Tuesday, December 1, 2009
21: Blog Evaluation
I really enjoyed doing this blog actually. The problem is that i want people to read it so bad and it usually doesn't happen. I feel like i might need to give my blog address to my mom to read. I can see why people don't read it though because i have no desire to read everybody esle's blog. Its just nice to get things out there though. I think that this works well as a type of journal. Its fun to go back and see what went through your mind during the past and how you handled situations that are popping into your life again. Like we talked about in class its nice to know that your not the only one who goes through certain problems in life. I believe we write in journals to realize later on that we are not going through things for the first time and that our previous self went through the same thing. We'll see if i keep doing it it just depends on if i have an audience after this. Thanks so much for having us do this though Sister Steadman i was blown away by this assignment at first thinking it a bit random. It was perfect though. It helped get my writing skills up a bit without the problems of essays and works cited pages uggghhh.
20: Getting Ahead of Yourself
This is my last post. I am so close to being done. All i have to do is get to the bottom of this paragraph and i'll be... wait i still have to do that blog evaluation. Don't you hate that when you feel like your done with something and you realize there's more to go. For example, i graduated from high school and realized i still had four years of college and a masters degree or two and then i have to work. Heck i am already ready planning what i am going to do during retirement and i haven't even started working yet. I guess the best thing to do is enjoy the journey. I GET to go college and then i GET to work.
Another time when i hate jumping ahead of myself is when during the week you get a day a ahead. That's the worse because according to your mind its the end of thursday and Friday along with the weekend is just around the corner. One time on the show "The Office" Jim tricked Dwight into thinking that it was Friday instead of Thursday. I felt so bad for Dwight because i'd been there so many times and it didn't even take anyone tricking me to do it. Like i said though enjoy the journey and make weekdays just as fun as weekend and you don't have to worry about what day it is.
Another time when i hate jumping ahead of myself is when during the week you get a day a ahead. That's the worse because according to your mind its the end of thursday and Friday along with the weekend is just around the corner. One time on the show "The Office" Jim tricked Dwight into thinking that it was Friday instead of Thursday. I felt so bad for Dwight because i'd been there so many times and it didn't even take anyone tricking me to do it. Like i said though enjoy the journey and make weekdays just as fun as weekend and you don't have to worry about what day it is.
19: The Best of Times: All About Your Attitude
Today i got the chance to go to the weekly BYU devotional given by the presiding bishop H. David Burton. He spoke on something that was very interesting to me. He said that these can be the best of times or the worst of times quoting the famous line from history. He also said that we decide if it the best of times or not through our attitude. Do we view life with the glass half full or half empty. This made me think about how we can look at our lives here at college. We could say that all we do all day is study and it seems like we just want to get school over with. This was my attitude in high schoo. Just get the grade and i don't care what else i get out of it.
Recently though especially here at Brigham Young University i have adopted the attitude of President Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the first presidency who gave a talk in priesthood session of general conferece. He said that in times of adversity its best to do two things: work and learn. He went on later to talk about learning and how he had a friend with his own desk at home where he could study and he was so jealous of that. I realized at that point that he truly loved to learn and that i could do the same. As i ahve applied this i have realized that school is almost fun now. I get excited to learn new things and therefore i wake up everyday happy to be at an institution such as BYU. Its all about attitude.
Recently though especially here at Brigham Young University i have adopted the attitude of President Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the first presidency who gave a talk in priesthood session of general conferece. He said that in times of adversity its best to do two things: work and learn. He went on later to talk about learning and how he had a friend with his own desk at home where he could study and he was so jealous of that. I realized at that point that he truly loved to learn and that i could do the same. As i ahve applied this i have realized that school is almost fun now. I get excited to learn new things and therefore i wake up everyday happy to be at an institution such as BYU. Its all about attitude.
18: My Own Best Critic
Hahahaha so guess what i just found out. I was posting my last blog called "shorts" and i saw the comment box at the bottom. I had never thought about leaving a comment for myself so i tried it to see if it would work. Sure enough i am the first person to comment on my own blog today. Kinda weird but i thought i could make a connection with that to life.
I often found that in sports my harshest critic was none other than myself. I knew what i did wrong and how i needed to fix it. I would get so frutrated with myself and realize later on that what i was mad about was not even that big of a deal. I also noticed this in school. If i didn't get a good grade on a test only i knew if i had given my best effort and usually i felt that i didn't. My point in this is that its important to ask for guidance and help from others, but its almost more important to take a step back and look at things for yourself. You know what you've done worng and you also know how you've done that same thing the right way in the past. Don't be afraid to be harsh on yourself because its better to be too caring than to not care enough.
In life its important to set goals. Since you are the only one who can set reasonable goals for yourself you are also the only one who can know if you've done your best to acheive those goals. Be honest with yourself because if you try and sugar coat it the only person that is hurt by it is yourself. So comment on your own blog every once in a while it helps.
I often found that in sports my harshest critic was none other than myself. I knew what i did wrong and how i needed to fix it. I would get so frutrated with myself and realize later on that what i was mad about was not even that big of a deal. I also noticed this in school. If i didn't get a good grade on a test only i knew if i had given my best effort and usually i felt that i didn't. My point in this is that its important to ask for guidance and help from others, but its almost more important to take a step back and look at things for yourself. You know what you've done worng and you also know how you've done that same thing the right way in the past. Don't be afraid to be harsh on yourself because its better to be too caring than to not care enough.
In life its important to set goals. Since you are the only one who can set reasonable goals for yourself you are also the only one who can know if you've done your best to acheive those goals. Be honest with yourself because if you try and sugar coat it the only person that is hurt by it is yourself. So comment on your own blog every once in a while it helps.
