1a] I feel as though I'm writing to a wide variety of people; whether they be old or young, happy or sad, people who want help, but are scared, or someone who just wants hope. My topic is one that can be applied to just about anyone, which can either be a blessing or a curse. A blessing in the sense that I'll have an understanding audience, but a curse in the sense that I have quite a broad spectrum to cover. Happiness is something that everyone struggles with, in fact, in a psychological study with adolescents, their moods switched from happy to sad at least six to seven times, daily. So, I think I'll be writing to a large chunk of society.
1b] My answer to who I'm writing to can be supported through this question as well. My topic is timely crucial because it isn't a trend or an interest that will die out in a few months. My topic revolves around happiness and its effects on mood, stress levels, success, illnesses, friendships, e.t.c. This is something that, in my opinion, everyone should be concerned with. I feel as though many people do not truly know the importance of optimism. I know it sounds cliche, but happiness is key. Happy, soothing thoughts can make even the worse day vanish.
1c] I care about this topic because I battled depression all throughout middle school, and even through the beginning High School. I was so shy and introverted and I hardly had any friends. My grades didn't suffer because school was an escape from home, I could get good grades and show my parents, which would make them focus on me and not being at each other's throats. I was a mixture of emotions and I just wanted things to change. I joined marching band, lost an extreme amount of weight, and things changed for me. I was happy. I made new friends, I was more optimistic, and my life did a complete turn around. I know the power of being happy. I want anyone that is battling depression or that is contemplating hurting themselves to know that I've been there... And it isn't worth it. If you make the right changes in your life and surround yourself with the love of your friends or family, anything can be overcome. [okay, randomly switching gears to the other portion of the question..] In High School, my writings were completely serious and boring and blegh. I was a grammar nazi, contemplating every mistaken comma or misspellings. In my English classes, we were tamed and reformed to write about mundane topics that were in no way interesting or intriguing. Yet it was OUR job to pull out some BS and make it sound good, right? You were constantly adhering to the teacher's preferences, steering away from anything 'they wouldn't like.' In my English 1101 class in college, I was like a fish out of water. I literally had to train myself to let my personality shine through in my papers. It is so mind-blowing to go back and look at my first drafts compared to my finished, polished final drafts. I love college writing; when I read my papers, it's refreshing to see that it looks like I'm speaking instead of just words on a piece of paper :)
2. AAAH. I wish I could say yes to this question, but I can't. I'm trying to find other viewpoints, but I'm failing miserably. One of the comments on my 2nd blog post gave me a really good idea though! I'm going to put a status on facebook about my topic and see some differing opinions (hopefully) and use those to my advantage in my paper.
3. Well, I actually mentioned something that I found really interesting in 1a of this blog! A psychological study was done on adolescents and their moods. As it turns out, an adolescent changes their mood from happy to sad at least six to seven times....daily. That's crazy!
4. I replied to Krishna Patels' blog about shampooing your hair daily and its effects on hair loss or damage!
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