Why Youth is wasted on the young

"In todays fast paced way of life I think 'Youth is wasted on the young', but only because of what society expects of them.  "Do well school, go to university, get a good job, earn lots of money, get a fast car,  your own home, get married have children." They have no time to enjoy their youth.

My message to the young is: Face life with your arms outstretched, grab new opportunities, have an open mind that can take you on a life of new adventures without any restraints"                                                                                                                                             -  Susan

Why Youth is wasted on the young

A simple saying that carries so much truth to it. You will never be younger than you are today, so you must embrace every possible opportunity that is presented to you. We fail to realise the importance of so many universal truths until later in life. These lessons and truths would've come in handy if we only realised sooner. There is so much advice you wish you knew when you were younger to better prepare you for various life incidents.

If only you knew you'd eventually get over your first love as you tried to navigate your breakup. We don't listen to our elders that tell us we will survive, we think it's the end of the world as we know it.

“The young are too immature to really appreciate being young and the older generation would really know how to appreciate and take advantage of being young again.”

Forgiveness is one of the best traits a person can possess, but this is another lesson we learn too little too late. How much time do we waste on petty arguments, ones that could've been easily avoided had we just chilled the f*ck out? If something isn't a life or death situation, how meaningful can it really be? Don't let grudges weigh you down and stress you out. The sooner you realise that anger hurts you more than the other person, the happier you will be.

Physically, young people have everything going for them, as they are in the best health they will ever be in, and their minds are sharp and clear. The issue is they lack clarity and patience. Someone who has experienced life has learned many valuable lessons. They now know how and what to do with all these different abilities, yet they lack the body to do so.

“If I knew then what I know now, I’d be different, I would slow down.”

The young love to spend time on short-lived pleasures. As we mature, we realise there are lot of things that might have been more worthwhile. When we are young, we tend to take things for granted. We fail to recognise or enjoy the things that really matter in life, we don’t always take the chances that are in front of us.

We put things off and say that there will be time later for them. The more you procrastinate, the chances of you actually getting around to these activities decrease. You have to seize the opportunities as they come because you never know if you will ever get another chance.

The mistake many young people make is that they have the mindset, “I can't wait to get older.” The trick with that is you keep getting older. By not living in the present moment you are losing appreciation for it. You aren't appreciating what is right in front of you at that time. They need to chill out and just enjoy being young. You don't get to relive these years, so make them really count.

“When you are young (late-teens to early twenties, say), your old age seems impossibly far away. You are not yet aware of the way in which the lengths of the years shrink, relative to your entire lifespan, as you age. In terms of the psychological perception of the passage of time, the years pass more rapidly as you get older; the seasons become closer together; the birthdays, anniversaries and Christmases more frequent. Time literally seems to accelerate, and you become aware of the rapidly dwindling time frame you have in which to achieve your life goals.”

We also tend to live like we are immortal creatures. We speed in cars thinking that we are indestructible. The truth is just because you're young doesn’t mean you’re invincible. Accidents can and do happen, so as much as it is fun to act recklessly, you still must remain cautious. We falsely believe we will always have a time to achieve our goals and, as a result, tend to let opportunities slip from our hands.

Perhaps this can all be traced back to the inherent impulsivity of the generation. Regardless, think of how much your life would be different if you could travel back to your past self and offer this advice. When you look back at your past, you will realise all of the chances we didn't take and the experiences we missed out on. Stop living life with the naïve notion that there will always be enough time to get to these things tomorrow.

