LIFE ON THE EDGE

Why are there so many people who want to live on the edge nowadays? We live too much and we live better than in the past. Things are easier. Nevertheless, we miss the adrenaline because, in a certain way, live is boring because it is safer. It could sounds strange but it is true. People are used to do the same things. They work a lot of hours per day, they go to home at the end of the day to stay with their families. And they live for the vacations. Consequently, they live twelve months wating for 15 or 30 days of rest and adventure. It is not enough, at all. For these reason, we need the sense of adventure in order to escape of the routine.  

The first reason why people want to live on the edge is the lifestyle changes. There are not anymore global wars and no more deaths caused by child birth complications. Besides, science has cured most diseases and, because of that, the life expectancy is pretty much higher. Life is also safer because the violence is down. Moreover, people need to look hard to find adrenaline. These are some reasons that explain why people are so much engaged in extreme sports, as Ayrton Senna did.

Secondly, people want to live on the edge because they fear the routine. It is easy to know where you will be five years from now. And you probably will be exactly the same, but older. Maybe in the same job, with the same or a similar car, and maybe with the same salary! This is why we need so much of the sense of adventure. We need to feel that there is a possibility that things can change (the problem is that, sometimes, things can change for worst, as it has happened to Britney Spears, for example).

Besides, people look for situations when they will increase their adrenaline levels to its upper limit. It is really strange, but they need to feel that they can die and not to live for more than 100 years! This is why some extreme exports are so famous even though they are suicide with a kick. Life is so much safer that; consequently, we need to look for no safer things to do. Otherwise, life will become so boring that it will not worth at all. In conclusion, the need for adrenaline is important because people feel they are alive.

life on the edge

Guys, have you ever seen the The Thin Line: Life on the Edge - trailer - go to youtube and have fun!

US consumes more animal protein than most other countries

Guys,  there are two sites that could be of great interest to you all. The first one is a preview of a book called "What the World Eats". This site shows the food that the typical family eats in a variety of countries. The second site is just a website that has lots of information on foods by country. Enjoy it. They are really interesting.
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,…
http://www.foodbycountry.com/

WHAT I HAVE LIVED FOR

There are three things I have lived for: my profession, my dream about studying abroad and my family. I without one of these things would be a different person and my friends could not recognize me.

My profession has been dominating my life since I was a nineteen internship girl in the biggest law firm in Brazil, which is called Pinheiro Neto Advogados. I have worked there for seven years and this was the period in which I have worked more than 14 hours a day. I do not regret it but I am still trying to figure out if it is worth.

I have also lived for my dream about studying abroad. I have been saving money for more than four years because I believe that it is something I deserve. I have been working so hard since I was at the Law School and now I believe I need a break, a one year break.

Besides, I have also lived for my family. However, this is the easiest part because I do not regret it at all. My family is the most important piece of my life and I want to life for it for all my life.   

PLASTIC SURGERY AND MENTAL HEALTH

Plastic surgery is a medical field in which it is possible to make a correction or restoration of form and function. Despite the fact that the cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the most well-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgeries can not be considered cosmetic, as for example, the reconstructive surgery and the treatment of burns. In both cases the question is whether the plastic surgery was worth the pain and the risk.

For sure, when it comes to reconstructive surgery, the pain and the risks are even lower, considering that it regularly performed to improve function. However, the most important thing in reconstructive surgery is to approximate to a normal appearance.

It is easier to think that it is worth when the plastic surgery comes to remedy functional impairments caused by burns; traumatic injuries, such; congenital abnormalities; developmental abnormalities; or disease, as cancer. In such cases, it is almost impossible to find someone that considers the plastic surgery too risky to be taken.

Nevertheless, even when it comes to aesthetic surgery, the plastic surgery is not so hazardous to be taken. The explanation can be found considering that mental health is part of human health. Therefore, whether mental health is so important to the human being as the physical health, there is no reason to consider that only in reconstructive surgery it is worth the pain and the risks.

Because of the impressive media attention on attractiveness and perfection, most people are turning to plastic surgery each day more and more. Nevertheless, it is important to mention that some people are obsessed about body perfection and this is not health. Researchers believe that plastic surgery obsession is similar to psychological disorders.

This kind of mental disorder is a really big deal in the lives of those people who are obsessed to achieve physical perfection and for that reason, they are more and more going under the knife. In this case, for sure, plastic surgery is not recommended because the person is sick (mental disease). As plastic surgery can be only recommended to those people who are health. The doctor must show to that person that there is a time to stop the obsession for plastic surgery.

All in all, when it comes to plastic surgery in healthy people, the truth is, in both cases i.e. aesthetic surgery or reconstructive surgery, whether the patient takes all the proceedings carefully, looking for a good and responsible doctor who works in a very good and prepared hospital, the plastic surgery is also worth its hassle and risk, definitively.