New Start

Once upon a time my brother Benjamin started a blog, and everyone in the family was very interested in what he had to write.  Also Emilie has the best of all the blogs.  Since I'm moving to Idaho in 11 days I've decided to be like them, and I'm starting over with a new blog so I can write about all the awesome things that I (hopefully) get to do in Idaho.  Maybe I'll be motivated to take pictures so I can show my family in Utah and New York what's happening in my life.

good-bye social life :(

Due to my lack of study skills in past semesters I have been asked to meet with a peer coach and academic advisor every week this semester.  My academic advisor seems pretty great, but every time I go she tells me how worried she is that I'm not going to do well this semester, because I have some pretty hard classes.  Every time I hear her say that it makes me really want to show her that I can do well despite taking hard classes, so I've decided this is my semester that I really am going to be awesome at studying and attending class and doing all those other things that good students do.  It's true that I will no longer have a social life, not that I really had one to begin with.  The really hard thing is I won't even be able to see my great friends like Screech Powers, Sheldon Cooper, or Barney Stinson, but getting good grades will totes be worth it in the end.

The Office

A few years ago, I really hated a certain TV show called the office.  It was stupid and boring and really not funny.  A short time ago I recently watched a few episodes of this same TV show, and realized that I quite enjoy it now.  Why might this be?  I don't feel as if my sense of humor has changed much in the past few years, but perhaps it has without warning me. 

opinions

Sometimes I like to be neutral.  It's a very comfortable place for me to be.  I love Switzerland.  It's true that I understand both sides of the issue, and I really would prefer not to take sides.  I mean really, why hurt the other sides feelings?  So when I'm faced with a paper called an opinion editorial, I don't quite know what to do.  I start writing a paper, and then realize that I'm writing for the wrong side of the issue, so I switch sides, and realize the same thing but about the opposite side. Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, kind of like a tug of war game that will never end because both sides are strong and awesome.

Prioritize

Yesterday I was talking to my friend named Braden on the telephone. He was telling me about his Sunday School lesson, which was about prioritizing. It was the usual lesson, where you try to fit everything in a jar, but it won't all fit unless you put them in the right order. They always compare this to life, and how if you don't do things in the right order then you won't be able to get everything done. Braden was saying that the big things that go in first represent the church things, and the second things that go in are school, work, etc., and then the last stuff you put in that filters through the rest is the fun stuff in life. It made me realize that I've been kind of slacking on church stuff, so I'm going to do better, because then I'll do better in my school stuff too! It's always great talking to people you put things into perspective.

Finally!!

Today was finally the last day of classes. I'm glad this semester is over, yet at the same time I almost wish it weren't. I've been in school for over 2 1/2 years now, and I still feel like I'm just messing around without really accomplishing anything. I keep promising myself that next semester will be different, next semester will matter, but here I still am making those same promises. Making goals and working hard, however, is better than doing nothing.

So here's to next semester--it will be awesome!!!

The Beginning

Cleaning checks are tomorrow. Besides the obvious advantage of having a clean apartment, there is nothing good about this monthly occurrence. Hence, I am sitting and writing this instead of cleaning.