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32 Random Facts about Men

32 Random Facts about Men

In Old English, human men were referred to aswer, while the term man was used to describe humanity as a whole. During the thirteenth century, man gradually replaced wer as the term for an adult human male while also maintaining its use as an expression for the entire human species.^c

Worldwide, there are approximately 107 baby boys born for every 100 baby girls. Scientists believe the elevated birth rate in favor of boys may be linked to the higher mortality rates of boys in infancy and childhood.^a

Globally, boy babies are 25% more likely to die in infancy than girl babies.^a

Average height today for men in the U.S. is just over 5' 9" (175 cm) and average weight is approximately 190 pounds (86 kg). In 1960, average height for men was about 5' 8" (172 cm) and average weight was just over 166 pounds (75 kg).^e

Worldwide, men have a life expectancy of 64.52 years, as compared to a life expectancy of 68.76 years for women.^e

The most common cause of death for men in the U.S. is heart disease (the same as for women), and the average age of a first heart attack for men is just 66 years.^e

In the U.S., men have higher death rates for all of the 15 leading causes of death (with the exception of Alzheimer’s disease) and die more than five years younger than women.^e

The brains of adult men are about 10% larger in total size than the brains of women

The brains of adult men are about 10% larger in total size than the brains of women. Because men generally have a larger stature and more muscle mass than women, their brains require more neurons to control the body.^a

Scientists have discovered than men's and women’s brains actually function somewhat differently. When focused on a task, men tend to use only one side of their brain at a time, devoting all of their attention and concentration to the task at hand. Women, on the other hand, tend to use both sides of the brain at the same time, making them more adept at "multi-tasking.”^a

The word “boy” has been in recorded use since A.D. 1154 as a descriptive term for a male child. The exact etymology of the word is unclear, but it is believed to have descended from the Anglo-Saxon word boia, meaning “servant” or “farm worker.”^c

Boys typically experience puberty between the ages of 12 and 14, a time in which the voice changes to its lower timbre, growth spurts occur, and the secondary sex characteristics begin to develop. Puberty for boys generally occurs later than in girls of the same age group.^e

While both boys’ and girls’ voices will change during puberty, the change in a boy’s voice is dramatic, sometimes dropping a whole octave in tone. Males in other species develop a deeper voice to attract females and intimidate other males, and scientists believe the change in the male human voice evolved for the same reasons.^a

The “Adam’s apple,” or laryngeal prominence in the neck, is a feature primarily unique to adult men and is a result of the growth of the larynx during puberty. The term is derived from the Biblical account of Adam eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.^c

In most cultures throughout the world, boys historically experienced a rite of passage that marked their transition into the lives of adult men. Examples of traditional rites of passage include the Bar Mitzvah in Judaism, the “vision quest” in many American Indian tribes, and circumcision rites in many African cultures.^f

Worldwide, approximately one-third of men have been circumcised

Approximately 56% of boy babies born in the U.S. are circumcised at birth, representing a decline of 20% since 1950. Worldwide, approximately one-third of men have been circumcised.^e

In terms of absolute size and in proportion to overall body mass, the human penis is longer and thicker than that of any other primate.^e

For approximately the first six weeks after conception, all human embryos develop as a default female child, primarily taking genetic information from the mother’s DNA. After the sixth week of development, if the embryo is male, the SRY gene on the Y chromosome will begin to produce androgens, primarily testosterone, that encourage the development of male characteristics and inhibit the further development of female characteristics.^a

The biological symbol for the male sex, a circle with a small arrow protruding from it, is also the symbol for the planet Mars. The two components of the symbol are designed to represent the shield and spear of Mars, the Roman god of war.^a

Boys are three to four times more likely to be diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders than girls. While experts do not yet have a solid answer for the obvious gender discrepancy, some believe that girls with mild autism may be better able to mask their symptoms and thus go undiagnosed.^b

Teenage boys are four times more likely than girls to drop out of school and represent more than 75% of the children referred to special education in the U.S.^b

Boys are approximately three times more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than girls are.^b

While men currently represent an even 50% of the U.S. workforce, they account for 94% of all on-the-job fatalities.^d

Prior to the 1900s, male nurses vastly outnumbered female nurses in almost every country

Prior to the 1900s, male nurses were far more common than female nurses in nearly every country in the world. In current times, men now make up only 5.4% of registered nurses in the U.S. and only 13% of new nursing students in the now-female-dominated field.^d

Men are nearly three times more likely than women to abuse alcohol and twice as likely to abuse recreational drugs like marijuana and cocaine.^a

