Blog Entry #4: Year Round Body

 

This week seems to be the perfect opportunity to talk about getting the "perfect summer body". What I want to know is why is it that all other seasons of the year its fine to let yourself go a little, but as soon as summer sneaks up on us... which it does every year... we have this sudden pressure to lose weight. It's like as soon as it heats up our time clock ticks and says get up and get your butt in the gym. If only we could learn from the years prior and keep our body looking healthy all year round. This year it's not about the summer body for me, it's about the "year round body". It's time to make lifestyle changes. 

 Instead of pushing myself and making healthier lifestyle choices for the next few months, it's time to incorporate healthy habits year round. This will not only take away the last minute anxiety before beach season, but overall make you feel good about yourself. It's important to feel good in your skin and to set a goal for yourself. Confidence is key in life. I'm not saying to work out and starve yourself until your the size of a toothpick. That's not the answer and will only result in gaining the weight right back. The key is to cut out as many bad habits from your diet that you feel you can handle. Then work from there. It's not necessary to kill yourself on the treadmill or stair master either. Just adding moderate daily exercise of 45 minutes to an hour can help a ton. Finding ways tostay active and  incorporate healthy choices into your life year round is what's "hot" this summer.

Check out this website for awesome tips on making the lifestyle change: 10 lifestyle changes

Blog Entry #3: Technology Taking Over Communication

 

   The video Social Media is changing the way we communicate globally was extremely insightful for me.  It advocated for the increase in social media usage. In the video it states, "Social media isn't a fad its a fundamental shift in the way we communicate." Those words couldn't have been said better. People expect us to stick with the original way of communication, but back then the world was far less populated and there was no such thing as communicating instantly. At the rate our world is populating, we have to advance. We have to find new ways to learn, communicate, run a business, etc. As society changes we change too.

     As shown in the clip, It took Facebook 9 months to gain over a 100 million users. While the radio took 38 years just to get 50 million users. What does that show about todays technology? With advancements we have the ability to share information, advertise products, and promote businesses internationally. All with the click of a button.

 

To be honest I don't want to know what our world would look like now without the changes in communication. I can imagine we would be poor and overpopulated. So many of the key aspects of running our economy rely on technology. We can do trade with countries all over the world. Run a business from the opposite side of the world. We drive this economy.