Oh, Sister

For some reason, this totally made my day :)
It's hard to read, but her response is what made me happy.
It is this...  :o)

Weekly Thoughts: Fighting Hard to Succeed

Sister Scholes, my COMM100 professor, has these little tidbits that she posts to her website every week. As our final project, we have to complete a portfolio (mine in the form of a blog) with these posted thoughts and our thoughts on these thoughts.

Yay thoughts! :)

Here is our post for this week:

WEBSITE:  http://personalbranding101.com/qr-codes-personal-branding

THOUGHT:  "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success before they gave up."     ~ Thomas Edison ~

Okay, first off, love Edison. Secondly, this reminds me of a book I read last year titled It's Your Time.

This book is  pretty spectacular and if you haven't read it yet, you really really should. The first chapter Joel Osteen writes is a personal story from when he was running a marathon. I can't remember the words exactly, but I retell it the best I can.

So he's running up this extremely massive hill (think running from sea level to Death Valley) and he's almost ready to give up. As he takes a corner, he's thinking about stopping when a man walks by him and says, "You're closer than you think." Olsteen question what the man has just said, and suddenly he's filled with this power to continue on. This random line from a random man has Osteen sprinting round the bend to find that he's reached the top of the hill. Had he quit when he did, he wouldn't have been able to see the spectacular view the hill offered. These are moments when you realize that you are about to be a part of something amazing; it just gets harder the closer you get to it.

So my thoughts on this are that if you start something you need to see it through. If you have a goal, no matter how small, fight until you've succeeded. There is no point in going half way only to give up and never see the benefits you could have received.

As a college student, I completely understand this. I started majoring in biology, then wanted to go to international studies, and now am in communications. I feel the pressures of schooling and want to give up (trust me, my mother knows about many of the times I've wanted to give up) but I have to understand that the greatest things are worth fighting the hardest for.

Never give up, no matter how hard it may seem because just when you feel like you can't go any further... that's when you are about to reap the greatest of rewards.

The end. :)

 

I-Comm: the Wave of the Future

So I've decided that this blog won't focus on religious ideals as much as originally planned. It just feels like I'm stabbing at someone's personal beliefs and I've decided to knock it off. However, this will be continued as an update to being a college student, still possibly the perspective on being outside of a culture.

New news! :) I have found, during my COMM100 that pretty much anyone is allowed to sign up as a member of the Scroll, our school's paper/digital media.

Booyah.

I've decided that this coming semester (after my grades are all sorted and whatnot) I shall enter I-Comm under the photography/video productions department. This means that I'll be taking pictures and recording scenes for our news organization.

After that, I'm going to enroll in our Ad class and eventually get to work for companies that pay our department (yes, pay :D) to produce advertising and awareness films/posters. I'm thinking this year is going to be rather stellar.

Here's a peak if you wish. ♥

An Apology

Well, I feel that I've been harsh lately so here's my apology:

I am sorry if anyone finds these words offensive. Honestly, I know that our First Amendment does give us the freedom of speech to a point, and I hope that I haven't gone past this point lately. I don't have too much of a filter and it's something I need to work on. That said, my FDAMF professor (the one I wrote about in my last post) is actually one cool dude. He makes learning a blast and his enthusiasm for the subject of American History blows me away. My classmates are amazing kids with only the brightest of futures ahead and I do love my school dearly.

There are things I wish I could change, but then again, I was the one who decided to attend this university. I'm learning and figuring things out and I hope that I too can squelch my sometimes hypocritical tendencies.

Peace and love. :) ♥

From the Beginning

So, let's start, as the title says, from the beginning.

You can just refer to me as the college student that we all know; the one struggling to find a definitive path for the future, without, hopefully, screwing up their chances at a decent one. Unlike most college kids, I didn't try to get as far away from my family as possible. I actually, weirdly, decided to stay close. In the end, I chose my college, not by my career choice, but by the idea that, if I wanted to visit family, I would only have to take a quick, three-hour flight and tada! I would be at their doorstep.

Word to the underclassmen: don't do that. Choose your college based on what you want. Don't be silly, like me.

Now, I'm in a college that is as far a cultural shock as being sent to the moon in your birthday suit.

This isn't to say that I don't like my university (Brigham Young University - Idaho). I guess it should be noted that I'm not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nope, I'm Catholic. So, I guess some people may understand why I feel just a little bit out of place. The Mormons are wonderful people, really they are. Let's just say that their teachings sometimes get in the way of learning.

Now, as to not offend, if you are attending a religious school, kudos to you. It's just not for everyone. Yes, I'm Catholic, and yes I practice, but I'm not all incense and Latin hymns. (I almost just spelled 'hymns' wrong. That should be a clue.)

Okay... so beyond everything else, this blog stands to document my stay here at BYU-Idaho in the lovely city of Rexburg, Idaho. This will be a third-party, stepping-away-from-the-scriptures-look into what it's like to truly be a fish out of water. I'll be learning the LDS religion as if I'm starting seminary (which I'm told, is like the elementary school of learning the religion). I'll point out the good, the bad and the ugly, hopefully staying away from offensive thoughts. (I was raised to respect each other, regardless of opinions.) These will be the facts; what I see, how we as students learn, and basically, what happens inside the walls of BYU-Idaho, from a non-member's point-of-view.

We can now throw the proverbial champagne bottle; let it begin.