Killing Culture

As human being’s we are all almost similar in many ways, even though we have all encountered different experiences. However, even though we are different in that retrospect, we all have the tendency to be narcissistic because when we talk to someone, rather than listening to what they have to say and engaging in an actual conversation, we are more in tuned to listening to ourselves by changing the subject so that we could relate to one another but with the sacrifice of not listening to what the other had to say. Guess you could say that we are a society that is very impatient in many ways. We want everything in our hands immediately, like if you want it to fall from the sky and into your lap. We have all evolved to be a different species in the sense that we don’t enjoy the simple things of life that they used to back in the early 20^th century. With technology we have become lazy and impatient because we are now used to having everything at your fingertips, like the I Phone, where you could pretty much do anything on it, from turning your car alarm off and on, to being able to order pizza from a simple application because we are now too lazy to pick up a phone and talk with someone personally. But not only with the phone are you starting to see it but with everything else in life as well, and it is hurting our culture. For instance, back then people used to cook every day and sit around a table together to discuss life and to be able to form a stronger bond with someone. But now people are too lazy to cook for themselves and their families, so they just go out to dinner or pick up some food to take home. Plus because of this people are more in tuned with themselves only rather than being a community.  

You could say that I am a victim of this culture killer. When I was younger I used to have food delivered to the house or go out to eat at restaurants on a daily basis. This obviously had a negative effect on my body, because it caused me to gain weight to whopping 295 pounds. Until one day I met this guy that began to notice this and called me out on it. Explained how I eat out to much and have to kick back on it. At first I was kind of resentful as to a guy coming in my life and telling me how to eat. But with time I realized that he was right because I was just eating myself to death. So I decided to change my life and began to cook more at the house. By doing this it allowed me to eat healthier while growing a closer bond with my family because we would help each other out in cooking all while having conversations. It really is an amazing thing because we started to have more family dinners which is extremely rare. And it allowed us to have more trust in each other, as we are an open family where we talk about everything and it gave us a moment in the day to be able to do that. We look at each other for advice when we have a problem, so not only did it make our family grow closer, but it allowed me to lose weight too because I was no longer eating all those greasy, unhealthy meals so periodically. It caused me to be more productive as well, because I now cook at least 3 times a week and usually feed my roommates. So we now have the opportunity to grow a close bond by sitting around the table and having a conversation. It allowed me to stop thinking all about myself and start thinking about others by just giving a little of your attention to them.  So finally I leave you with this, we have to change the way we live and stop being all about ourselves and try to consider the other people around us to live a happier life.