Week 12 Blog 2
#CommuterProbs
This is my final video for this class and I have to say I'm proud of it. I tried to make it very informative and also have some funny parts to it. I also tried to have a lot of different aspects to the video so that it keeps it interesting. I have many different text boxes, many pictures, and also two different video clips. I liked that I was able to connect this problem to my own life and also it connects to many other Southern Students. I like how all my problems have one common solution. It makes it easy to follow. I hope you all enjoy this video!!
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
The Fitness Center
Campus Safari: The Fitness Center
Last week before break I took a trip to the Fitness Center. I already have a gym membership at the gym in my town, thats why I did not look into the Fitness Center sooner. But for next semester I am going to have a break in my day so I could go to the gym if I wanted to. I was impressed. The staff are nice and very helpful, I was able to ask them lots of questions. They have so many fitness classes to go to. I love doing zumba and they have so many classes that I could attend. Next semester I think I will get a membership at the Fitness Center. It is a place you can meet up with friends so it has a social aspect to it also. Everyone should go check it out!!!
Last week before break I took a trip to the Fitness Center. I already have a gym membership at the gym in my town, thats why I did not look into the Fitness Center sooner. But for next semester I am going to have a break in my day so I could go to the gym if I wanted to. I was impressed. The staff are nice and very helpful, I was able to ask them lots of questions. They have so many fitness classes to go to. I love doing zumba and they have so many classes that I could attend. Next semester I think I will get a membership at the Fitness Center. It is a place you can meet up with friends so it has a social aspect to it also. Everyone should go check it out!!!
What Have I Learned About Creativity
Week 12 Blog 1
The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp teaches a lot about creativity and how to become more creative. It gives you many exercises to try out on your own. Everyone should take the time to try out at least some of these exercises. This book explains all the little details about creativity. It explains where you should start, how to deal with failure, how to not be fearful of your creativity, and so many more.
We can gain a lot from Twyla Tharp's book. Twyla Tharp is a creative person. People could look at her and be amazed by what she creates and some can be intimidated by it. She was not born this way. Yes she could have been born with some talent but that is not enough to make her who she is today. She believed in herself, she practiced, and I think most importantly, she failed. But she did not give up when she failed, she learned from her failure. That is what makes her different from so many other people in this world.
People do not like to admit when they have failed. Or when they do fail they try to push it away and hid it so people do not see. Another thing people do is when they practice they work on things they already are good at, not what needs improving. From this book we can learn not to do these things. We can try to learn to admit when we are wrong and learn from our mistakes.
Creativity to me, after reading this book, symbolizes something that is always a work in progress to be maintained. It is something that needs to be embraced at a young age and not destroyed. Creativity is showing the world who you really are and what you really think. That is what makes it so scary to be creative. You do not what to be judged on who you really are and what you think. But this book tells you how to deal with that fear. Everyone should read this book, I really enjoyed it.
The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp teaches a lot about creativity and how to become more creative. It gives you many exercises to try out on your own. Everyone should take the time to try out at least some of these exercises. This book explains all the little details about creativity. It explains where you should start, how to deal with failure, how to not be fearful of your creativity, and so many more.
We can gain a lot from Twyla Tharp's book. Twyla Tharp is a creative person. People could look at her and be amazed by what she creates and some can be intimidated by it. She was not born this way. Yes she could have been born with some talent but that is not enough to make her who she is today. She believed in herself, she practiced, and I think most importantly, she failed. But she did not give up when she failed, she learned from her failure. That is what makes her different from so many other people in this world.
People do not like to admit when they have failed. Or when they do fail they try to push it away and hid it so people do not see. Another thing people do is when they practice they work on things they already are good at, not what needs improving. From this book we can learn not to do these things. We can try to learn to admit when we are wrong and learn from our mistakes.
Creativity to me, after reading this book, symbolizes something that is always a work in progress to be maintained. It is something that needs to be embraced at a young age and not destroyed. Creativity is showing the world who you really are and what you really think. That is what makes it so scary to be creative. You do not what to be judged on who you really are and what you think. But this book tells you how to deal with that fear. Everyone should read this book, I really enjoyed it.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The Library
Week 11 Blog 1
Today we met in the library to learn more about the resources that it has to offer. I liked how Wendy was really up beat and made what we were going over interesting. She could have been really monotone and not tried to make it interesting but she did just the opposite. She was also really friendly and very helpful. I think that one thing that they should have changed about this would have been the set up of our guide. I think that our guide should have been more helpful with more instructions. This way we would not have needed to ask Wendy so many questions because I know many of us asked her similar questions. She was very nice and did not mind answering the same questions again and again but maybe in the future if they made the guide more useful she would not need to answer the same questions again and again.
I liked searching for the article. The database of articles that southern has in enormous. I like that we have all these resources to choose from. I know that you really need to sensor your search because of all the articles that they do have. Also I like that I feel comfortable asking the librarians for help. Wendy was so nice and friendly that it makes me think that all the other librarians must also be like her.
I know that this was really helpful that we went to the library to learn more about all the resources that it has to offer. We learned about the desks in the library, how to find books, how to find articles, and much more. I know that in the future I will be using more of these resources for projects and papers that I will have.
