In YOLO We Trust: Why This Acronym Will Change Your Life
The following is a school project I did for my Composition class this year, as we were continuing our unit on Argumentative Writing. Enjoy! You could take it from Drake, but I truly believe that “You Only Live Once” (or YOLO) is “The Motto” that all generations need. First and foremost, it gives us new light of the life we should be living. Of course, that means it lets us know that we should be aware of our one only life. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” The meaning of this quote is as true as YOLO, as well as its predecessor carpe diem , but it also reminds us that learning is a big part of our lives. As for the first half of Gandhi’s quote, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow”, this might as well be his version of YOLO. Being aware of the fact that you will die races us to figure out what must come next in our lives, which brings me to the next point: productivity. Today’s society faces