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Prompt:  How good are you at waiting for what you really want? When I was younger, primary and middle school age, I was completely obsessed with reading books. I could read any genre of story but my absolute favorite were fantasy adventure books like Percy Jackson and Harry Potter when I was younger and Throne of Glass when I was older. Many of the books I loved were in a series of 5 or more, which were much more fun because the world-building and character development in such a long story were often incredible to read. However, my parents were skeptical about some of my choices, Harry Potter in particular. They felt that as Harry aged in each book, the content also aged and was no longer appropriate for me to read as a 7 year old. Much to my horror, a rule was put in place forcing me to wait an entire year before I could read the next book, for all 7 of the books. This was a disaster. I was used to reading book series that I loved in 2 weeks, not 6 years! So I started to break my ...

Prompt: Can Money buy you Happiness? That’s a definite no for me. In fact, I would go as far as to say that money can’t buy happiness for any human, at least in the way that people traditionally ask the question. For many people, this question brings to mind material wealth to an extreme, and whether that would make someone happy. Time after time, the myth has been disproven that having extravagant amounts of money to spend on mostly material things will make you happy. Instead, I would like to think about this question in a different light. Paradoxically, I do actually believe that more money would make many people happier. The reason I am so vehement that more money wouldn’t make me happy is because I am a middle class person who has all of my basic needs met. I have all of the opportunities I could ask for, and while I don’t claim that my life is always easy, almost none of my problems could be solved by gaining more money, and I don’t think having more material wealth would make me...