I haven’t made a blog post in a such a long time and so much has happened. I got my wisdom teeth out, I committed to my graduate school, and all of my graduation gear has come in! It now really feels like I’m a senior. As I reminisce all these bittersweet moments, there are still courses I need to finish before I walk for my ~in-person~ graduation!! :’)
This quarter, we’re reading Happiness is a Choice by Leland, and between the three books we had to read for this course, this one has to be my favorite. Leland interviewed several individuals to hear about their life story and understand what their aging process is like. In this book, I highlighted things either orange, yellow, or pink. Orange was important information about the older person’s life story. Yellow symbolized the deep questions that really made me think. Pink (my favorite highlighted section) was full of memorable moments throughout the book. Here are some of the things I highlighted:
- He said, “You’re the one woman in my lifetime, I mean it.” She said, “I can’t hear you, but it better be good.” (p. 8)
- “She realized that she didn’t own a pair of boots, because he had always driven her to the door of wherever they went.” (p. 18)
- “When I was fifty years old, it was the worst day in my life,” she said, “Cause I was getting old. But now it’s not so bad. Cause I met Howie.” (p. 61)
This book made me realize even though we are growing old, there are great moments that are waiting to happen for us. This book gave me the same feeling like when I was five and wanted to be fifteen or fifteen wanting to be twenty-one. Now I’m twenty-one and I wish I was sixty (however I don’t mind taking my time between twenty-one to sixty haha).
Something important that someone brought up in class was that while this is a nice book, at times it can be unrelatable for some people. The interviewees that he chose didn’t cover the majority of older people in America, however, the interviewees did share their great stories and I’m grateful to hear them. I look forward to reading the rest of the book and updating you in the future.
This quarter, we’re reading Happiness is a Choice by Leland, and between the three books we had to read for this course, this one has to be my favorite. Leland interviewed several individuals to hear about their life story and understand what their aging process is like. In this book, I highlighted things either orange, yellow, or pink. Orange was important information about the older person’s life story. Yellow symbolized the deep questions that really made me think. Pink (my favorite highlighted section) was full of memorable moments throughout the book. Here are some of the things I highlighted:
- He said, “You’re the one woman in my lifetime, I mean it.” She said, “I can’t hear you, but it better be good.” (p. 8)
- “She realized that she didn’t own a pair of boots, because he had always driven her to the door of wherever they went.” (p. 18)
- “When I was fifty years old, it was the worst day in my life,” she said, “Cause I was getting old. But now it’s not so bad. Cause I met Howie.” (p. 61)
This book made me realize even though we are growing old, there are great moments that are waiting to happen for us. This book gave me the same feeling like when I was five and wanted to be fifteen or fifteen wanting to be twenty-one. Now I’m twenty-one and I wish I was sixty (however I don’t mind taking my time between twenty-one to sixty haha).
Something important that someone brought up in class was that while this is a nice book, at times it can be unrelatable for some people. The interviewees that he chose didn’t cover the majority of older people in America, however, the interviewees did share their great stories and I’m grateful to hear them. I look forward to reading the rest of the book and updating you in the future.