Hello, strangers.
2 blog posts in one day? Crazy, I know.. but I was inspired and had to get my thoughts down before I forget them (read previous post)! :)
So, I had my first class of the fall semester today. My professor is a balding, older man, whose pants are pulled up a little too high, making them a little too short. He's somewhat serious, with a dry (but I must mention VERY funny) sense of humor and a zest for life I haven't seen in many people.He tells a lot of stories, but they are all very interesting, and I can tell he is really passionate about his career (which is a good thing, considering he's teaching us about career counseling!).
I view myself as a pretty observant person, and I noticed that my professor has these small (but pretty defined) laugh line wrinkles on the side of each of his eyes. Now, I must admit... up until this point, I feared getting wrinkles when I get older. Vain, I know.. but in my eyes, age lines seemed to be one of the worst parts of getting older. However, after seeing my professor (and his wrinkles) today, my whole view on wrinkles have changed drastically. In fact, I hope to one day have laugh line wrinkles like my professor.. because then that would mean that I lived a very happy life filled with tons of smiles and laughter.
Funny how one small observation can change your (or at least my) whole view about a topic. I hope that you too have a life filled with many happy times, evidenced by your small but very defined laugh line wrinkles later on in life! :)
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Lost Thoughts
Hello, strangers.
Ever have a day when you have trouble remembering just about anything? Yeah, well, that's the story of my life. Graduate school has officially fried my brain... My once great photographic memory has turned into a complete mushy mess of lost, unfinished thoughts...
I usually do most of my thinking before bed, and I always come up with these fantastic blog posts that I can't wait to write the next morning. I literally write out the entire post in my head, making changes to sentences and getting it perfectly organized. When I think, I see images... so I can literally see myself typing out the blog, making changes as needed, checking spelling, looking at the preview, and then hitting the "Publish Post" button... all the while feeling quite delighted with my work and myself. Then I go to sleep super excited about writing my next great post the next morning, only to wake up remembering not a thing about it... I can't even remember the topic, yet alone all the perfectly detailed sentences I had come up with. It wouldn't be so annoying if it only happened once.. but I can honestly say, this has happened to me at least 5 times since I started this blog. I want to write about interesting, yet somewhat quirky things... but I can't remember a darn thing! So, I end up with these somewhat insightful, hardly interesting blog posts. Not at all what I intended to do with this blog...
So, my new goal... REMEMBER what the heck I want to write.. Maybe I need to keep a pen and paper next to my bed... Then I can jot down the topic and kind of outline what I want to say. I would keep my computer in my room and write my blogs when I think of great topics, but the light from the computer bothers my boyfriend... and he has to work early in the morning... and I don't think he'd appreciate me running out of the room every night to come out and play on my laptop. Ha! ;)
So, hopefully, these little lost thoughts in my brain will somehow find their way back to me so that I can share with y'all my somewhat quirky, always idealistic, maybe a little funny, interesting thoughts. :)
Ever have a day when you have trouble remembering just about anything? Yeah, well, that's the story of my life. Graduate school has officially fried my brain... My once great photographic memory has turned into a complete mushy mess of lost, unfinished thoughts...
I usually do most of my thinking before bed, and I always come up with these fantastic blog posts that I can't wait to write the next morning. I literally write out the entire post in my head, making changes to sentences and getting it perfectly organized. When I think, I see images... so I can literally see myself typing out the blog, making changes as needed, checking spelling, looking at the preview, and then hitting the "Publish Post" button... all the while feeling quite delighted with my work and myself. Then I go to sleep super excited about writing my next great post the next morning, only to wake up remembering not a thing about it... I can't even remember the topic, yet alone all the perfectly detailed sentences I had come up with. It wouldn't be so annoying if it only happened once.. but I can honestly say, this has happened to me at least 5 times since I started this blog. I want to write about interesting, yet somewhat quirky things... but I can't remember a darn thing! So, I end up with these somewhat insightful, hardly interesting blog posts. Not at all what I intended to do with this blog...
