This essay, "Where I Lived, and What I Lived for" by Henry David Thoreau is about how he wanted to live a simple life. He went to the woods to find out what life is about. He wanted to do things that are very useful in living, "I wish to practice resignation, unless it is quite neccessary," (Thoreau, 2007). Thoreau wanted to give up many things unless it is essential for him to live in this world. I can somehow see the connection of Thoreau's essay to my blog's topic. He wanted to reduce his works to its proportion to save some energy. he did not want to waste any of his energy; therefore he did not want to use up a lot of things that involves electricity. Unlike in our generation, most people multi-task almost every day, instead of working one thing at a time, they are doing many things at the same time. Working many things at the same time can waste a lot of energy and electricity, which Thoreau was trying to point out in his essay. He wanted for himself and for other people to live simple and try to do one thing at a time, which can help us and to conserve electricity.
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Thoreau, Henry D. (2007). Where I Lived, What I Lived for. In S. Cohen, 50 Essays (pp. 424- 430). Boston: Bedford St. Martin's.
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