Change of Life

11:08:00 AM Natalie S 0 Comments

Lately I have been trying to think of way to create a happier, healthier, stress-free lifestyle. Now obviously you can't have all of those and may be at some point you will not be able to have any. It's worth a shot right?

These past couple of weeks I have been not as happy as I can be to the full extent, just a lot of stress and over thinking things that do not need to be over thought. I had a blow out with my closest friend. On a side note we are good and everything is okay. I'm trying to figure out where my life is going and what I want to do. I realized there are so many things out there to do and I find myself thinking if I am on the right path. Don't get my wrong advertising is so interesting to me and I love the aspects about it, but when I hear about different jobs and careers I am intrigued to to know what those are all about. Is there anything wrong with that?

So what am I doing to create this life you ask?

1. Create Goals

 I am creating goals and setting myself up to achieve those goals. I am in a personal finance class and my professor talks about setting goals for ourselves not just financially, but also in our personal lives. It makes me think a lot about what I want to get done whether they are short-term goals or if they are long-term goals. In a way I have some goals listed here on my blog. Some other goals of mine:

• Keep track of your finances
• Own your own house 
• Graduate College
• Get married (First I have to find a boyfriend ;) )

2.  Photograph More

I am definitely slipping on my photography. I haven't posted many pictures lately, but that is because when I am at school I normally do not have time to take pictures because I am too busy with school work. I think I am going to find and see if my school has a photography school or see if there is anyone on campus that would like to have pictures taken so I can practice with different lighting and whether I am indoors or outdoors. I just want to get back into the grove of it. 

3. Save Lives

What I mean by that is that people die every day because they don't feel comfortable talking to others about things that bother him. I want to be someone who is a good listener. So I am trying to improve my listening skills. With that I am trying to make those around me happier. Trying to hug more and to smile more. 

I found a really cool blog that I am still exploring as I type this, but I found a really cool post they did a couple of years ago check it out! Let them know I sent you!  The Freedom Experiment




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Sibs and Kids Sweet Weekend FSU 2013

12:21:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments

This weekend was Sibs and Kids Sweet Weekend here at Ferris. I don't have any younger siblings or any young cousins or anything like that. I couldn't really enjoy bringing someone here to have a fantastic weekend. But that is not to say that I didn't have a fantastic weekend. I did. I got see all the little kids and their smiling faces.

I am really not a little kid person, let me rephrase that. I don't like 50 little kids running around. There were so many kids running around.

So Saturday morning I got up at 7:00 am to go and volunteer for their sweet morning in a hall across campus. Who's idea was it to give kids sugary sweets in the morning? Crazy right? Oh man there were a few kids that I saw that probably had to much sugar, but they were having fun and that was what the weekend was all about. I helped out with the Chain Reaction game. I also passed out tickets to kids who either made cookies or just were getting involved with the activities. Those activities included Chain Reaction, Jeopardy  X Box 360 Kinect, Cake Walk, Cookie and Gingerbread house making, Starburst guess, and Pictures with Brutus.

After the Sweet Morning was over with (about 12:30) I had a few hours to have lunch and relax before I had to be back and volunteer for Life Sized games. My game was Chutes and Ladders. It got really boring for me because I had other expectations  for the design of the game. I probably did 3 or 4 rounds of that game. At one point I believe that I had about 10 people playing and in the beginning it got really crowded when everyone was drawing fours, fives, and sixes. 10 people was probably the max that it should have been or maybe it was just a few people too much.

That was my weekend. A weekend of volunteering.

Hope everyone had a good weekend. :)

I Believe In...

2:55:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments

Things I believe in..

Kids playing in the grass
watching the sunset
eating ice cream for dinner
sleeping in until noon
the laughter of kids
second chances for those who deserve it
catching fireflies
a kiss on top of a ferris wheel
overeating
wearing sweatpants
dressing up just because
smiling from ear to ear
going for a Sunday drive
Cowboys & city girls
going for walks alone
dancing around in your room to your favorite music
having a best friend
long late night phone calls
being/getting scared
fairy tales
movie marathons
expressing yourself
love at first sight
going sledding
watching football on Sunday
summer baseball games
eating ballpark hotdogs
pulling all-nighters
giving hugs
talking to the elderly
playing with puppies
taking a bubble bath
going out to dinner on Friday nights
going to county fairs
celebrating birthdays
saving money
90's music
homemade dinners
Christmas morning
creating a family
curling up with a cup of hot tea
Kool-Aid smiles
a roaring fireplace
a good book
Thanksgiving Dinner
making a snowman
celebrity crushes
New York City
surfing on the shores of California
marrying your high school sweet heart
biting your nails
smiling to strangers
going for a run
watching chick flicks just to cry
trying to fix something yourself
going window shopping
test driving cars
watching old home videos
eating a whole box of chocolates

Just some things I came up with while I was sitting in class. So much more, but so far that is my list. :)