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Entry #5: Higher Education

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The most important aspect in making the most of your life is to keep moving forward. In a world where money decides how comfortable you live, the most you can do to keep moving forward is to find a way to make the most money possible while enjoying what you do. However, finding this path forward can be quite difficult. You either have to get lucky, or sink a lot of time into some sort of project to make this work. For some, this is making a business or learning a craft. For most, this is the process of going through higher education. Image source: The Daily Universe Higher education is the most widely applicable way for people to succeed. Not everyone can get lucky, and not everyone is crafty in a way that can make them money. And even if they can be, higher education still helps increases their chances of making a good living one day. In an article written by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey , it is stared that "Arizonans with a high-school diploma earn an average of $27,120, accord...

Entry #6: I vent about not liking Arizona weather

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I recently got back from a trip from Oklahoma City. Was it the most exciting trip I've ever been on? No. I've been to Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, and more. Those were definitely more exciting, but this most recent trip was more enjoyable. How was that case?  Well, for one, I don't like Arizona all that much. I have grown up here and have always hated the heat. I like the outdoors, but the outdoors here are too unbearable to be in. There's an outdoor outlet mall near where I live, and I'd never step foot there during a good 3/4ths of the year. Just walking between stores would be enough to work up a sweat for the average person. Not because the walk is long, but because the temperatures are probably around 80 degrees or higher at a time when they'd be able to go. Take a look at the average temperatures by month for both Phoenix and Oklahoma city.   Sources: Arizona Weather Chart , Oklahoma Weather Chart Oklahoma city has two more months in which the averag...