Essay On My Family Culture

My family if we go as far back as ancestry, we can date the Stewart’s back to Scotland and my grandmother her family originates from Sweden. I tend to think most of my family originated in the United states though, our ancestry dates far back to being in America is believe around the seventeen hundreds. Since my family has had most of their roots in America for so long the best way to describe my ethno culture in my opinion is to say it is in line with modern day Americans. I interviewed my grand parents, I chose them because they have lived a longer life than say my parents and have built more of a culture. They also have the knowledge bank and intelligence to address deep questions.

Familial beliefs regarding HEALTH/health and ILLNESS/illness

I thought my self how incredibly crazy I had sounded, of course they do just because they are their parents were not from another country did not make them culture-less. To answer the question my grandfather and grandmother are both culturally consistent. There was a question on the interview paper that said what religion do they come from and believe in and for both it was protestant Christian. Religion is such a huge aspect of culture for many people. This is know has been a consistent force throughout my lineage. As long as I have known my grandparents and other relatives they have always been religious. Like many other families in America my family also always participated in Thanksgiving, from the classic turkey all the way to the pies. I feel as the years have gone on my Grandmother and grandfather have never really cared much higher for eating healthy, exercising, or even some forms of meditation. Unfortunately they have been culturally consistent with not caring much for health and keeping the same habits. Things have not changed for my relatives because you cannot make someone do something they do not want to do. My grandmother and death grandfather enjoy the health culture they have now. Though my feeling on it is that they may not want to change because they are not aware of the benefits

This does not mean that I do not have my days, where I am feeling careless. My family has never actively sought out ways to take care of their health, where as I do. I do my absolute best to eat healthier, exercise often, and put my body and mind first. I believe that health is empowering, makes you feel your absolute best. As humans we should always be looking for better ways to take our health to the next level, whether that be exercising, getting more sleep, eating good better, or meditation. I feel I have taken my health more seriously because I have more resources at my finger print. My grand parents said illness is not being able to live life the way you see fit. The interesting thing about that Is everyone’s perception of living life is different. This is a clear distinction for me, illness Is simply feeling unwell. This ranges from the common cold to cancer, it’s obvious that these two things game are drastically different. Illness could mean you aren’t performing at your absolute best version of