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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Final Blog Post - Pedro Rojas

Final Blog Post- Pedro Rojas

Intro/ Pedro:      I'm having trouble with this project Professor Oliver has assigned. I need new ideas different inputs in order to complete this assignment. With Covid-19 and everyone in Quarantine no one would want to meet up especially on a Tuesday morning. Wait! I know...man I should have thought about this a lot sooner. I should host a Facetime Call with some old friends I met back in the day. I'm definitely giving Susan Neiman and John Kaag a call I know they can help me out. 



                                                 [ FaceTime Call in Progress]

Pedro: Good morning, I'm sorry to bother the both of you on this Tuesday Morning. I just needed some help on this project. I'm kind of stuck and need different input's about these question's. I knew the both of you would be the best for this. 

Susan Neiman: Of course! I'd definitely like to help an old friend out.

John Kaag: Yeah, same here I'd love to help.

Pedro: I just wanted to ask the both of you for your input on these two question's. The first is "What does it mean to grow up? Why should we?" The other is, "What makes life worth living?" 

Kaag: That shouldn't be so hard. 

Neiman: Would you like to start Pedro? Then we'll go from their. 

Pedro: Alrighty, I'll go first but before we begin I want to Thank the both of you for attending at such late notice. With that being said I personally believe we all slowly mature by the countless event's we'd go through on a day to day bases. What I mean from that is we all mentally grow in different rates and it's not always about age. One thing that could cause that is the way you where raised by your parents if they made you value and work for your personal things rather then baby you and hand it to you. Theirs a higher chance you'd find success a lot faster then others. You could be doing 21 and still be doing little kid stuff, and not actually having set goals for yourself in order to progress in life. I see 21 year old's even older with no job, no vehicle to drive them to point A-B, and always partying doing hood-rat activities. While theirs younger people who are working hard to obtain their necessities. Now, I'm not saying you can't go out and have fun. But if you're going out and having fun you should also find time to take care of your responsibilities. So, saying that I believe the meaning of growing up is not about giving up on the things that make life memorable, but to fulfill you're duties as an adult. Being able to have a steady job, somewhere to call home, forming a family, and mentally/ physically being able to take care of you're needs. Growing up comes with a lot of responsibilities and it's important to do so because if you're mentally prepared you can even start at a earlier age. To wrap up what I have to say,  being able to look back at all of your accomplishment and acknowledging how far you've gotten all on your own. You find joy from that and your proud of you're achievements and that right their is why life's worth living.     


Neiman: That was very moving. 

Kaag: Yes, indeed it was Thank you for sharing. Susan would you like to go next? 

Neiman: Okay I want to start by saying I agree with you Pedro that everyone grows at different rates and maturity does have a lot to do with it. I also agree that a lot of people confuse growing up means throwing you're life away. That image that society put in a kid's head makes them fear about growing up. That isn't necessary true in my book "Why Grow Up"  I wrote, (pg.1) "Being grown-up is widely considered to be a matter of renouncing your hopes and dreams, accepting the limits of the reality you are given, and resigning yourself to a life that will be less adventurous, worthwhile and significant than you supposed when you began it." Many of us have the assumption that may happen, but that doesn't apply to everyone. If you can manage your time and scheduling efficient you will find time to treat yourself. Being responsible for your needs is very important which makes Growing up very important as well. (Pg.192) "It's harder than you think, so hard that it can amount to resistance - even rebellion. Back to why people are so fearful to Grow up because being an adult is stressful and scary. You have bills and necessities to pay it's stressful, but we shouldn't be afraid of growing up. If anything you should embrace it and learn to adapt so you can learn from your mistakes. The meaning of life could mean plenty of thinks I believe is what you can look back too.(Pg. 204) "The ability to see your life as the whole it has become allows you to see the strengths with which you've lived it and develop a sense of your own character." You found who you wanted to become (Pg.204) " You discovered the pleasures of generosity." 




Pedro: Thank You Susan Neiman it's a pleasure to learn from you and being able to  back up your reasoning. John Kaag it's your turn. 

Kaag: Growing up is scary and it is a great issue we all dwell with. (pg.9) " It all depends on the life that is being led." Depending how you live states how mentally ready you are to grow up. (Pg.62) "All sick souls who have done battle with themselves for any extended period of time have received the vapid advice to "buck up", to "just smile" to "look on the bright side."  Encourage yourself to try those steps and not worry about growing up. I believe the meaning in life has a lot to do with love. (Pg.65) It involves a free act, with one eye open, that can, and usually does, transform a life for better or for ill, for richer or poorer... this means you have the power to effect a romance, but are also fated to be effected by it." Love is a powerful thing and while you can choose what to do but it can affect you either in a positive or a negative way. Love has to be real and pure or else it wont be meaningful. (Pg.66) If love were fail-safe or prearranged, it wouldn't mean nearly so much when it survives." So, fall in love and make sure it's real so you can be continuously happy so you can find  happiness.




Pedro: Very Amazing work from the both of you! Thank you very much for taking the time to help me with this project. I got lot's of amazing inputs from the both of you and really enjoyed listening to the both. I wish I had more time to continue this conversation, but I must start on it. 

Neiman: O course it was my pleasure I'm glad to help. 

Kaag: Thank you for having me it's not everyday you get back in touch with old friends. 

Pedro: Well, Bye !

Kaag: See ya!

Neiman: Later!




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1 comment:

  1. "you can be continuously happy so you can find happiness"--most of us learn that continuous (uninterrupted) happiness may not be realistic, but that a wider perspective and an eye to the long haul definitely is.

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