So, my new goal... REMEMBER what the heck I want to write.. Maybe I need to keep a pen and paper next to my bed... Then I can jot down the topic and kind of outline what I want to say. I would keep my computer in my room and write my blogs when I think of great topics, but the light from the computer bothers my boyfriend... and he has to work early in the morning... and I don't think he'd appreciate me running out of the room every night to come out and play on my laptop. Ha! ;)
So, hopefully, these little lost thoughts in my brain will somehow find their way back to me so that I can share with y'all my somewhat quirky, always idealistic, maybe a little funny, interesting thoughts. :)
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Relationships
Hello, strangers. I've been a little MIA because of my summer classes. Grad school classes during the summer are absolutely insane. Glad they are over. :)
Anyway, I think a lot about our relationships with other people. I think I mentioned before that there are 2 things that I personally think give life meaning: 1) what you do (which I've already talked about) and 2) your relationships with others.. especially how you treat other people.
Recently, I had a friend tell me that she would never volunteer because she refuses to do work that she can't get paid for. This bothered me for 2 reasons: 1) We're going to school to be helping professionals, and we will most likely HAVE to do probono work. 2) I felt it was an incredibly selfish thing to say. I know I made a judgment, but at that moment, I couldn't help myself. I chose a career path which allows me to help others, and I just assumed that other people in this field would feel the same. Guess there are people in every field who are just in it for the money.
Anyway, getting back to relationships.. I just think it's so important for us to build relationships with others. Those relationships come from the way we treat others. For me, it's about treating others in the way that I would want them to treat me. I know that sounds cliche, but it's true. I think that if you are nice and respectful, people will treat you that way as well.
I also think it's quite interesting how we develop relationships with others. Every decision we make in life affects who we will meet and form relationships with. I think had I not made the decision to do an internship my first year of college, I would have never met my boyfriend, then I would not have ended up at the grad school I did, and I would not have met the many wonderful people that I've met these last 2 years. Kind of crazy that one little decision (to do an internship) affected my life in such a profound way. I think it's interesting how that happens...
I want to leave you guys with a story from a girl I used to work with. I thought the way she looked at the world was quite beautiful. One day her phone rang, and she didn't recognize the number. She answered anyway and quickly realized that the man on the other end of the line had the wrong number. Instead of just hanging up with him quickly, she told him, "You know, had you not dialed the wrong number, I probably would have never, in my life, talked to you..." Then they went on to talk about how with just one wrong number, a person can make an impact on someone else's life... it may be a TINY impact, but an impact none-the-less... The man told my friend that he had never thought of this before and thanked her for changing his perspective just a little... all because of a wrong number... Interesting, I thought... :)
Anyway, I think a lot about our relationships with other people. I think I mentioned before that there are 2 things that I personally think give life meaning: 1) what you do (which I've already talked about) and 2) your relationships with others.. especially how you treat other people.
Recently, I had a friend tell me that she would never volunteer because she refuses to do work that she can't get paid for. This bothered me for 2 reasons: 1) We're going to school to be helping professionals, and we will most likely HAVE to do probono work. 2) I felt it was an incredibly selfish thing to say. I know I made a judgment, but at that moment, I couldn't help myself. I chose a career path which allows me to help others, and I just assumed that other people in this field would feel the same. Guess there are people in every field who are just in it for the money.
Anyway, getting back to relationships.. I just think it's so important for us to build relationships with others. Those relationships come from the way we treat others. For me, it's about treating others in the way that I would want them to treat me. I know that sounds cliche, but it's true. I think that if you are nice and respectful, people will treat you that way as well.
I also think it's quite interesting how we develop relationships with others. Every decision we make in life affects who we will meet and form relationships with. I think had I not made the decision to do an internship my first year of college, I would have never met my boyfriend, then I would not have ended up at the grad school I did, and I would not have met the many wonderful people that I've met these last 2 years. Kind of crazy that one little decision (to do an internship) affected my life in such a profound way. I think it's interesting how that happens...
I want to leave you guys with a story from a girl I used to work with. I thought the way she looked at the world was quite beautiful. One day her phone rang, and she didn't recognize the number. She answered anyway and quickly realized that the man on the other end of the line had the wrong number. Instead of just hanging up with him quickly, she told him, "You know, had you not dialed the wrong number, I probably would have never, in my life, talked to you..." Then they went on to talk about how with just one wrong number, a person can make an impact on someone else's life... it may be a TINY impact, but an impact none-the-less... The man told my friend that he had never thought of this before and thanked her for changing his perspective just a little... all because of a wrong number... Interesting, I thought... :)
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