Why are people so lazy?

For my paper, I was inspired by the chapter in Finding Flow was about leisure. A big idea that I found interest in was how people choose to do passive activities in their free time rather than activities that would produce more flow. Activities that involve flow involve the mind. They could include athletics, art, reading, etc. Finding Flow has concluded that while the more active activities may be more satisfying, they require a lot more work. People are too lazy to get everything together to do the activity. They think they will be more content watching tv, or doing something that will not require them to put as much effort in to it. So people should be putting in that extra effort to be getting the better satisfatction.

Cell Phones

Lately, I have been getting annoyed with people on their cell phones. I think the rudest thing someone can do is wipe out their cell phone at a meal. It is disrespectful and appears that the person they are talking to is more important than you. Not only at meals but if you are hanging out with someone and they continuously talk on their phone the whole time your together, it is very boring for you. There are few conversations that must be had that the person cant wait to talk about.
It amazes me how much people depend on their cell phones now. Im not complaining, i use my all the time. One day when I lost my phone, I did not know what to do. I couldn't call any of my friends. I felt like I was missing out on what they were doing. I honestly wonder what people did to get in touch when they didnt have cell phones.
While they are very convinient, people make it seem that every conversation they have on their phone must be had immediately and can not wait especially till more appropriate times.

Drinking at the Age of 18

On many people's blogs there has been a lot of discussion about the drinking age of 21 in the U.S. Americans should be aloud to drink at the age of 18. How can we be adults and not aloud to drink? The common complaint is that Americans can go fight in war and not have a drink. While a big worry about allowing 18 year olds to drink is that unlike a lot of other cultures, the American culture tends to abuse alcohol more. If you look at the Europeans, alcohol is so common and introduced at such a young age that it is not a big a deal to drink. Children drink wine with meals. When alcohol is not allowed and resisted from young adults, there is a higher tendency to want to try it. A good law that some states have, such as Texas, is that kids are aloud to drink with their parents. This is a good way to introduce alcohol to kids. It teaches them to learn how to drink responsibly. If a parent never lets their kid take a sip of alcohol and then sends them off to college, the kid will go crazy. So, it would make our culture more responsible to start drinking at younger ages.

The Search for an Apartment

Recently, there has been a high demand to find an apartment. Everyone I talk to has either found a place or is looking for one. University Park is not the easiest place to find a reasonably priced, good location, correct number of bedrooms, etc. As my two roommates for next year and I go driving and walking around the area we struggle to find a three bedroom place that is not $4000 a month to rent. If we were at many other college campuses, it would be so much easier to find a decent, well-priced place to live. Not only are the places to live so expensive, but they are also are requiring 1 year leases starting in may. We have to pay to have the apartment for the whole summer we are not there. I do not want to live in a dorm next year because i want to be able to freely have a kitchen and living room. I am sure a lot of other bloggers are struggling with this problem.