Quiting my addiction to dairy products wasn’t all that hard as I thought it’d be. It was a bit difficult at first but other than that I was pretty successful. I actually had fun doing this little project because it also helped me with personal health issues so I enjoyed every part. The only time it was a little hard was avoiding to eat ice-cream but I decided there are other great snacks out there without milk in them that I can enjoy.
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Blog post #6
My research question for this paper will be based on my second paper on money I honestly have no questions.
Transcendent Kingdom Entry 1
A minor addiction that I’m giving up is soda/ really sweet drinks. Soda isn’t the healthiest beverage so cutting it out will do more harm than good. I wouldn’t say I am addicted addicted so I should be able to handle giving it up for the whole time period. I will probably slip up though unknowingly because it is hard to quit your addictions cold turkey. This caused me to have a little bit of acne and nobody wants that so this will further me into quitting. Quitting the soda was actually how I realized that was the cause of my acne. It had cleared but I started heavily drinking soda and it came back rapidly. I wouldn’t classify soda as my favorite type of drink but I would chose it over other options like orange juice or something. I have some digestive problems so the carbonation helps me. I also have more energy as it seems. I feel like soda is heavy and sits in your stomach. Sugary drinks that claim to give you energy give you a sugar rush which you think is energy until you crash and feel really bad after.
Transcendent Kingdom Project Entry #2
Quitting my addiction for chips was difficult because I like eating chips especially my favorite chips. Quitting this was difficult I mostly eat them during the weekend when I’m craving for it or when I watch a show or a movie on my phone. I struggled through the time period of quitting this addiction. It was struggling because I always saw around chips when I got to the market or store I always see chips around I also have younger siblings who eat chips. So it was very difficult to try and not grab one. My experiences connect to the novel because like the addiction of Gifty’s brother It was very tempting for me to buy a bag of chips and it was struggling not to do so.
Transcendent Kingdom Project Entry #1
In 2017, I was diagnosed with OCD, so everything I do is an addiction in its own right. The way I have to rub my eyebrows, the amount of times I need to wash my hands, which side of the block I should walk my dog, if I should restart my paper, when am I allowed to take my break, how long I am supposed to work… my mind creates rules for every aspect of my life. Funnily enough, it even created rules for when I could break the rules. It is quite exhausting sometimes, but I feel as though without such compulsions, or little addictions, I cannot function. I feel as though I need them to be a contributing member of society. I am excited about this project because I can test my OCD and see if I can stop relying on it so much.
I decided to choose my obsession with note-taking as the addiction to subside. I am very meticulous when it comes to taking notes, especially when it comes to my biology notes. I am extra careful because I do not want to miss key details. This is somewhat reasonable, but I tend to take it to the extreme. I end up writing information that isn’t going to be on the test anyway. I also spend a lot of time color-coding my notes, which although I enjoy doing, my OCD makes it a bit burdensome. I sometimes even rewrite an entire page of notes if I feel I color-coded something incorrectly.
To combat these issues, I decided to “care less.” I forced myself to continue writing, even if I feel I made a “mistake.” This is an extremely difficult task as my OCD badgers me to obey it, but I prevailed. I think I did have one setback where I did rewrite a page, but sometimes you have to take it two steps forward, and one step back. Another thing I have noticed myself doing unfortunately is that I would replace this compulsion with a different one, but I’m going to have to forgive myself on that one because that will take me months to work on, far beyond this project.
I am ecstatic to continue on, even if this is stepping out of my comfort zone.
Transcendent Kingdom Project Entry #1
I have decided to give up sugary foods as a minor addiction. My relationship with sugary food is insane. I can’t function without eating at least a tiny bit of sugary foods. Whenever I crave sweets, I would eat chocolate if not candy, cakes, or Ice-cream, and I consume at least two full of spoon sugar in my coffee which is excessive given that I drink coffee twice a day. And I often find myself crave for sugar when I’m stressed and now that I’m thinking to give up on it, I will have to consume the sweetness from other sources like fruits which I’m not very fond of. I choose this minor addiction because recently I have been experiencing acne breakouts on my face and although I was recommended by my dermatologist to cut back on sugar, I failed to do so. Despite using all effecting products to get rid of acne, it keeps coming back because sugar-rich foods spike my insulin levels and cause inflammation throughout my body, leading my body to make more sebum and oily substances, resulting in acne on my face. This is one of the reasons I have decided to give up on sugar again. I’m certain it will be extremely difficult for me to change my habit not to mention that I’m already terrified of drinking my coffee without sugar.
Project Entry #1
The habit that I will choose to give up is biting my nails, all my life I’ve been a nail biter, which is a nasty habit( I know) but I never do it purposely, the moment I catch myself doing it, I try and force myself to stop. I mainly bite my nails when i’m bored and have nothing else to do, which is crazy cause I always have work I should be catching up on, the only other times I bite my nails is when i’m nervous about something. The reason why I chose this habit was so that I can finally let my nails grow out like I always wanted to, and because its nasty lol. I Don’t think it’ll be THAT hard to change this habit, I’ve tried many times before and actually went over 2 weeks without biting them….. but now that I think about it, two weeks isn’t that long and the fact that I relapsed so many times must mean something, during those two weeks I’ve done before, I’ve mentally fought myself and was so tempted to break the streak, it isn’t easy to change something you’ve been doing your whole life, hopefully i’m able to do this. ;-;
Transcendent Kingdom Project entry #1
The minor addiction I am giving up is soda drinks to be more exact I want to focus on soda drinks that contain caffeine. I am choosing this above all else because I do know that I consume a lot so this is honestly a push in the right directors. The reason I am also choosing caffeine sodas such as Pepsi or Coca-Cola is that this is my only source of caffeine meaning whenever I need that extract push to wake me up I usually drink a Pepsi or cola to give me that extra strength in the morning or in the afternoon while I’m studying or doing my homework and I’m tired. Plus I have always wanted to see what would happen if I just quit cold turkey. Since I have tried in the past then have given up halfway since I didn’t see it as a big deal but I am committed to seeing this through to the end. When it comes to the outcome and how I see everything playing out I do believe I will want to quit middle way through just because I know the type of person I am, and I know that if I see a Pepsi in front of me on a hot summer day I am going to be contemplating weather to not I can do this or not or weather or not I should give in. But like I said I hope to see this through to the end.
Blog post #4
- Black life matters.
- Criminal injustice police are targeting the black women who not doing anything.
- The social movement seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and inequality experienced by black people.
- The Black Lives Matter movement helps fight discrimination toward people of color.
- Although Law for Black Lives is a national community of radical lawyers and legal workers committed to transforming the law and building the power of organizing to defend, protect and advance Black Liberation across the globe.
Blog post #2
In the part of Jonathan Cullers writing “The nature of literature” the angle I find most interesting was where Jonathan defines literature as “fiction”. One beautiful thing about literature is that you can take it however you want to, you can use your own life experiences or imagination to understand it, which goes the same for fiction itself. In this part culler states “we can relate hamlet to the world in different ways at several different levels. The fictionality of literature separates language from other contexts in which it might be used and leaves the works’ relation to the world open to interpretation”.In this quote Culler explains how Hamlet is related to in different ways and not just one, the fiction of it allows people to interpret it however they want to. The reason why this was so interesting to me is because I never saw it this way and yet I agreed with it so quickly.
