  is Success? Here's a Better Definition, i asked myself
 the same question- does money make me happy ? After graduating High school, I decided to take a year off school. I wanted to see and feel what it was like to make my own money. At first, I felt like a little kid with a brand new toy, in this case with my first check. I mean i even made a copy of my first check. It felt good, it was nice at first. After working a couple of months, I became addicted. I went from working 15-20 hours to 44 hours. My parents were happy, they were proud. I even got a raise, which made it all worse. "There is no point to being rich if you're not enjoying yourself," says James. This i found out, on my own experiences. As i started to work more and make more money, I become miserable. I wasn't happy at all, even at my workplace i wasn't. Yeah, the money that came in would buy me clothes, shoes, jewelry, anything. But this, was just not making me happy. One, because i didn't have any quality time with my friends, family nor myself. Two, because the work i had at the time was not the kind of job i wanted to have, it wasn't something that i wanted to do for the rest of my life. It wasn't a bad job, it was just something that i realized during my time there. "You're more likely to get rich if you're happy doing whatever you're doing" says James in his article. After realizing i was just not happy, i told my boss i needed less hours. I was going to start school. I want to furthur educate myself, major on something i'd like, and go on from there-Hopefully land a job on something that Will make me happy. And if i become rich, that would just be a bonus. :)

Blog Experience

My blog experience was wonderful, i enjoyed it very much. It's nice being able to post about whatever you wish. I find that i am able to speak my mind more on things like these, then in person. I guess that's bad, but i mean not everyone has the gift of being able to speak in front of a large audience and not freak out and forget half the things you were going to say. At times, it did get hard to keep up with it. I didn't find time in the end to do the final blogs, due to time, but i know if i had the chance i would have done the blogs. They're fun! My favorite post is My Sentence. I think i made a good, clear point who i am in just one sentence. I actually don't have a least favorite, but if i had to choose i would say the 5 word blog about the book,The Giver. That's only because i would've gone more into detail with the words. I would've made it more interesting to read as well. I enjoyed this process so much, i think i would make another blog. I'm actually thinking on starting one soon. It's nice being able to share with others on what you think, see, etc. Overall, this process was a great experience and I'm glad i got to experience it this year in English. it's something fun and interesting. I had a nice time looking through my classmates blogs as well. :)