Week 13

This week we were asked what healthy habits we have, which healthy habits do you hope to have one day, and what does, "hope is not a strategy" mean?


Some healthy habits I have are, exercising, eat healthy, reading, and give myself time to recharge. They are necessarily all about physical health but more mental health. 



I love to run or ride horses they are both very different because one helps with cardio and the other strength training. Running helps me gain stamina for equestrian and riding helps me get muscles for running.  This and eating healthy(most of the time) help me stay fit for my sport and life.

Reading is a good way for me to stay intellectually healthy. I love to read so it has never been a challenge for me to do so. Reading Harry Potter is a great way to end the night.

Giving myself recharging time is either through reading my Bible every morning or just sitting alone for a little why. It helps me a lot when I am in a stressful time.

In the future, I really need to have a  solid scdhuele for all of these plans, it is hard to stick to one. I can be a bit flighty and distracted!

Saying "hope is not a strategy" just simply means to put things in practice and not sit and hope for change. This is a hard lesson to learn but once achieved it helps in life.

Week 11: Being a Friend

This week we asked out of 13 characteristics of friendship we possessed. I believe I have the following qualities some strengths and some weaknesses:

Strengths:


-I am loyal to the people I care about:

I am very loyal, as a person you can attack me and make fun of me and I usually will just hold me ground and walk away. Yet if you attack my friend I will not stand for it and turn pretty offensive(appropriately of course).

-I experience and express empathy for others:

I love expressing emotions, I love emotions because they show a person's true nature. I enjoy just letting people vent to me or laugh with me because I feel their pain or joy.

-I am good listener:
This goes with empathy one, listening to other people bring me joy. As a person I want to know what is going in your life.

-I am there in the good/bad times:

With listening I also am willing to always just be there, any friend of mine deserves it.

-I am usually able to see the humor in life:

I love to laugh, so watching The Office for the 10th time is always a good idea. For me making others laugh makes me happy.

Weaknesses:

-I am honest with others:

It can be hard for me to to hurt people, being a southern girl I am a big people pleaser. Telling someone bad news is hard for me.

-I am easily able to trust others:

Though I am loyal it takes a while for me to warm up to you. Of course I will be nice but before I deeply care about you it takes a little time.

-I am self confident:

I have a nice little anxiety bug that likes to criticize everything I do. Lately I have got in under-control but I really feel like I missed out on some great friendships because I let it get the best of me.

Week 10 Spiritual Life at Samford

I am a strong Christian so of course having a good  Jesus community at college was extremely important. So far I have enjoyed convo, going to a dgroup, and am running for Chaplin of AOII.

Convo has been very good, I try to go as much as possible but my scheduled classes are pretty intense so a lot of my time is still spent in the Library. Convo is a good time for me to reflect.

I go to a dgroup every Monday night. It is lead by a Samford grad and few freshman girls. I have made some ever lasting friends through that as well!!

I am also running for Chaplin of AOII. The competition is fierce but I think I am ready.

Overall the spiritual life at Samford has exceeded my expectations.