Today we met in the library to learn more about the resources that it has to offer. I liked how Wendy was really up beat and made what we were going over interesting. She could have been really monotone and not tried to make it interesting but she did just the opposite. She was also really friendly and very helpful. I think that one thing that they should have changed about this would have been the set up of our guide. I think that our guide should have been more helpful with more instructions. This way we would not have needed to ask Wendy so many questions because I know many of us asked her similar questions. She was very nice and did not mind answering the same questions again and again but maybe in the future if they made the guide more useful she would not need to answer the same questions again and again.
I liked searching for the article. The database of articles that southern has in enormous. I like that we have all these resources to choose from. I know that you really need to sensor your search because of all the articles that they do have. Also I like that I feel comfortable asking the librarians for help. Wendy was so nice and friendly that it makes me think that all the other librarians must also be like her.
I know that this was really helpful that we went to the library to learn more about all the resources that it has to offer. We learned about the desks in the library, how to find books, how to find articles, and much more. I know that in the future I will be using more of these resources for projects and papers that I will have.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
What Can I Live Without?!
Week 10 Blog 2
Over that past 4 days I have cut TV out of my day. This connects to the exercise on pages 26 and 27 in "The Creative Habit". Sometimes in order to be creative you need to cut things out of your life and take time to relax and have time for yourself. At first I did not like this exercise. But then I decided in my spare time that I would normally spend watching TV I decided to read again.
All throughout high school I always had a book with me. Usually Nicholas Sparks, Sarah Dessen, or Jodi Picoult. These three are my favorite authors. I have been really enjoying my free time now. It relaxes me more and also works my brain more then sitting and watching TV does. I always thought that it was college that was taking away my free time to read. But instead I have realized that it was TV taking away my time.
I think that from now on I am going to just try to save TV for the weekends and not during the week. Instead before bed I will read and not turn the TV on. I think that everyone would benefit from trying this exercise. You do not have to read in your spare time but you may find another hobby that you enjoy or just relax during your free time.
Over that past 4 days I have cut TV out of my day. This connects to the exercise on pages 26 and 27 in "The Creative Habit". Sometimes in order to be creative you need to cut things out of your life and take time to relax and have time for yourself. At first I did not like this exercise. But then I decided in my spare time that I would normally spend watching TV I decided to read again.
All throughout high school I always had a book with me. Usually Nicholas Sparks, Sarah Dessen, or Jodi Picoult. These three are my favorite authors. I have been really enjoying my free time now. It relaxes me more and also works my brain more then sitting and watching TV does. I always thought that it was college that was taking away my free time to read. But instead I have realized that it was TV taking away my time.
I think that from now on I am going to just try to save TV for the weekends and not during the week. Instead before bed I will read and not turn the TV on. I think that everyone would benefit from trying this exercise. You do not have to read in your spare time but you may find another hobby that you enjoy or just relax during your free time.
Face Your Fears
Week 10 Blog 1
After reading through this exercise and also reading through Twyla Tharp's fears I noticed that mine are very similar when trying to be creative. I think for me the most difficult moment is when I have to begin. I'm not a perfectionist. I think that for perfectionists the most difficult part of being creative is how to end it. So everyone is different. I know people that can walk away from their project and come back hours, days, even months later and still create something wonderful. While with me I need to sit down and get it all done at once. I can do little things before but I know that I need to do the bulk of the work all together in one sitting.
I think one big fear for me is letting my dad down. He is my best friend and the person I look up to the most. Everyday I try to continue to make him proud. My fear is what if I make a huge mistake and then he is not proud of me. But when I stop and think about it, he is my father and will love me no matter what. He is still going to be the guy that jokes around and the one who continues to teach me to learn from my mistakes. I know this because I have already made some huge mistakes and he has always been by my side helping me through them.
Exactly how the book explained, once you isolate your fear and think it through it becomes less paralyzing. You step back and think even if I make a mistake my whole world will not fall apart as I thought it would. This exercise really did help. It makes me want to try new things and not let my fears hold me back.
After reading through this exercise and also reading through Twyla Tharp's fears I noticed that mine are very similar when trying to be creative. I think for me the most difficult moment is when I have to begin. I'm not a perfectionist. I think that for perfectionists the most difficult part of being creative is how to end it. So everyone is different. I know people that can walk away from their project and come back hours, days, even months later and still create something wonderful. While with me I need to sit down and get it all done at once. I can do little things before but I know that I need to do the bulk of the work all together in one sitting.
I think one big fear for me is letting my dad down. He is my best friend and the person I look up to the most. Everyday I try to continue to make him proud. My fear is what if I make a huge mistake and then he is not proud of me. But when I stop and think about it, he is my father and will love me no matter what. He is still going to be the guy that jokes around and the one who continues to teach me to learn from my mistakes. I know this because I have already made some huge mistakes and he has always been by my side helping me through them.
Exactly how the book explained, once you isolate your fear and think it through it becomes less paralyzing. You step back and think even if I make a mistake my whole world will not fall apart as I thought it would. This exercise really did help. It makes me want to try new things and not let my fears hold me back.
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