Ricardo Espinoza September 17 2013 210 501 3 1 Young adult it sounds like a curse a confusion state of being old enough but not really Yeah I m responsible for MOST of me What does that even mean Being a young adult for me is like the cocoon to become a productive asset of society I still get to go to school and advance in whatever I want it is being exposed to what life can really be but it s just tip of the iceberg but like in the Titanic it can sink us Being a young adult is being able to take care of yourself and to learn to become responsible especially for yourself The best way to learn about and to become a better young adult is I believe by experience which follows the script of Culture as Comfort we as humans are not born to be anything young adult hood itself is a way to learn about adulthood Me as a student I can learn to become responsible for myself by either making the wrong decisions or the good ones if I make the wrong decision for example if I decide to go to a party on a weekend and get wasted I would learn in the morning that the night prior was completely unnecessary and stupid If I could do it all over again I would be more mindful of the good things to in my nightlife 3 2 Two cultural ruts that I belong to are first Spanglish speaking English and Spanish almost simultaneously in conversations and sometimes mixing the two languages in words second having a what is most commonly known as a swimmers appetite which is just indulging in food even when not physically hungry especially now that I m not swimming The strategy to get out of my swimmer s appetite cultural rut one that I m already adapting to is that of self control and a diet but overall self control with the diet Not like a I get to eat one thing kind of diet but being mindful of what I eat and such Another way to cut Espinoza 1 Ricardo Espinoza September 17 2013 210 501 off this cultural rut is by going back to my former self of working out 5 hours a day but that s not happening This cultural rut may not technically qualify as such but I believe it does because it s a psychological aspect of myself that I learned by being with the people that I used to be with swimmers and demanding more than 100 of my body It is a cultural rut because it becomes a tradition after you ve lived that way after four years Espinoza 2