Interview of American college students
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Liz
Posted by lizeccentric7 on November 14, 2012
https://awomeninherthirties.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/strange-but-true-last-week/
Hello WP Bloggers,
Wanted to let you know, that my wi fi is down, and that’s the reason I have been unable to comment on your blog posts lately.
I am using the iPhone right now, but it uses up too much of the data to comment on other posts from the phone.
Wi fi should be up and running shortly, I will visit your new posts as soon as it is fixed.
Miss reading my WP peeps blog posts!
Liz
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Posted by lizeccentric7 on November 3, 2012
https://awomeninherthirties.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/your-new-posts/
“Hospitals are places that you have to stay in for a long time, even if you are a visitor. Time doesn’t seem to pass in the same way in hospitals as it does in other places. Time seems to almost not exist in the same way as it does in other places.”
—-Pedro Almodavor
(quote author above)
We go about our daily lives trying to ignore the fact the hour glass is running so fast towards the end.
There is really only one subject I have not written about on this website.
Death
Why do we avoid the subject? Surely, should be up for discussion, pretty important topic.
The word people fear and try to avoid thinking about, but it is coming as sure as taxes.
Time and death sort of go hand and hand don’t they?
Our lives are filled with daily chores, making lists, all the while ignoring the tick-tock, tick tock of our hearts clock.
Every heart has a timer of sorts, and it will stop one day, one minute, one second.
Will I have regrets? Can I make amends that I need to before then?
Will I have the time to complete any unfinished business?
I often forget to stop and think about the ticking of my own heart’s clock.
Do I have time to please people I dislike? No. Refuse.
Do I have time to try to make others happy, that will not be happy no matter what? No.
People I know constantly worry about their reputations.
Wonder if when they are lying in the hospital, going towards their last breath if they will think:
“Was my reputation good enough?”
“Did I please everyone?”
“Have I reached the education level and professional goals I wanted?”
No, they will not be thinking the above thoughts at all.
People who are near death only think of one thing – love
The last minutes of life are filled with visions of loved ones and people often speak to them, even if their loved ones have passed on (please keep in mind I have witnessed death in the healthcare field on several occasions).
The person only thinks of family and the people they long for, the deepest loves of their lives…..not bills, education, social status, or chores.
Many people never understand why I prioritize my life different from others, it is because when you witness death, you see what matters clearly.
We are only here for a short time, and then gone as a puff of smoke.
Love is all that matters in the end, and all people think about when the last bit of sand runs out of time in the hourglass.
The bloggers below wrote of time, and their thoughts prior to my own thoughts above.
If the bloggers had known this post was about death, their thoughts of the word “time” may have been different, as people generally do not like to discuss or even read the word “death.”
as the song goes “time is on my side, yes it is….”
Is time on my side? Is time really on anyone’s side?
Our brains avoid the word “death” or thinking of death automatically.
In order for time to be on our side, doesn’t this require the acceptance that death is a surety?
However, time and death are intertwined.
My research was to see how many bloggers put time and death together in their thinking process.
All of the thoughts below are from people around the world, just from reading a single, powerful word.
TIME
Words have much power, it amazes me the power of words.
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Previous Research Post:
Been doing much thinking of the word “time” lately, there is one song in particular that sums up my thoughts. I am not going to add my thoughts here yet, as this is a sort-of a research post, and my interjection may scue the results.
If you don’t mind my asking this question of you:
“What is the very first thought that pops into your mind when reading the word, time?”
Note to WP Bloggers: Thank you for sharing your thoughts, they are most intriguing and thought provoking.
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Posted by lizeccentric7 on October 28, 2012
https://awomeninherthirties.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/timely-thoughts/
Hello everyone,
Wanted to let everyone know about the reasons you may have noted the following:
Different writing style
Short blog posts (that are not my usual writing)
Lack of responding to comments
Not commenting or reading your new posts
The reasons for the above is as of late have noted I am having trouble with reading comprehension – which is very odd for me.
Unsure if do to stress (well from the “Unsolvable” Rubics Cube post” issues
Or
If this is a side affect from my new medication that is working well, but since started have noted marked decrease in reading comprehension.
Not a lie or excuse, my readers know me fairly well and sure some of you may be a bit worried about the writing style being different and super short.
I love reading and commenting on posts, so hopefully if there is a good day where the reading issue is ok, I can stop by and comment on your new posts.
So, if you get comments that are not thoughtful, it’s due to my reading comprehension as of late.
Know my blogging peeps worry so wanted to let everyone know.
🙂
Liz
Posted by lizeccentric7 on October 7, 2012
https://awomeninherthirties.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/eccentric-update/
for her interesting article written about Henry VIII:
http://mystudentstruggles.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/henry-viii-lizs-historical-blogging-challenge/
Mystudentstruggles wrote about Henry VIII and readers were able to learn something new about the insane man. The article must have taken much research, and was well organized. I had no clue about all of the details of his marriages, deaths of his wives, or how all of his wives died. The article is an interesting read, and honestly never knew Henry VIII was such a crazy SOB. I am not very good at making up my own blogging awards, as you can see above (could not get the PDF into the post) don’t know why…I tried.
What was the challenge you may be asking?
The challenge was quite the research and organizational post challenge about history and/or historical figures.
Details of the challenge that mystudentstruggles won:
http://awomeninherthirties.com/2012/08/29/blogging-challenge-can-you-win/
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Posted by lizeccentric7 on October 5, 2012
https://awomeninherthirties.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/historical-blogging-challenge-winner/
Wanted to drop a quick bit of, most likely unwanted advice into the blogosphere.
Successful blog = larger font
Font that can be easily read without the reader squinting.
Perhaps making font larger if possible on current theme
or
Choosing new theme that allows for larger font
Many readers (myself included) wear glasses, have eye issues, hard for them to read from phone or laptop if font is small.
Notated the above font issue from reading a shitload of blog posts over the past week.
🙂
Liz
Posted by lizeccentric7 on September 25, 2012
https://awomeninherthirties.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/are-your-posts-readable/
Posted by lizeccentric7 on September 22, 2012
https://awomeninherthirties.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/what-do-you-think/
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