Economic Lifestyle Blogpost

There are two extremely different professions that i plan to go into directly out of college. The first one whichi wil discuss is Fire Fighting. I have found by research that firefighting has 97 percent rate in which people keep their jobs after finding one. In the times we are going through now that is incredible. This means If i get into this profession I have a slim to none chance of losing my job. If I graduate with a degree then some fire schools will pay for my education and also I will be able to start at a higher salary and position.
I talked to my dad's good friend named Mike Wallis who is the cheif of a fire department in florida. He said that it is fairly easy to find a job once graduating and that he has never had to fire a fire fighter. He says that they get the best medical care and attention also. He also said if i get into that career then as long as i dont do anything illegal or incredibly stupid then there isnt much of a chance of getting layed off.
The only worry about the job is the possibility of injury or death. A benefit of firefighting is that if you get injured on the job then they will support you and your family a great deal. There arent really ways to ensure success while at USF except staying in shape, and staying healthy. Another plus about firefighting is that you have time to get another part time job which i also plan to do.

Ecological Footprint

I started my ecological footprint at 6:00 pm on Thursday. If every one lived like me then we would need 5 planet earths to provide enough resources. To support my lifestyls it takes 22 global acres of earths productive area. I did many things to try and improve my ecological footprint. I ate less animal products. I didn’t drive I rode my skateboard. I ate more locally grown food. I ate more fresh food. I cleaned dishes instead of using paper plates. I turned my lights off and didn’t use as much electricity. After retaking the quiz I now only need 3.6 earths to support us if everyone lived like me and now it only takes 16 global acres rather than 22. I finished this project at 6:00 pm on Friday. I found that it takes more money when you have a bad ecological footprint.

Day Without Technology

Monday
I started my day without the use of technology when i woke up on monday morning around 11:00 AM. This was the first day all year that i had woken up without the assistance of my alarm clock on my cell phone. When i woke up my room mates were out in the living room listening to music so i decided to go to McDonalds for breakfast rather than cooking at the apartment which i usually do as i tried to avoid listening to music. After McDonalds I haeded to class for the day as i had to avoid bringing my ipod to school and rode my skateboard rather than driving. After my two classes i decided to go to the library instead of going home once again trying to avoid listening to the music that my roommates are constantly blaring. I studied at te library for about four hours struggling on my attempt to not go to the lab computers for the use of the internet. I knew i had a softball game at 8:00 PM so i decided to ride my skateboard around for an hour before I had to head to my baseball game but i became very bored after a little while sicne I had no ipod to listen to owhile skating. I then went and played my game vith no problems. Directly after that game I had an inturmural volly ball game held in the gym. As i walked through the gym I noticed that the televisions were on and playing music but i did my best to ignore it and headed in to my game. After the game I headed home to an apartment full of kids my age all playing video games. I knew i couldnt sit out there and play with them so instead i went out to my porch and finished all of my homework. After I finished I went to bed and the task was over. This was at 1:15 AM.

One challenge that not only me but every American citizen will have as a challenege in the future four years from now is alternative energy sources. Four years from now we may need alternative energy for driving. As of right now we do still have plenty of gas for every one but the gas prices are already figuratively high as it is begining to get harder for the U.S. to gain controll of these sources and as everybody knows the sources are not infinite and are in fact diminishing. For right now a possible thing that we can do is to drill on american ground to find more oil resources that can last us for a long period of time but even when we find more oil one day it could still run out. Another thing that we can do is to try to find ways to convert wind energy into a way to power our vehicles and try to create other ways and sources such as solar and nuclear energy to do so. This is not neccessarily an injustice but it is definetlu an economic and environmental issue that every american will have to cope with and try to helpp find these alternative sources. We need to make progress on doing this now and to not procrastinate until it is a major crisis.