Loren+S.

**"Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing"** **The one virtue I chose out of Benjamin Franklin's Thirteen Virtues is frugality. Frugality means to make no expense but to do good to others or to yourself; waste nothing. I chose frugality because I feel like I need to be nicer and do good to others more often. I feel like I think of myself more than others sometimes and I would like to fix that. Frugality also means to waste nothing, but on very many occasions I tend to waste many things. The main thing is probably food, when there are starving kids all over the world. I take advantage of the fact that I can eat whenever I want and there are kids that rarely eat.

There are a few ways I plan on changing the way I am. I need to be more frugal throughout my life to make it better for myself and others. I need to start being nice to others more often and stop being so selfish. I also need to think of the less priveledged people in the world and not take advantage of what I have.**

Update #1: I have been working on my frugality towards other people and the way I treat others. I think I have improved since the beginning of this project and I like the progress out of it. Just a few things here and there are what really help and these past few days my mother even pointed it out to me that I have been nicer to others. I usually pick on my sisters but I have learned to treat others the way I'd like to be treated.

Update #2: This past friday a girl I knew passed away and it was very heart breaking. It seems awful that a tragedy like this is something that makes people realize what they have and how lucky they are to be here, but it truly has opened my eyes to many things. I spent most of my weekend with my family because you never know when they'll be gone. I treat others the way I would like to be treated and I hope to continue this. You never know when it will be the last time you'll see someone so don't take advantage of anything and be thankful for what you have. I think frugality plays a major role in this because it says to do good to others and to waste nothing, and by wasting nothing I think it means to be thankful and not take advantage of what you have, because it may be your last day, so live life to the fullest.

//Loren, I think what you wrote in your second update is so important. I know it has been a rough week, and I appreciate your honesty. You are right in that what you did over the weekend ties in with Ben Franklin's idea of frugality and not wasting time. It is so important to appreciate life. Mrs. V

Update #3: I have continued to appreciate what has been given to me and i'm not wasting any time. I have also continued to charish how lucky I am and i'm not taking advantage of anything. I have been good to others and i'm treating others the way I would like to be treated. I hope others begin to realize that they need to be nicer to others.//