Shiny happy people

Article Abstract:

Americans are delighted by the idea of personal transformation and are working very hard to revive the sleeping giants that self-help gurus states lie within them. In the quest for self-improvement, people spend billions of dollars every year for books, audiotapes, seminar pills, and plastic surgeries, but in the process, they do not even know where they are heading.

Psychological aspects, Analysis, Self-perception, Americans, Self perception

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The unbearable lightness of adulthood: Reflections on turning 30

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A senior editor for magazines describes that after approaching the age of 30 she views life with a new perspective. She feels that instead of trying to fight youth back and upsetting oneself, it is best to accept growing age and make life simple and satisfactory.

Evaluation, Personal narratives, Editors, Adulthood

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Kickin' it

Article Abstract:

Alan Ball, the creator of Home Box Office's (HBO's) funeral drama 'Six Feet Under' and also wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for the 1999 film 'American Beauty'. Ball offers his views on how Americans deal with the issues of mortality and grief.

Cable Television Systems, Cable Networks, Executive changes & profiles, Cable and other pay TV services, Officials and employees, Cable television broadcasting industry, Interview, American Beauty (Motion picture), Home Box Office Inc., Ball, Alan, Six Feet Under (Television program)

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