Just run with me, here!
I'm so productive at the moment.
So. I've just banged out a good portion of a giant lab report that I have due Monday. School is still really kicking my ass. I'm glad to say that I have been handling it well. I haven't blown off anything or failed anything. I'm working my ass off.
Yesterday, I went to the Psych department to officially declare my major. And then I went to the school of education to declare my minor in ASL. My next couple years was plotted out for me and it turns out I should graduate winter of '09... If I do everything right. It's SO FAR AWAY. Ugh. I really wish I would have declared myself a bit earlier than the end of my junior year. Me=tard.
So I've been thinking a lot about conversations I've had lately with Cassi. I've had a lot of mental dialogues with myself about things and I think things are starting to make a bit more sense.
Cassi and I decided to make to-do lists of stuff to get our lives together so we can be happier. Stuff on our lists included stuff like getting new cars or losing weight or studying or to stop procrastinating.
I've expanded on this idea and I wanted to make a web of balances.
As long as you are happy in each of the lower bubbles, then you can be happy and content in your life. I did draw a picture to illustrate this, but LJ wont let me upload it. :/ So, just picture a web graph. On the top is YOU. YOU can be complete when each of your lower bubbles (your major life topics) are sufficiently satisfied. If one of your bubbles is starting to not have what you need in life, YOU cannot be happy.
So for me, I have four major life topics (everyone is different.) They are "Personal Relationships," "School and work," "Personality" and "Necessities."
In my Personal Relationships category, stuff like my relationships with my friends, family, classmates and coworkers are very important. At the moment I have some good relationships and I have others that I wish could be better. I haven't really spoken to any of my family recently. I really want to talk to my grandma and my cousin and see how he is doing after his apartment burned down. Meanwhile, my relationships with coworkers are amazing because a lot of them are my good, close friends.
In my School and Work bubble, (I dont know why this is one bubble... it really could be 2) I have myself keeping up on homework, but I wish I was reading more for my classes, instead of just doing whats required of me to get by. I'm getting decent test grades... at the rate I am going right now, I will have straight B's I think.
For work, things are pretty amazing. I got bumped up to being a full time employee. I will reap the benefits soon. I spend a lot of my time at work, so I get paid a lot! lol. I've been crosstrained and I know almost all the parts of Operations except for payroll. I can work at the service desk, the front lanes, the cash lead, and admin. I really hope I get a decent raise when my annual comes up.
In my Personality bubble, It's like a self help book. It's all the stuff that I want to change about myself. It's my own insecurities and issues that I want to sort out. Ive felt a lot better about myself in the last couple months, as compared to the few months before that, but there are still small things about myself that I feel need tweaking. This is probably the bubble that could use the most improvement for me.
One of these things would be my tendancy to rush through everything and be impatient. I normally respond to people when they havent even finished their sentence yet, and sometimes I look like an ass. So Lately, Ive been trying to be more mindful of myself when having a conversation. I try to take a sec and recap what was just said to me so I can analyze it a couple more times, and come up with a better response. I've found that this has been working out for me because I look smarter. lol. I've been testing this out at work with customers (strangers.)
I also have been trying to enunciate more because I know I rush all my words out and I talk too fast.
I also push off of my front two teeth when I swallow, thus creating an even larger overbite that I feel grows every day. I try to move my tongue to another place, but I don't think it will ever change to be involuntary.
For my Necessities, this is my shelter, my food, my budget, my hygiene... stuff like that. The only big thing that needs tweaking is my debt situation. I am still paying stuff off and not spending anything really... except for food at school. It's on its way to being better.
My little theory also stems from a model like Maslow's heirarchy of Needs. I don't know if you've all seen this before, but it basically works as you Need the stuff on the bottom first, before you can move up to the top. The bottom is the foundation for all. Only 10% of people ever reach the TOP top. I want to be in that minority.
So anyway. That's just my little blurb for now. Good night! :P
So. I've just banged out a good portion of a giant lab report that I have due Monday. School is still really kicking my ass. I'm glad to say that I have been handling it well. I haven't blown off anything or failed anything. I'm working my ass off.
Yesterday, I went to the Psych department to officially declare my major. And then I went to the school of education to declare my minor in ASL. My next couple years was plotted out for me and it turns out I should graduate winter of '09... If I do everything right. It's SO FAR AWAY. Ugh. I really wish I would have declared myself a bit earlier than the end of my junior year. Me=tard.
So I've been thinking a lot about conversations I've had lately with Cassi. I've had a lot of mental dialogues with myself about things and I think things are starting to make a bit more sense.
Cassi and I decided to make to-do lists of stuff to get our lives together so we can be happier. Stuff on our lists included stuff like getting new cars or losing weight or studying or to stop procrastinating.
I've expanded on this idea and I wanted to make a web of balances.
As long as you are happy in each of the lower bubbles, then you can be happy and content in your life. I did draw a picture to illustrate this, but LJ wont let me upload it. :/ So, just picture a web graph. On the top is YOU. YOU can be complete when each of your lower bubbles (your major life topics) are sufficiently satisfied. If one of your bubbles is starting to not have what you need in life, YOU cannot be happy.
So for me, I have four major life topics (everyone is different.) They are "Personal Relationships," "School and work," "Personality" and "Necessities."
In my Personal Relationships category, stuff like my relationships with my friends, family, classmates and coworkers are very important. At the moment I have some good relationships and I have others that I wish could be better. I haven't really spoken to any of my family recently. I really want to talk to my grandma and my cousin and see how he is doing after his apartment burned down. Meanwhile, my relationships with coworkers are amazing because a lot of them are my good, close friends.
In my School and Work bubble, (I dont know why this is one bubble... it really could be 2) I have myself keeping up on homework, but I wish I was reading more for my classes, instead of just doing whats required of me to get by. I'm getting decent test grades... at the rate I am going right now, I will have straight B's I think.
For work, things are pretty amazing. I got bumped up to being a full time employee. I will reap the benefits soon. I spend a lot of my time at work, so I get paid a lot! lol. I've been crosstrained and I know almost all the parts of Operations except for payroll. I can work at the service desk, the front lanes, the cash lead, and admin. I really hope I get a decent raise when my annual comes up.
In my Personality bubble, It's like a self help book. It's all the stuff that I want to change about myself. It's my own insecurities and issues that I want to sort out. Ive felt a lot better about myself in the last couple months, as compared to the few months before that, but there are still small things about myself that I feel need tweaking. This is probably the bubble that could use the most improvement for me.
One of these things would be my tendancy to rush through everything and be impatient. I normally respond to people when they havent even finished their sentence yet, and sometimes I look like an ass. So Lately, Ive been trying to be more mindful of myself when having a conversation. I try to take a sec and recap what was just said to me so I can analyze it a couple more times, and come up with a better response. I've found that this has been working out for me because I look smarter. lol. I've been testing this out at work with customers (strangers.)
I also have been trying to enunciate more because I know I rush all my words out and I talk too fast.
I also push off of my front two teeth when I swallow, thus creating an even larger overbite that I feel grows every day. I try to move my tongue to another place, but I don't think it will ever change to be involuntary.
For my Necessities, this is my shelter, my food, my budget, my hygiene... stuff like that. The only big thing that needs tweaking is my debt situation. I am still paying stuff off and not spending anything really... except for food at school. It's on its way to being better.
My little theory also stems from a model like Maslow's heirarchy of Needs. I don't know if you've all seen this before, but it basically works as you Need the stuff on the bottom first, before you can move up to the top. The bottom is the foundation for all. Only 10% of people ever reach the TOP top. I want to be in that minority.
So anyway. That's just my little blurb for now. Good night! :P