market economy

In a market economy, the advantages seem to greatly outweigh the disadvantages. With six advantages versus four disadvantages, the comparison is blatantly obvious. Clearly, a market economy is the most stable and economically solid economic system. 

I think the key advantage of a market economy is that there is an incredible variety of goods and services which better the economic system. With such a diverse product market available to the consumers, almost anything desired can be obtained. This is especially true with the ability to customize needs and wants. 

Recently, I was able to custom design a t-shirt for the yearbook staff and even further customize the design by making three separate shirts that indicate "editors" on the sleeve. With the availability of custom made things like screen-printing, any consumer can get exactly what they want and how they want it to look. With the digital advantages and technological advances, anyone can even create their own unique designs and transfer them into a screen print and into a shirt by simply scanning it and digitizing the image. 

I greatly appreciate the advances which are readily available to consumers. Businesses, such as custom screen-printing have only become big within the past few years.... I wonder what the next opportunity in business will be, taking into consideration the conditioning advances in technology?

the true cost of opportunity

Every time I look in the mirror, I see the reflection and the repercussions of each choice I have had to make in my life. From sports, to school, to my own health, each of my choices have led me down a different path in the road forks of life. Sometimes, I wonder what would happen if I hadn't made some of these decisions.

The biggest decision I have made in my life is the way I live it and my health. For the past few years I have sacrificed my heath for the sports I love. In eighth grade I first began to experience the repercussions of the strain I have put on my body. Playing volleyball year-round and running track killed my back. So when it came time for high school, my parents made me choose: volleyball or track. I chose volleyball and my opportunity cost turned out to be my ability and love of the track. As an avid runner, I love the competition and the concise victory that comes with every win of track. I lost this individual champion experience when I chose volleyball. 

Lately, two concussions and three rolled ankles, paired with months of physical therapy to continue to excel, I risk injuring myself every day I step out on the court. In fact, last night I got a hairline fracture in my index finger from blocking. (This typing this is a slight struggle). Yet, I take this risk because I love what I do. And my opportunity cost is my prolonged health. My doctors have told me that my brain will never been as intelligent as it once was, and that getting another serious concussion could cause some serious damage and probably require surgery. They have also warned me that if i roll my right ankle one more time, I will have to get a pin in it. Yet, I am 17 and the only thing I do not fear, is injury. Sometimes it hits me, and I worry, but so far, it has been worth the risk. Five colleges have offered me playing spots for next year. 

If I do play volleyball next year in college, I may have to leave my family in order to do so. I have traveled a lot and that has never been a problem for me. But this summer, I first experienced true homesickness and I'm not sure if I can handle that going forward. 

So now I am faced with a choice, will I be able to make a decision that could forever change my life? Can I leave everything I know and love to follow the thing I love the most in this world? My dad did it, so maybe, I can too. 

scarcity of time

Time is such a precious resource. We fail, as a people, to realize the fact that there is truly not enough time in our lives do to everything we possibly can. Individually, I fail to be able to complete all my necessary daily work, from schoolwork to athletics,with the time there is in the day. Compound this with an obvious lack of sleep, and time becomes my most needed commodity. 






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