Short Essays on Chores, What Makes Me Happy? and, My Favorite Book

Chores
Working moms are getting more common in the modern society. They have to work hard and do a lot of chores at home at the same time. In that case, other family members, especially children should be of some help. By helping parents with the chores, they will learn about house upkeep and grow a sense of responsibility and belonging to the family.

Firstly, too much work will make moms stressful and exhausted. They have to raise the kids, keep the house tidy and nice; they also have to work in the society to make ends meet. Excessive work would cause both physical and mental problem, which in turn will affect the family. If children help moms do proper chores, all the family members’ lives will be improved.

Secondly, Chores are a teaching tool for preparing a child to someday care for himself. Once they become adults, they are bound to live by their own and run their own family. Parents should teach them how to live independently and make sure to model for their children that they also have responsibilities.

Lastly, doing chores will make children feel more responsible. People don’t love a place where they get things, but they would love somewhere they made sacrifice and efforts before. When children finish the chores, they feel as if they were productive and important to the family and they did something that grownups usually do. That makes them feel responsible to the family.

To conclude, children doing chores at home will reduce parents’ burden, prepare them for their future life, and grow a sense of responsibility. Children who do chores will understand their parents, family and life better.

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What Makes Me Happy?
There are various definitions of happiness. Being wealthy, having lots of friends, doing exercises to keep healthy…These days, people are getting lost in the fast-paced society, it seems almost impossible to care about their own happiness. In fact, happiness is very easy to achieve if you know how to savor everyday moments, have meaningful goals, and cherish the people around you.

Firstly, stop complaining and whining about how miserable life is. Learn to enjoy each moment, admire flowers along the road, or watch children at play will make you feel more optimistic about life. People have hurried through too many beautiful things that would have made them happier.

Secondly, People who strive for something significant, whether it’s learning a new craft or raising moral children, are far happier than those who don’t have strong dreams or aspirations. Humans, we actually require a sense of meaning to thrive. Set up a meaningful goal, make efforts to realize it, then you will harvest happiness during the process.

Lastly, happier people tend to have good families, friends, and supportive relationships. Meanwhile, if you have caring families and friends around you, naturally you will be happier. Taking good care of the family, and being nice to friends is the easiest way to be happy.

Being happy is not as difficult as it looks. Cherish all the small but worthwhile things in life, keep an optimistic mind, and then happiness will be accessible easily.
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My Favorite Book
Books are a classic way to gain knowledge and experience different lives. I enjoy reading for fun. My favorite book is Harry Potter, written by J.K Rowling. I pick it as my favorite book for its vivid characters, colorful adventures and well-hidden hints that foreshadowing the story.

The books of Harry Potter have the most complex characters and a wide variety of different personalities. For instance, Hagrid in the story as the goalkeeper of Hogwarts, is helpful and warm-hearted. But on the other hand, he is careless and makes mistakes sometimes. Also, even the evil people can get scared by the wakening of their conscious conscience.

Another important reason is that the story is full of thrilling adventures. The dragon ride, the search underwater, wizards’ world cup… all those journey make the books more appealing. Of course, they were all created by the amazing imagination of the author. They are exactly the attractions for children who are bored with schoolwork and dull text books.

Last but not least, is the magnificent writing skill of the author that led the books to huge success. Rowling left lots of hints about the characters ending in the end, even from the very first book. Sometimes certain details baffle readers at first, but when they continue reading; all the riddles will be solved one by one, leaving the readers in awe for the brilliance of the author.

Harry Potter is an amazing work. Not to mention the character description, imaginative adventures and story arrangement. I wish there will be more works like it and overwhelm my mind.

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