Journal #13 American Dream

I think that the American Dream today is very different from all the other decades. Our American dream is to be successfull, and to be successful today is to make money. People are always wanting more and more, more money to buy more clothes, to buy a bigger house, to have more cars. It is always more. The American Dream has become very materialistic. In the decades prior I think the American Dream had to do with having a good family and having your kids be able to grow up and follow in your foot steps. It was more about things like love, and family, and how good of a person you were. It was not just about things and money. I do not totally agree with what our society has become and that we are so materialistic, but I know that I want to make a lot of money and that I want to be succesfull. I started working not even a week after I turned sixteen because I was I guess eager to start the American Dream...I want to have my own money so that I can buy my own things. It is just a lot better to have more financial stability and knowing that you have money to go out and do what you want to on the weekens and know you have money to buy those new jeans you wanted. It is actually pretty sad that our society is so wrapped up in what people think and the matarial things that in the grand scheme of things do not matter the least bit. Things like family are love and having your children succeed are more important. People want to be the best and right now to be the best it takes money and having the best things not just having a good family in being happy. At the end of the day though money is not what is important...having a family that loves you or even a dog that loves you is more important than money. People need to focus more on the important things in life not just the material ones.