Who's the Boss here?!?

I took a little detour in my readings and snagged The Devil Wears Prada at the Big Book Sale hosted by the SFPL.  I'm obsessed with the writing and my ability to follow so well with the flashbacks and backtracks.  For those who do not know,  the book is about a girl working as an assistant to an impossible, demanding editor-in-chief of a major fashion magazine.  Needless to say, it's a treat to delve into another world for a few hours a day to escape my very scary reality of unemployment.  At this point, I would do anything just to have something to do outside of the house and be paid for it.  I'm crossing my fingers for the next internships I applied for and the first one back in...early August? Wow.

Trying not to let the little things get me down.  But I still need to shed a healthy stress-relieving tear sometimes.  I'm striving to remain positive and optimistic about the bleak future ahead.  With personal dilemmas and non-existent work stories, I feel staying motivated might stop me from sinking into depression and a few prayers never hurt either.

TOPIC:  Conspiracies of the food industry and control in your life

I feel I would like to have more control over my life; we all know realistically that we do not and cannot control every little detail.  So who is really controlling what you are eating?  Who has control of your decisions?  Is it you? The industry? Advertisers?  Marketing people?  Are these really your independent choices?

Of course the answer to that is YES.  It is ultimately your decision.  I don't understand why we even need to discuss this.  I've read over cases especially where nutrition is concerned like lawsuits against McDonald's for causing obesity.  Blame goes to the company because they "forced" the product onto the consumer.  To be honest,  I'm on the company's side.  They're just doing their job to survive in a free market economy.  The fact that they persuaded you to buy their product is just evidence of effective marketing.  You can always say no, you know?  There is a new bill in debate that will place the NLEA nutrition label in the FRONT of packaging.  This is in hopes that consumers are more aware of what they are buying and can make healthier choices.  Then what's the point of PDP (principal display panel), saving the marketing and design for consumers to see?  Is it really that hard to turn a package around and check out the calories?  No...plus you lose a couple more calories from exerting the energy to lift and turn the package.  Bravo to you.

So who is the boss? YOU.  And don't you forget it.  Happy grocery shopping!