What could a 20-year-old do to potentially improve their quality of life?
Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Sleep for 7 hours. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy. Play more games. Read more books than you did the previous year. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6. Dream more while you are awake. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants. Drink plenty of water. Smile and laugh more. Don’t waste your precious energy or time on gossip. Forget issues of the past. They’ll just ruin your present happiness. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone, so don’t even try. Don’t take yourself so seriously. You don’t have to win every argument. Just agree to disagree. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don’t compare your partner with others either. What other people think of you is none of your business. No one is in charge of your happiness except you. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. Call your family often. Your inner most is always happy. So be happy. Each day give something good to others.
Why does the non costodial parent always have to pay so much child support?
Oh man I hear you on this one. Listen to what I have to deal with. My boyfriend has a 2 year old daughter. He pays 420 a month for her and we see her every other weekend. Her mom is 21 and living with her parents, she has a car payment and thats about it. She chooses not to have a job and takes her daughter to the park everyday. Now I don't have a problem with her being a stay at home mom, but not at my boyfriends expense. The poor guy works two jobs for god sakes! She has no grocies(sp) to buy, excecpt for fast food, no rent to pay, and no child care to pay for. Their daughter is on medicaid because it would be way to expensive to be on my boyfriends insureance(200 a month), so that cuts out medicail bills. So whats left to pay for? And for those of you who say clothes, do you buy yourt child new clothes every month? I think not. The least she could do is have a part time job or at least start going to college. Then maybe I would respect her a little bit more. Just for the record we both have no problem with the amount of the c/s, he looks at it more as "hey she's being a deciete(sp) mom and I am support that for my daughter" but she could at least go back to school.
What are the things you must do if 2017 is the last year of your life?
If 2017 was the last year I would probably do all these things (not necessarily in the order)-There’s this person I like but can never find the courage to express my feelings. Would set that record straightBeing a great Manchester United fan I would definitely go and watch a match at their stadiumI am not a good singer but I love singing so I would sing random song covers and upload them on youtube !I have always been a bit of health conscious but since I am dying I will start eating like a king day and nightBeing an ideal citizen my entire life I would definitely brake some laws on purpose (nothing viscous tough)I dont like travelling so I would rather spend some quality time with my parents and familyTough donating the my money seems a lucrative option I would leave all my wealth to my parents because all I am and all I have is because of themLastly I will take Quora by storm answering people and helping them realize the meaning of life and explaining how life is too short to wait for what you want ;-)
My parents are wrong at many things, should I stop them?
If you are a person who has strict parents with stern beliefs but you still care about them this is probably one of the most difficult things that you would have to do in life.. But nonetheless you should definitely do so.. Just remember to be diplomatic, take it slow, tell them things as if you are just casually telling them something and not trying to teach/preach Just tell them what you think dont fight much to convince them. Give them some food for thought and then just leave it there... Do it in instalments..little by little...Telling your parents that they are wrong is a very tough job and their receptance to it entirely depends on how open to change they are as a person. There are a couple of things that generally come in your way while making them accept that they are wrong. Firstly, their egos - parents obviously dont like to be preached by their children as they believe everything their children are, is due to them which is indeed true. Imagine it as someone you mentored at work (or at some point in life) becoming successful and then coming and telling you that you are doing things incorrectly.Secondly, fear of changing them forever- there are some things that create your foundation, things that you truly believe in and makes you who you are... Even if you are twenty something when someone challenges those beliefs, you argue about it with everything you've got...imagine someone telling you that those beliefs are wrong when you are 50 or 60 and have lived your entire life based on those beliefs..all the friends you've had are because of those beliefs...you have never seen anything wrong with it and now someone makes you believe that those beliefs are wrong. It might result in you losing all your confidence and never being the person you were.So just take care.All the best
Need Help Convincing My Parents to get a German Shepherd.?
As already mentioned - I am attempting to convince my parents of buying a German Shepherd, and for several reasons. I am 14 years old, have virtually no social life (by my own choice. Please don't give me a lecture about making friends here, I'm not asking for it.) I am looking for companionship, a sense of responsibility, and motivation to get some exercise, and overall a loving pet who will benefit the entire family during our times of crisis (we are going through a lot here... won't get into detail, but let's just say it's tough) Currently, my parents say that they can't take the shedding, that they don't want to live with it after college, and that it would be too much work. However, I have attempted to point out all the positive aspects that outweigh some of these minor issues. You must understand my parents are dog lovers to the bone. We have a Yorkie (a spoiled little thing), a rat, and a ferret. I am definitely not in the dark when it comes to cleaning poo, grooming, feeding, training, etc. Now, I know what half of you will say. I am too young. I am irresponsible. I will get a social life eventually (fat chance. Trust me now.) and that I will not care for my dog in the future. My family half wants this German Shepherd anyway, (my mom grew up with one, my dad wanted one ten years ago) So. I am not asking for a lecture on why I am too young, why I am acting immature, or why my social life will apparently pop up from the sky. Save that for someone else. What I am looking for are actual methods to convince my parents of getting this pet. I have done research and I am aware of health problems, the difficulty of training one, and possible emotional problems occurring from mistreatment or improper handling. Thanks for reading this - I look forward to your suggestions!
Why do some vegetarians force their lifestyle on others?
Notice the word 'some.' I am not saying all vegetarians do this in fact I have friends who are vegetarians who never try to force their lifestyle on me. But some act like they're so entitled and anyone who doesn't agree with them is wrong. I don't understand how some people can be so fascist. I have nothing against vegetarians. I eat meat because I'm a human and humans are animals as well and animals eat each other do they not? But if you believe otherwise then that's totally fine. I am against hunting animals for sport however. And I think it's disgusting to use innocent animals for makeup and fashion, like fur coats etc. What I don't understand is why some (and notice the word SOME) try to make me out to be a monster because I eat meat. It's a part of nature to eat. Animals eat other animals and humans as well, and as long as the animal isn't being treated unnecessarily, I don't see anything wrong with it. I have a pet cat and I love her and treat her perfectly. I don't dislike animals. In fact I love animals. I've had other pets before, bunnies, puppies, etc. I love animals and I would never hurt one. Eating meat is just a part of my life. If I eat meat, I'm not unnecessarily hurting anyone. So why do some vegetarians try to repeatedly convince others and belittle them for eating meat?
Why do Catholic groups protest Planned Parenthood?
It is not just the Catholic groups, there are many of us out there. I am not Catholic. Life is not ours to take. Jesus told us whatsover we do to the least of these, we do to HIm. The Catholics have a support system (or they used to) to help place a baby into a loving family. There is no need to kill that child when there are many homes out there filled with lonliness for a child. Every life is precious. God knows every one even before they are born.
Why does society lie to us about parenthood?
I've heard consistently that parenthood sucks from a very early age. I am not aware of anyone who thinks that. If they do, they haven't told me. The pressure to have children that I've experienced has primarily come from grandparents who do so to see their own prejudices carried on unconsciously in their progeny's progeny. I've heard some arguments that the state wants people to have more children because it means more taxation, and when people stop having kids as much they push for immigrants to come in to make up for those lost taxes. I personally love kids and have found the antinatalists to have unresolved issues to do with their own childhoods, and I find that both sad and frustrating.