Monthly Assignment

Assignment 3- Promotional Video
Greenpeace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g61Cay1St3A&list=LLv29Fk1enjSt9D1YLzk-ayg&feature=mh_lolz

Full Media

My desk and the building at Full Media! Very nice..

My Sentence

Here's a link to my sentence:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94v8cpy-x78&feature=youtu.be

Enjoy!

This Week's Drama

This past week has been extremely productive and action packed for me. I had to work on making up my missing assignments for all of my AP classes, due to my sickness the previous week. I also had to work on designing a shirt for my high school chorus. Balancing out my responsibilities for each week always becomes a big struggle, since I have a myriad of them. Working at the movie theaters is a must for me, because I now have to purchase my own gas, and I always want to buy more equipment for my camera and my guitar to expand my talents and passions. It's also tough having to intern while I work, because I have to make sure my schedule doesn't have any conflicts.

Honestly, all this running around would not be that bad, but the stress of trying to meet my SAT requirement has been dragging me own the most. My main priority as of right now is to get into Georgia Tech, which is where my mother went, and where my brother is currently enrolled. I feel like I have all of the requirements to be accepted, but my SAT score is the only one holding me back.

I do believe I found the perfect balance of my responsibilities, and I can't really complain about it. It's all just part of growing up and entering the real world. Your mom is no longer the one taking charge for you. You have to set your own schedule, handle your own responsibilities, and be alert. My mentors email me on almost a daily basis, and I can't just put it off like a text message from a friend.If you have the initiative, you are able to accomplish anything.

Dave Ramsey & Money

"We do not break the bad habit of debt through earning more money, but rather we break any habit by replacing it with a better one." 

        This simply means that getting in a good habit of using cash or debit is the remedy for breaking bad habits like using credit cards and loans. Earning more money and still using credit cards, just makes the debt on a bigger scale.

I am not that worried about getting into financial trouble as I get older, because my parents have learned how to beat the financial system the hard way. They've been in huge debt before, but have fought their way out, and stayed their way out, by using good spending habits. My dad has taught me the ways of Dave Ramsey since I was a little kid.

Money factors into almost every career path in life, but in my case, it's only a necessity when you're getting started. Purchasing media software and hardware were definitely the most expensive purchases I've ever made in my lifetime. Once you have the equipment, though, you're good to go. The ability to do graphic design doesn't leave you. 

Money shouldn't be the biggest consideration in choosing a path, because honestly, money doesn't buy happiness. I would rather make a middle-class income doing something I love, than make a ridiculously large amount of money doing something that I loathe everyday.

Dare to Dream!

Dare to Dream!

I've only been attending my mentorship for three days so far, and has already begun to teach me wonders! I hope to progressively learn how to use my experience and apply it to the real world, since I've been programmed to just use my knowledge in the classroom. As my teachers always tell me, "There is no such thing as a dumb question," so I will not hesitate to ask any question that will further boost my knowledge in my field of study. This internship is giving me the next level of expertise that I need to be prepared for my future business. I am glad that I finally have the chance to progress past basic academic knowledge, and journey into the real world!

My Mission Statement

MISSION STATEMENT: 

I am known for my friendly features.

I will turn gloom to glee for every lonely creature.

I will never let my trust be defeated.

And I keep in mind: Everything happens for a reason.

21 Day Challenge!

I am willing to participate in the 21 Day Challenge! If anyone else wants to participate, they can contact me and we'll do it together!

The five habits for a positive mindset were:

1. Write down three new things you are grateful for each day into a blank word document or into the free app I Journal. Research shows this will significantly improve your optimism even 6 months later, and raises your success rates significantly.

2. Write for 2 minutes a day describing one positive experience you had over the past 24 hours. This is a strategy to help transform you from a task-based thinker, to a meaning based thinker who scans the world for meaning instead of endless to-dos. This dramatically increases work happiness.

3. Exercise for 10 minutes a day. This trains your brain to believe your behavior matters, which causes a cascade of success throughout the rest of the day.

4. Meditate for 2 minutes, focusing on your breath going in and out. This will help you undo the negative effects of multitasking. Research shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. It also decreases stress and raises happiness.

5. Write one, quick email first thing in the morning thanking or praising a member on your team. This significantly increases your feeling of social support, which in my study at Harvard was the largest predictor of happiness for the students.

The Lapdog Experience

        I absolutely loved the Lapdog Experience at Lake Lanier Islands. I've discovered that I have completely gotten rid of my fear of heights that I used to have back in middle school. The turning point of overcoming my fear was riding my first roller coaster in eighth grade. I still had a slight feeling of fear since then, but I realized that I was 100% fearless after the ropes course challenge. Handling leadership can be a little tricky. I'm the kind of person that wants to lead everyone in the right direction, but I also don't want to come off as a "bossy" or arrogant leader. I will usually try to lead in a modest way, by suggesting what I think would be best for the team, and also incorporating others ideas into the team plan. Since I've learned how to overcome my fear of heights, I can do the same with my other fears, like my fear of certain insects. 

During the team objectives, it was hard to trust the others, because I didn't know them very well. I had a little bit of experience with ropes courses, so in my head, it was way easier to trust myself. I believe that you can always learn something new from somebody, even if you think you know more. In that case, I should do more of receiving feedback than giving it. 

The ropes course was a really exciting and fun experience, but I felt like the most fun part of the trip was just joking around and making new friends! There were a lot of diverse individuals there that also had the same taste in life as me, and it was just cool to exchange thoughts!