Finding motivation in yourself is hard. We make dreams and goals of who we want to be and sometimes it can be hard to remind ourselves of those dreams. It is important to have people in our lives who can remind us of that and help to motivate us. How can we do that for others? It may seem like a hopeless task but I have narrowed it down to three points. Help them find passion in the small things When I was in junior high/high school my mom found it hard to motivate me to do homework so I could succeed. We tried everything from to-do lists to rewarding…
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You Are Not Alone in Motivation
I have always wondered how people can motivate themselves to exercise. When I exercise, it feels good for a moment and then I feel like death has personally invited me to die. Some people find their own motivation to complete spartan races and others find help in the people around them. The latter was the case for Brittanee. Brittanee is a mother of three and loves to build things. She says that while she is a mess in the kitchen, her friends rely on her to help them build and create. She also recently completed a spartan race. A spartan race is like a military obstacle race. It has many…
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Why We Need Teachers
I have always had a respect for teachers. They gain new students every year, go through the pain of trying to help them to learn, and yet they still call their students “their kids”. With all that I know of teachers, I really wanted to interview a teacher. As it so happens, my roommate, Julia, is a music education major. When I was thinking of who I would interview for the month, I asked her what she thought about education and when she answered, I knew that I had to ask her to be my interviewee. I first asked her why she chose to be a teacher. She said, “I…
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The Power of Love
At this point in time, I have written this post about five times. At first, I wanted to write about focusing on the positive instead of the negative but then realized that not everyone can focus on the positive right away and it might be the wrong thing to say. Then I wanted to talk about enveloping those with depression with love but ended up writing about how lonely it feels to have depression. In the end, I realized that I want this post to radiate positivity and give hope to those who are either dealing with depression or those who are trying to help those with depression. In the…
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How Can We Help Others With Depression?
I asked my followers on Instagram what they would like to know about depression before I started my interview for the month and I received a response that really stood out to me- “How can someone without depression understand what it feels like?” Because I have been living with depression my whole life, it never occurred to me that other people didn’t know what it was like. I felt like it was the easiest concept in the world when it is probably the hardest. So, when I started my interview with Kerri. I kept in mind that I should ask her about what others could do to understand depression more…