17: Shorts
Haha i am loving winter time in Utah. I wore shorts to class today for the first time in a long time. I was so excited because that was all i used to where until i came up here. In fact all throughout middle school i wore jeans once when my mom forced me to since i was sick on a rainy day. I can't quite explain just how much better it feels to be wearing shorts than pants. It reminds me of the summers in California at the beach or just playing soccer. The only thing other than school shorts that i would where is soccer shorts. The problem with those is that they have no pockets so as i went through high school i didn't carry my phone around much. I soon became known as the kid who would never answer his phone. Just leave a message after the beep and i might get back to you.
Shorts have affected all parts of my life. Some of my greatest memories with friends can be associated with the shorts i wore. For example, on my first date with this girl from home it happened to be a double date with my best friend. He showed up at my house ready to go and luckily we realized that we had the SAME EXACT pair of shorts on. To this day i still have those shorts and there were many times in high school that we'd make the same mistake of not coordinating or outfits. It didn't help that we walked everywhere together.
Another peculiar thing about shorts is that there are certain pairs that just don't shape right after the first wash and some that can go on forever. One pair of shorts that i just got rid of lasted me through all of high school and some of middle school to. It helps that i haven't grown at all since eighth grade and i never will again. Other pairs that i fully expected to be awesome would wind up being way to short or just uncomfortable after the first wash or two. Its funny to see how one item of clothing can make an impression on your life, but look back and see what it was for you that was so important in your image. Who knows maybe it was jeans for you or a certain pair of shoes. All in all its important to realize that as long as you are fine with how you look that's all that matters.
Shorts have affected all parts of my life. Some of my greatest memories with friends can be associated with the shorts i wore. For example, on my first date with this girl from home it happened to be a double date with my best friend. He showed up at my house ready to go and luckily we realized that we had the SAME EXACT pair of shorts on. To this day i still have those shorts and there were many times in high school that we'd make the same mistake of not coordinating or outfits. It didn't help that we walked everywhere together.
Another peculiar thing about shorts is that there are certain pairs that just don't shape right after the first wash and some that can go on forever. One pair of shorts that i just got rid of lasted me through all of high school and some of middle school to. It helps that i haven't grown at all since eighth grade and i never will again. Other pairs that i fully expected to be awesome would wind up being way to short or just uncomfortable after the first wash or two. Its funny to see how one item of clothing can make an impression on your life, but look back and see what it was for you that was so important in your image. Who knows maybe it was jeans for you or a certain pair of shoes. All in all its important to realize that as long as you are fine with how you look that's all that matters.
Monday, November 30, 2009
16: Time's Fun When Your Having Flies
There are only eight days left in the semester and the year has gone by so quickly. The first few weeks took about two months it seemed but as soon as i got settled in, October blew by and November is now complete. I can only imagine how fast the next semester will go and then a mission will be just around the corner. It is weird to think that every stage of my life has a time limit on it now. The clock is just ticking away until the next level.
My dad used to mess up the saying time flies when your having fun and would say "time's fun when your having flies". That is kinda random but i thought this title might get your attention more than the generic way. All i can say about life is that in order to feel like you are moving with the pace you have to set reachable goals that you can use to measure how well you are doing in life. I have seen this alot in college with those goals that i have acheived and those that i never even got close to finishing. Make goals that could raise the bar in your life and then use them to actually raise that bar.
My dad used to mess up the saying time flies when your having fun and would say "time's fun when your having flies". That is kinda random but i thought this title might get your attention more than the generic way. All i can say about life is that in order to feel like you are moving with the pace you have to set reachable goals that you can use to measure how well you are doing in life. I have seen this alot in college with those goals that i have acheived and those that i never even got close to finishing. Make goals that could raise the bar in your life and then use them to actually raise that bar.
15: Pick On Someone Your Own Size
"I'm not giving up on this one that would be humiliating"
"O come on you can't get out of this one" My 13 year old cousin had me in a head lock on the floor. He wrestled for his school but that was no excuse to lose to him i weighed 40 lbs more than him. It was a pretty good head lock though. The only option was to use my weight to push through it. As i shoved him underneath me i got closer and closer to getting out of it but it came at a price. He held harder and harder and the strain on my neck was painful. Finally i got my arms around him and from there it wasn't too much trouble to push him aside.
Once i got him off of me i proceeded to make sure that he knew who was boss and just laid on top of him for a couple of minutes until i got bored. Yep i had won but what did i win. My neck was hurting and i had only beaten him by a final push. There was no way to truly win that fight. Even if i dominated him it was my thirteen year old cousin. Anyways i realized that day that its best to pick on someone your own size and that i wasn't quite as young as i used to be haha. My neck killed for the next few days and i had a huge knot that reminded me of how dumb it was to try and get something out of competing against someone i was already supposed to beat.
"O come on you can't get out of this one" My 13 year old cousin had me in a head lock on the floor. He wrestled for his school but that was no excuse to lose to him i weighed 40 lbs more than him. It was a pretty good head lock though. The only option was to use my weight to push through it. As i shoved him underneath me i got closer and closer to getting out of it but it came at a price. He held harder and harder and the strain on my neck was painful. Finally i got my arms around him and from there it wasn't too much trouble to push him aside.
Once i got him off of me i proceeded to make sure that he knew who was boss and just laid on top of him for a couple of minutes until i got bored. Yep i had won but what did i win. My neck was hurting and i had only beaten him by a final push. There was no way to truly win that fight. Even if i dominated him it was my thirteen year old cousin. Anyways i realized that day that its best to pick on someone your own size and that i wasn't quite as young as i used to be haha. My neck killed for the next few days and i had a huge knot that reminded me of how dumb it was to try and get something out of competing against someone i was already supposed to beat.
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