Go Hard or Go Home

We currently live in a society with the mentality of, ‘go hard or go home’. As Americans, we are proud to say that everything we do is to the extreme. We stuff our faces in what seems to be an endless supply of food, drink until our livers give out, and party hard 'till the break of dawn. Americans live in the fast lane and are damn proud of it. USA! USA! USA! Compared to other nations, it seems as if America does things and takes theme to extreme measures. This fast paced lifestyle is a cause for concern. People in the United States are continually diagnosed with cancer, diabetes, and obesity. Even though a majority of these illnesses can be avoided, we tend to ignore it until it becomes a full scale problem. Americans need to realize that they are the cause for their illnesses and-overall, just poor health.

America is notoriously known for being overweight and unhealthy. Why does America, a first world country, have a life expectancy of only 78 years when a third world country, like Singapore, has a life expectancy of 81 years? It can be traced back to our lifestyle. Americans are the biggest consumer in the world. We know no moderation. We continue to consume-whether it be food, gasoline, or product. The 'American lifestyle'  has given us the false impression that the more we consume, the happier we will be. 

 It is actually quite the contrary. We hear of credit card debt-caused by overspending. We hear of obesity-caused by overeating. We hear of global warming-caused by the same negligence and ignorance. And once we realize that we’re sick, we start to panic and wonder, ‘why me?’

The climate change crisis is my favorite example of procrastination. When you fly over a large city like Los Angeles, you will not being a city of sunshine and buildings. What you see a cloud of brown shit floating around the city. Without any scientific evidence, I can tell you that the brown ‘shit’ is not natural. We tend to put things off and wait for somebody else to deal with it. I guarantee you, once cities start flooding and hurricanes become the norm, people will realize that they have continually fed into the destruction of mankind.