Self-Discipline

The five areas in my life that I lack self-discipline in are 1) my faith 2) my schoolwork 3) exercising & eating right 4) relationships and 5) time management.

All of these areas need improvement in my life. My faith tends to be put on the back-burner when I have school and friends that keep me busy. However, I need to realize that there will always be other things, but that it is important to attend weekly mass and pray and read the Bible daily. These are things that I am going to work on improving. Also, the work that I do in my classes is never 100%. I feel as if I give 90% and just hope that the teacher may not notice that I'm not putting forth my full effort. I would really like to change this and do my best on everything that I turn in and try to be an active participant. The third area in my life that needs discipline is my exercising and eating habits. I feel as if most people say they have these problems, but I really don't like the way that I have become. I enjoy working out, my biggest problem is finding time to fit in in my busy schedule. I'm going to make a working out schedule and try and stick to it as much as my real schedule will allow me to. And as far as eating right, I just need to make a conscience decision of what is good to put into my body and what is not good and also limit my portions and work on not eating when I am not hungry. I would say that I lack self-discipline in my relationships with other people. I tend to get over-involved when it comes to relationships and try to improve others lives and take a load off of them. I know that to some this sounds like it'd be a good thing, but when it starts interfering with my own life and personal time is when I notice that I really need to cut back. I tend to want to be involved and "in-the-know" of every aspect of every person I've met's lives and I just need to learn when to stand back and let them come to me rather than jumping head first into everything. And finally, I think because of the self-discipline I lack in the other areas of my life, it has caused me to lack self-discipline when it comes to time management. There are a million other things I would rather do than write my paper for my Friday class, but I know if I would just do it and get it over with than I would be a lot less stressed so I need to work on managing my time better.

My roommate, Laura Slagle, has the most self-discipline of anyone I know. She is always on top of her school work and usually has papers and homework done days in advance. She knows what's coming up and has planned her schedule accordingly. I would like to be more like her in that aspect.

I am accountable for everything I do. Whether it be in my social life, school work, family or with God, I am accountable for my actions. I am accountable to anyone who I told they could count on me. I am accountable to God and my family first and foremost and my friends and even acquaintances and teachers. I am accountable.

My Mission

I am at my best when i feel enpowered.
I will try to prevent times when i lack self-confidence.
I will enjoy my work by finding employment where I can sort through challenging situations with a positive attitude.
I will find enjoyment in my personal life through talking to other people and helping them with their problems.
I will find opportunities to use my natural talents and gifts such as giving advice.
I can do anything I set my mind to. I will build my own company that organizes a charity that will help people in need.
My life's journey is to work for the purpose of other people and to do it because it creates a common feeling of happiness shared between both me and the people I do it for. The journey's result is the happiness and feelings that come from this.
I will be a person who lives in the moment and encourages her best friends, my brother, sister and cousins to do the same.
My most important future contribution to others will be my time.

I will stop procrastinating and start working on:

• my eating habits and my sense of self-worth

I will strive to incorporate the following attributes into my life:

• Kindness and true compassion for those around me
• Time for others even when bogged down with tons of other things
• To be determined and strive to give 100% all the time

I will constantly renew myself by focusing on the four dimensions of my life:

• Work out as often as possible
• Spend time reading the Bible and make an effort to pray and go to church.
• Attend class and study well for upcoming tests.
• Be supportive of those around me and try to see the positive light of all situations.

Who's Who

I feel like this blog is very general and kind of hard to answer because first of all we learn so much and meet so many people everyday and it's kind of hard to take a step back and examine just what we learned and who we met. However, there are a few people that stand out in my mind. I met the head of the K-9 detective agency (not sure if this is what it's called) of a city in Texas. I met a boy who my roommate has been studying with and I also met a lady who came and talked to our sorority. My friend invited me to play tennis with her and taught me how to serve along with how to hit a tennis ball with the racket from the "backhand" position. I learned how to draw a Lewis structure in chemistry lab and I learned a new note on the recorder in my Experiencing Music class. Advice that I would give to other freshman is to not be afraid to try something new and to always keep your mind open to new ideas!