Social Imagination In The Sociological Imagination

Our lives and society are much more intertwined than most people realize. It is through both experiences and social context that we are shaped as people, as well as our ideas, beliefs, and attitudes. In addition, all of this is reflected by our actions and behaviors. This is known as the concept of the social imagination, developed by sociologist C. Wright Mills. In his writing The Sociological Imagination, Mills gives his own personal definition by explaining that this perspective is “the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society” (Mills and Gitlin). This concept can be used to better understand the experiences we go through and to evaluate situations and events in our lives from a different perspective, rather
I could list pages worth of reasons so many people share this problem but to name a few there is the convenience of fast foods, the financial struggle many face when buying healthier foods being that they tend to be more expensive, and cooking becoming too demanding with the balance of obligations between work, school, parenting, etc. Becoming familiar with these troubles, I came up with solutions in my own life to overcome. I started meal prepping as a solution to every barrier; I save money and time while still eating healthy. In regards to barriers being overcome by society, I often notice the waves of change in society. By that I mean throughout these last several years in my life where I have become responsible for taking care of myself as an adult, I have noticed people have begun to care more about eating well. There are health tends and they seem to be becoming more and more common among our society. I hope one day one of these waves will stick, sparking social change and the new norm becoming healthy eating