Introduction I first met this lovely lady on Periscope. I remember stumbling upon her live scope of her church's worship team practice, followed her on Periscope, and then started learning about her as she scoped about her story and some lessons she had learned. I instantly connected with her! She has such a sweet spirit and a joy about her that makes me smile every time I talk with her or read her content. She also has much wisdom and encouragement to share because of the experiences and struggles she faced. I am delighted to share this … [Read more...]
The Importance of Working Out
This guest post originally appeared on Anna's 1st blog, Annamotion. The day when I decided to start working out daily, I kinda hated myself. Yes, it was a decision and I'm pretty brave enough to say that everyone should start with that. But it was a tough one, you know. 'Cause till that day, exercises were something not so common in my life. Something that I used to do, and quite enjoyed it, but it seemed that I don't actually have enough time for that. There were dozens of reasons why I didn't see working out as something very important to … [Read more...]
How to Be an Encourager
To "encourage" means "to inspire courage." It uses the power of words to inspire such courage. For some, it is a foreign language, often due to growing up without hearing it spoken very often. But some are naturally born encouragers (I happen to be one!). We all have different strengths and weaknesses...and that is wonderful! However, as we learn from The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, some have the primary love language of "Words of Affirmation." And if we want to help such people to feel loved, we must learn how to speak their … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Five Love Languages
Today is my 1st book review on the blog! Woot! I am a HUGE believer in the power of reading (as long as you're reading smartly!), so I'd like to start sharing more good finds with you and discuss some nuggets of wisdom I gleaned from reading the books myself (without giving away too much so that you'll still go read it yourself). Today's book: This post originally appeared on Anna's 1st blog, Annamotion. This post contains Amazon Associates links. I will make a small amount of money from anything purchased through the Amazon link; however, … [Read more...]
4 Ways Reading Makes You Dumber
I bet you're expecting a satire piece, aren't you? Well not today! I genuinely think there are a few ways reading can potentially cause more harm than good. But wait! Don't go cutting up your library card and burning your books quite yet! First let's talk about the 4 ways reading can make you dumber and then 3 ways we can read more smartly. 1. "It's on the internet, it must be true." For anyone who has attended school in the past 10 years, hopefully a teacher at some point taught you the ways to use and not use the internet for … [Read more...]
Live What You Learn
This is the last post in the series, Reflections of a College Valedictorian. If you'd like to go back and read the other posts in this series, click the links below. Saying Goodbye Means Saying Hello High School Popularity is All But Forgotten Growth is Greater Than Grades Today we will be discussing the importance of not just learning, but applying what you learn. This post originally appeared on Anna's 1st blog, Annamotion. As I came to the end of my senior year in college, 1 of my biggest fears came from wondering if I … [Read more...]
Jenn’s E.P.I.C. Story
This post originally appeared on Anna's 1st blog, Annamotion. Introduction E.P.I.C. Stories have returned and I am delighted to introduce you to a highly talented artist and creative, Jennifer Conley! Just from my short time of talking with her I can sense her big heart for others and adding beauty to this world. For any person who has even one ounce of creativity in your body (I believe everyone does!), you will greatly benefit from Jennifer's story and wisdom! You can view her art on her website and you can follow her on Facebook and … [Read more...]
Growth > Grades
Over the past few weeks we've been in a series called "Reflections of a College Valedictorian" where I've shared some lessons from my experience that I hope will place other students farther ahead of the game and keep them from making some of the same mistakes I did. If you'd like to read any of the previous posts in the series, click the links below: 1. Saying Goodbye Means Saying Hello 2. High School Popularity is All But Forgotten Today I'm going to share some thoughts on what it truly means to "do your best" and how growth is … [Read more...]
High School Popularity is All But Forgotten
Were you ever impacted by the popularity contest in school? Perhaps it wasn't so bad at your school...or perhaps it didn't seem so bad because you were actually in the popular clique. Perhaps you were one of the many who tried to change yourself to fit in. Perhaps you felt like you never fit in. For anyone who has ever been impacted by the "popularity contest", especially if you're currently in the midst of it, this post is for you, my friend. This post originally appeared on Anna's 1st blog, Annamotion. After graduating from college I … [Read more...]
Saying Goodbye Means Saying Hello
As of April 30th, 2016, I am now a college graduate! After spending almost my entire life in school, it's hard to believe it is finished. It's a very bittersweet feeling, indeed. Over the next few weeks I'm going to reflect and share a few lessons I've learned. I hope these posts will be especially helpful for those students who are coming after me. This post originally appeared on Anna's 1st blog, Annamotion. In my post about 1 of my favorite quotes from Dr. Seuss, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened," I discussed the … [Read more...]
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