I have made a few major, everlasting changes in my life the past few years. After my aunt passed away this past April from cancer, I felt it crucial that I start taking my life and health to a completely new level. My aunts not the first in my family to be taken by this incurable disease, my grandparents and another one of my aunts fell victim to this as well. I had to put my foot down. I refuse to potential get infected by something like this. Life is too short, for an individual to not try to prevent this. My awareness to the severity of cancer had been with me since I was a child. I knew that many older people had it. However, what I did not find out until I was older (thanks to the Breast Cancer Awareness ads) was that young people got cancer too, cancer is curable and you could prevent it. So I took it upon myself as a young adult to get examined and make sure my diet was steady, my emotional state balanced, and my mind was filled with positive things. I see so many people fight this disease and it is encouraging. The message my family and these ads sent out was that there is hope and a way to get better and live a long and healthy life. I have kept this mentality about my health, diet and lifestyle for 4 years now. I go to the gym on a daily basis and I eat many organic and rich foods. I donate money to the American Breast Cancer associations and I must admit I have purchased pink tennis balls from “Wilson” to help contribute in the fight against Cancer. So I guess I succeeded in the five steps in the behavior change process: awareness, knowledge and beliefs, behavioral skills, self-efficiency and supports for sustaining the changes. It takes a lot of time and effort to really change your self and influence the lives of those around you.