Change: A Short Story

night about losing the people that I grew up with and loved. This was my first

Adrenaline pulsed through my veins like a race car; my knees started to buckle beneath me. My palms and face were sweat soaked with anticipation. My friend encouragingly nudged me forward. Fear trickled down my spine, sending me off the cliff of sanity.

He’d lost his leg to a spinning mule last year, so having no job he could sleep in as late as he wanted. I glanced at my parent’s bed and realized in alarm that they weren’t there. My parents had to get up at 4 in the morning so they could make it to the coal mines. They must’ve already left. Which meant that I was late.

The human resources department needs to revisit some of their decisions to strength their portion of the structure and better the company for the future. The high turnover rate has caused lack of employee motivation, low morale and with pay levels below their competitors’standards; there is lack of structure in the performance review process within the entire company. These issues can be corrected by creating a coaching, feedback process, and

The combined noises of my alarm clock and my mother calling me, along with the smell of coffee, forced me awake. I sat in bed for a minute, rubbing my eyes and working up the nerve to step out from under my warm blankets, then swung my feet onto the floor and headed groggily into the kitchen.

Life changing events can change a person’s viewpoint. In the movie Crash directed by Paul Haggis, the characters are faced with life-altering situations, which ended up changing their perspective. First off LAPD Office John Ryan, who is viewed to have a bias against African-Americans, willingly risked his life for an African-American woman. Furthermore, Farhad a Persian shopkeeper, decided to react toward a devastating event, with anger, without realization of the consequences. Also Anthony, an African-American thief, chooses to save the lives of several Cambodian people. All three characters face life impacting events, which causes them to change their outlook on life.

I pulled my sweater tighter trying to lock out the cold weather; I should have listened to my mom about this. “Wear your jacket, Farah, It’s going to be a cold one!” Her words echoed in the back of my head like an endless loop; I knew something like this would happen. I started power walking in attempt to get to my warm, cozy bed as fast as I could, almost there.

“Get out of bed, you're gonna be late to school” mum shouted from the kitchen. I flicked open my eyes and took my sleep substitution pills. Sleep itself has been concentrated down into two hours, and now that it has been almost 3 generations since it was introduced, it's weird to even think that people used to sleep for nearly half of their lives. I rolled out of bed and straight into my newest burgundy jumpsuit that was lying on the ground, that was the trend for this week along with black and white Nike shoes. As i was tying them up Mum came into my room and pressed the switch next to the door, there was a faint humming noise as the curtains started lifted and light started to fill the room. “I got breakfast for you it's the new flavour,

“I need to check something out in Hemet and I am not leaving you and your brother alone together.” I huffed and went to pick out a pair of pajamas to wear for the car ride.

My research reviled how life-changing events can play a significant role in how we lead people. This week’s research was an in-depth view of the movie “The Doctor”, (Ziskin and Haines, 1991). This movie depicted a highly skilled surgeon named Jack McKee, played by actor William Hurt who was completely devoted to his practice, (Ziskin and Haines, 1991).

“I didn’t want to come home half dead, that would upset you more, so I asked to stay in a hospital until I could leave,” he said.

Individuals are products of their life experiences, with the ability to create and modify behavior; the ultimate goal of alteration of a behavior is improving some aspect of your life through analysis, and implementation of sequential procedures. For this project, I have chose to modify an increase in my daily water consumption, with the intention to enhance overall health and wellness. Water is an essential element for the survival of the human body. At least 20% of water necessary each day is consumed through the foods you eat, with direct consumption of water the most effective and beneficial method of rehydration. Each day, water is lost through the process of urination, respiration and perspiration, and in order for these bodily functions to occur water must be continually replaced through our daily diet. When water is not consumed individuals are at risk of dehydration, which can negatively impact the human body. These symptoms include thirst, headaches, dry-skin, fatigue, join and muscle pain. As a full-time university student, working part-time with social commitments throughout the day it is often difficult to intentionally reflect on how much water I have consumed, with in some instances not having access to a water bottle at all times. Research suggests, that the transtheoretical model of change, also known as the stages of change model, will be a good model for changing this behavior. The transtheoretical model is an integrative and comprehensive model of

Defining Change Change can be defined as an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another, the result of alteration or modification, to lay aside, abandon, or leave for another, become different in essence; to lose one's or its original nature, to make different; cause a transformation, or to make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence. There are many different views as to the complexity of change. Some may believe change is an illusion and nothing ever really changes. However, the majority, such as the post structuralism theorists, believe that change is inevitable. Change can be viewed

our journey came upon us. The sun had just climbed over the first huge hill and its brilliant

I threw back my comforter and slowly rose out of my bed. The sun wasn’t even up yet; it felt like an injustice to be wasting these precious hours that I could be asleep to be getting ready to go to the doctor. Stumbling towards the bathroom, I brushed my