Higher levels of testosterone in boys and men generally cause greater levels of aggression, competition, self-assertion, and self-reliance than in women. In addition, the amygdala (the part of the brain involved in producing emotion) is typically larger in males, resulting in more aggressive, uncontrollable emotions.^a

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, men are four times more likely than women to be murdered and 10 times more likely to commit murder. Both female and male offenders are more likely to target male victims.^h

In nearly every country in the world, men are more than twice as likely to commitsuicide than women. In some countries (such as Russia and Brazil), suicide rates among men are up to six times higher than those for women.^e

The average adult male has about 50% more muscle mass and 50% less body fat than the average adult female.^a

Of the more than 151 million men currently living in the U.S., approximately 64.3 million are fathers.^g

The word “dad” entered the English language in the sixteenth century and is believed to have originated from the Welsh word tad, meaning father. The word “father” comes from the Old English term faeder and was first used in the 1500s.^c

Approximately 140,000 men are stay-at-home fathers in the United States

According to a 2008 estimate, there are approximately 140,000 stay-at-home fathers in the U.S. who are the primary caretakers for their children while their wives work outside the home.^g

The first Father’s Day celebration in the U.S. was held on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, Washington, and was conceived of by Sondra Dodd. After listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909, Dodd wished to have a day of recognition for her father as well. Father’s Day became a nationally celebrated holiday in 1972 when the third Sunday in June was designated by public law as a day of recognition for fathers.^g

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References

^a Barash, David P. and Judith Eve Lipton. 2001. Gender Gap: The Biology of Male-Female Differences. Transaction Publishers.

^b Kipnis, Aaron. 1999. Angry Young Men: How Parents, Teachers, and Counselors Can Help Bad Boys Become Good Men. Jossey-Bass.

^c Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. s.v. “man.”

^d Reskin, Barbara F. and Irene Padavic. 2002. Women and Men at Work. Sage Publications.

^e Simon, Harvey B. 2004. The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men's Health: Lessons from the Harvard Men's Health Studies. Free Press.

^f Stephenson, Bret. 2006. From Boys to Men: Spiritual Rites of Passage in an Indulgent Age. Inner Traditions International, Limited.

^g U.S. Census Bureau. 2009. “Father’s Day: June 21, 2009.” Accessed: April 13, 2009.

^h U.S Department of Justice. 2005. “Homicide Trends in the U.S.” Accessed: May 21, 2009.

How Much Sex Is Too Much Sex?

There isn’t a magic number—but if you’ve got one in mind, it might lead to bedroom boredom

“More bang for your buck” might not apply in bed: Having lots of sex could make you enjoy it less, finds new research from Carnegie Mellon University. 

In the study, married couples who got busy at least once a month, but no more than three times per week, were split into two groups. Some pairs were asked to double their sex rate, while the rest kept their habits the same.

After 3 months, couples who boosted their boning reported having less desire for sex than they had at the beginning of the experiment.

The reason makes sense: Being told exactly when to get it on isn’t very enticing. Since couples had to keep track of their sexcapades, that pressure took away from the fun, explains study coauthor George Loewensteinm, Ph.D.

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Maybe you’re not trying to meet a weekly quota like the people in the study. But chances are you’ve attempted to ramp up your romping to make sex hotter.

That’s a mistake: Sexual frequency has nothing to do with your pleasure or satisfaction, says Men’s Health Sex Professor Debby Herbenick, Ph.D., author of The Coregasm Workout.

If you and you partner have sex often because you both want to, of course you should keep it up, says Herbenick. But it doesn’t matter if your magic number is less than your buddy’s as long as it works for you, she says.

To bring your sex life to new heights, forget quantity and focus on quality. Herbenick says the key to having exceptional sex is in the connection.

“Be open to one another,” she says. “Treat your partner like a person rather than a porn star—unless that's what you two are into.”

Enjoy each other’s company before things get steamy. Set the mood with candles, take a bath or shower together, or play sexy music, Herbenick advises.

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