has been a constant throughout my career. I work with students‚ parents‚ teachers‚ and administrators who have different needs and require attention‚ sometimes all at the same time. I often feel like I’m trying to keep my head above water‚ sometimes to the detriment of my home life. The stress journal assignment gave me the opportunity to reflect on the many sources of my stress as well as identify changes that could be made in order to help minimize its effect on my productivity‚ health‚ and relationships
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very middle class. I have a bachelor’s degree in Business Project Management yet I do not always include that in my identity. I am a college student working on my Master’s degree in Higher and Post-Secondary Education. I am White Anglo-American of German‚ Irish and European descent. I tend to be pretty liberal in my views of society and politics. I think life experiences have helped mold my personal identity and identify what I value and respect in others. Being a woman‚ a mom and a wife are how I
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race or mile times. When you don’t get a time you want‚ it’s stressful and it makes a runner feel like they are slower than they actually are. As a distance runner‚ I strive to cut my mile time to get better individually so I do not cause this stress upon myself. Through this experiment‚ I tried to find ways to cut my mile time that could be impactful for me and others. While there are many things a person a can do to shave their mile time‚ it just takes the time and dedication for it to happen.
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I was hospitalized for three weeks at Seattle Children’s after enduring emergency surgery to remove a rare tumor in my large intestine. What I figured was random stomach pain was life threatening. Since I have endured so much in my life‚ it is not easy for me to be emotional. When I found out that I needed surgery in a mere few hours I did not know how to process my emotions. Being in the hospital taught me that I need to take what may seem meaningless as something that could be serious. I learned
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la luz de mis ojos.” Since I’ve been little‚ my mom tells me‚ “You are the light of my eyes.” My mom is the type of mother who sacrifices her life to take care of me and my older brothers at a very young age. She is the type of mother who convinces us to strive for greatness. She is the type of mother who would take a bullet for the ones she truly loves. Yet she is like no other mother‚ and I wish I could ease the physical pain she feels every day. My mother suffers from fibromyalgia. It is disorder
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walking through a minefield. Every step I took was a step towards my dad blowing up or disappointment from my mom. “Look‚ Dad‚ I got a 95 on my test!” I ran up to him excitedly. He shook his head unsatisfied‚ “Why didn’t you get a 100‚ Andrew? You need to work harder.” Even though I had straight As in school and placed first place in all of my competitions‚ I never felt I was good enough. Throughout my childhood‚ all I wanted was for my parents to come up to me and tell me how good I was doing and how
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12/02/2010 My Mandala Have you ever felt like you just can’t do it anymore? As in whatever you want to achieve is just way too far and you can’t make it. You give up to whatever you wanted to do without even trying hard enough. But there’s a saying that my sister told me once‚ and I always keep it in mind when I’m ready to give up. “Nothing is impossible”. And in this Mandala I’m going to talk about five symbols that are really important in my life. Education is a biggie. Mostly in my life. Like
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consciously changing and challenging yourself for a purpose you believe in. For example‚ when I started my college education‚ I didn’t know what leadership meant. During my years in college I began to understand and learned that leaders are not born‚ they are developed. My leadership philosophy is rooted through my experiences as a student in college‚ summer jobs as a camp counselor and through my assigned responsibilities as an ROTC Cadet. As a leader‚ I believe in being accessible and mentoring subordinates
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statements. However‚ my experiences with diversity have not always been a good one‚ and many times‚ it was very trying for me. Diversity has almost taken my will to live‚ yet I have still moved on. Sometimes I wonder how people get through tough times‚ only to realize that I have been through the toughest. When I was in seventh grade‚ my twin sister had an extremely traumatic experience‚ something that subsequently proceeded to rip apart my family systematically over the next six years. My sister is still
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My literacy skills began to increase‚ like most peoples. It first started through the moral stories by my parents. Later on it was developed even more when I started going to school my teacher started mold my style of reading and writing. In my opinion the reason I developed my literacy is because in my childhood I dreamt of being a novel writer. Everyone‚ who wants to be successful‚ needs to know how to read and write. I learned that I had to write however my teachers wanted me to write and ultimately
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