I believe strongly in associations. Things from our past giving us a chemical reaction to new things that remind of it. This can happen on small and big levels. For example, they say we are not born disliking any food. That means steaks vs broccoli all have the same fighting chance to be our favorite from birth. Obviously marketing has a lot of influence (less and less actually with TV commercials phasing out.) But more than marketing is emotional experience. Being forced to eat something never makes you like it more, and being rewarded something never makes you think it’s bad. These type of associations and experiences have molded what foods we tend like best and worse as adults. If you had food poisoning with salmon it’s likely you won’t like salmon again or fish all together. This is because when you think of salmon, you think and feel how you felt when you got sick. Luckily strong minds and strong will can overwrite these programs and have us enjoy stuff we thought as a child or teenager was gross even if we had a bad experience with it. This is very important to understand because on the bigger level […]
Is there really one way to have a relationship or one way to educate or even is there really one way for everyone to do just about anything? Jump back circa 1950 when life was simpler, the norm was go to school and if you had money go to college and if not get a job. In the process get married and start a family. School taught the same things to each person with some expectations in college. Relationships were based on the lowest denominator because well the clock was clicking. Over time, we have learned drastic things that have improved our lives, like what is healthy, how to handle stress, and to be more careful when choosing someone to share your life with. In the heart of all the these improvements made to common sense, one thing seems to ring through. Almost nothing works with everyone. Learning the exact same things in school, following a timed event schedule in life, and working for someone telling you how to work. I think it’s actually easier to find the few things that everyone can do one way. Cross a street? The only question I have is when will this evolve. I […]
I’m sure Eskimos in Alaska and Tibetan mountain people will all feel different about this blog post. I’ll think I’ll just try to find a general consensus on what most people in the US might agree with. How can you really break down an entire decade to just one thing? I’m sure within a decade there is thousands of ground breaking movements responsible for shape shifting the future. And I’m sure there is more than one thing in each decade that is so ground breaking the world will drastically be changed from it. Regardless, this can be taken with a grain of salt and if nothing else it’s a place to find some topics worth looking into. So I’ll get started by working our way back from the 50’s 50’s Style and manners The 50’s was a ground breaking year with Elvis Presley, Micky Mouse, and American bandstand coming to life. With all the great events and major changes I had to go with Style and Manners. The 40’s were a cold time with would war 2 looming and the great depression ending in 1939. It was a time when dark clothes and sad vibes rules the world. Women still […]