Thrive Well --- A fresh take on longevity, education and community.

While majoring in Health Education at Linfield College one of the key factors that we were taught is that diseases are chronic because healthy lifestyles weren't practiced in a person's life. For example unhealthy eating, stressful lives, and unhealthy relationships. I've found this to be true for both Health and Finances. Here in America, especially where I live in California its good to be aware of how easy it is to be sold consumer goods and services. Fast food corporations, rising gas, designer wear, and inflation in its self are all factors we must be attuned to. What I've picked up from our capitalist society is that we're a program by our culture, what others have and well-paid marketers to want new and flashy objects. Most of these objects can be obtained through credit cards or loans. They offer us quick fix self-gratification, with lingering financial devastation. We are always being sold something, so we're bound to spend, spend, spend. Those who ...