Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving break I found a ride back home to Atlanta, GA. I got home around 7:00 Tuesday night. My sister got home from Tulane University around midnight. The next day my grandparents (my mom’s parents) drove down from Knoxville, TN. On Thanksgiving day I had Thanksgiving lunch in Douglasville, GA with my boyfriend, his mom, uncle, grandparents and cousin. His grandma is such a good cook. Everything was delicious. I ate so much that I passed out for about a two hour nap. Later that night I then had Thanksgiving dinner with my family. I don’t think I have ever eaten so much food in one day. Today I went to the mall for Black Friday to go shopping and get good deals. I was supposed to get up at 3:00 this morning to go but ended up sleeping through my alarm. I have never been before and wanted to at least go once in my life. There were definitely a lot of people there! It was crazy!

Sustainability

I somewhat live a sustainable of a life, but not really. My roommate and I recycle aluminum, plastic, and cardboard, and turn off all the lights when we leave our room.  I consider a sustainable life to be healthy, caring about your body, others, and the environment. I am not very healthy and continue to work on it. I have started trying to eat healthier, but I still need to start going to the gym. I sleep too much and tend to be lazy. I do care about others but not really the environment. I do not litter and I recycle some, but when it comes to volunteering or doing stuff outside to help the environment, I never do anything. I will admit I do not really care about the environment, but I know I should. To be more sustainable I should try to do more walking and drive less to help the environment.

Career Center Presentation

For Thanksgiving I am going back home to Atlanta, GA. My mom’s parents are driving down from Knoxville, TN and my Aunt is flying in from California and my Uncle is driving from Albuquerque, NM. We’re having Thanksgiving dinner at my Aunt’s house who lives about five minutes away from me. Earlier on Thanksgiving day I will be in Douglasville, GA having Thanksgiving lunch with my boyfriend and his family. I have to make sure I don’t eat too much at his Thanksgiving so I have room left to eat at my family’s dinner.

When I grow up my dream job would be to own my own clothing boutique. I don’t plan on doing an internship this summer but I am required to do an internship before I graduate. Once we finished our presentation at the Career Center, I set up for me to job shadow and got a lot of helpful information. As of today I have changed my major from Business to Fashion Merchandising. I didn’t know I could job shadow as many times as I wanted to, so I found that extremely useful from the presentation.

Financial Responsibility

I see myself as financially responsible for the most part. I get $150 a month from my parents and then divide it into $37.50 a week. I keep an excel spreadsheet of all my expenses and add them up to see how much I have left to spend each week. I do tend to go over my budget sometimes and end up having little to no money left at the end of the month.

When I graduate I would like to be financially stable and not have to depend on my parents for ALL of my income. I want to get a well-paying job and be able to pay for my necessities and still have some left over to shop! I need to start being more careful on what I spend my money on and before I buy anything think “Do I really need this?” If I don’t, then I should put it down and save my money for something better.

Stress Management - Bert Medlin

A lot of work and homework assignments I do not understand stress me out. Also if I happen to have a busy day, planning it out so I get everything I need to get accomplished will stress me out. Sometimes I will get stressed just trying to decide what to do with my time, like if I should go out one night or not.

                If I get stressed out I either watch TV, do something fun on the computer, nap, or talk to my roommate to take my mind off of it. My roommate is also good at giving advice to sometimes help me with whatever is stressing me out.

                My service site has not been stressful at all. It is actually somewhat calming when I go. I just sit at the table, listen to music and sticker all the books. It give me time to relax and not do anything too “mind provoking.”

Brain Rules Chapter 11&12

               I have managed my time not amazingly. I tend to wait until the last minute to do homework and assignments. I am a very big procrastinator which I am still trying to work on. I also still have two more Capstone semester requirements I need to do (social event and Capstone cinema). I want to try to have them done before Thanksgiving break so I will not have to stress before/during exams.

                I do not really wish I had more time for anything. I have enough time to do homework, hang out with friends, nap, and participate in my sorority. I have too much time I think is what leads to my procrastination. I am very satisfied with my schedule and amount of free time this semester, but I am worried about next semester. I am afraid it might be much harder and stressful. I got lucky this semester and had it pretty easy.

Healthy Carolina

               I do not consider myself healthy at all. I do not watch what I eat, nor do I work out often. I am trying to work on this and within the past week have tried to stop eating as much junk food and snacking so much. I need to go to the gym more too. I have only been a few times. I think if I take some of the classes it will make working out more fun for me.

                I have made some really good friends here at USC, especially with the people on my floor. My roommate and I are best friends and we get along great! I am so glad I met her.  Jess (my roommate) is definitely a support to my success. She works out a lot and does very well in school. She is a good influence and I need to be healthier like her. She eats well, goes to the gym about every day, and is very studious. 

Spirituality and Religion

Religion, spirituality, and faith are not all the same. Religion to me is more organized and structured. Spirituality one can have without belonging to a certain religion. Someone can be spiritual but not go to church. Faith I consider to be just a set of someone’s beliefs and morals. I think of it as in between religion and spirituality. I relate the most to faith I guess. I’m not very spiritual nor do I go to church, but I do have a set of beliefs and morals that I like to follow.

                The culture of USC and the South reflect religion, spirituality, and faith. USC is definitely more religious than what I’m used to being around coming from a public school where you couldn’t discuss God or anything religious. People here seem very into their religion, spirituality, and faith and take pride in it. It is most definitely a change.