*Into the Uknown plays in the background* I think that we have had enough catchy Frozen songs to last a lifetime but what she says about going into the unknown is true. There are times when we have to face the unknown when we have to face our futures. Today, I met with my school advisor and she gave me the day I am going to graduate from college with my bachelor’s in communication. When anyone asks me what I feel about this, I always tell them, “a bit excited and a bit terrified.” Truth is that I have no clue about the type of future that I want. I…
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How to Forgive Yourself in Six Easy Steps
New Year’s Resolutions can be hard to keep. People have the tendency to stop working on themselves as short as a month into the year. When it comes to breaking those resolutions, you need to forgive yourself and retry those goals for the year. Here are some easy steps to forgive yourself when you have broken those resolutions and what you can do to get back on the wagon. Acknowledge your mistakes Most professionals will tell you that admitting your mistakes and taking responsibility is the first step to any type of forgiveness. One way you may do this is by saying it out loud. By admitting them out loud,…
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The History of New Year’s Resolutions
The New Year’s resolution has had an interesting history. From what scholars are saying, it dates back to the time of the ancient Babalyonians almost 4,000 years ago. Instead of January being the beginning of their year, it was actually during March when they planted their crops. They held a big celebration and made promises to their Gods. They promised to repay their debts and return borrowed goods. If they had kept their promises throughout the year, the Gods would favor them and if not, they would lose their favor and the Gods would have wrath upon them. During this time they would also sustain their king or crown a…
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I Want Confidence
I love journalism. I may have mentioned this before, but I haven’t mentioned that I worked on my school newspaper in high school. It sounds impressive but in reality, I only published one or two stories that year. One of those reasons was because I was afraid of the teacher. I was afraid that she would hate my story and critique it to the point where I would hate myself. My crippling self-confidence stopped me from trying to become a better journalist. I am not the same person that I was then. I am different. I have more confidence. But back then, it seemed like the only thing that was…
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Three Ways You Can Become Motivated
I’m surprised by the motivation to do my blog every week. When I first started writing my blog, I thought that it is only going to last a couple of weeks or months. I didn’t think that I would get to the point where I would be almost one year done with blogging. Keeping up the motivation for this blog hasn’t been easy. There have been many times when I have told myself that skipping a week won’t matter. No one will care if I don’t write for just one week. I remember a couple of months ago I thought about what would happen if I quit. But the truth…
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An Introduction to Authenticity
Do you wonder how to be authentic and live your truest life? Click to read more.
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Why is Love Important?
In many ways, this is a hard question. We don’t think about love as something that is important although we know it is. When thinking about this question, you might feel stumped. I know I did. Love has been a big part of my life and in many ways, I have shown my love for multiple people. But why is it important? In one day, how often do you show love? In my average day, I show my love to sleeping, school, by helping random strangers when they need help, my family when I call about their day, to my friends when I talk to them. On any occasion, I…
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4 Things I Learned Last Year
It has crossed my mind many times just how much each topic I have written about in the past five months have related to each other. As I considered this, I often wondered if connecting the topics together would result in a bigger learning opportunity and teach me more about each topic. For those who don’t know, so far we have talked about courage, creativity, gratitude, hope, and finally change. At first, when I was looking at each of the topics I was going to write about it didn’t seem as though any of these would cross over into the other categories. But as I started writing each topic, I…
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How to Create Change
I am an introvert. That means that I get most of my energy from being alone and that when I spend time with people I tend to get tired. This doesn’t mean that I don’t like people, I do, I just want to be alone more often then I want to be with others. This has created problems for me in the past. I have never wanted to put myself out there or do things that make me surrounded by people all the time. Every time an opportunity like that comes around, I want to go hide away and hope that I don’t regret it later. And then I take…
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The Secret of Succesful Change
Have you ever played a sport? One that required teamwork and perseverance in order to do well. When playing on that team, did you ever take over for a more experienced player? That change is exactly what Jarod felt when he moved from junior varsity to varsity for lacrosse. At the same time, he replaced the school’s star player, who had just graduated. When Jarod joined the new team, he found that his fear of failure was constantly running through the back of his mind. “The fear of failing with everyone’s expectations kind of got inside my head,” Jarod said. “I think at first [people’s] expectations pushed me to…
