My friend challenged me to make this list! Now, make one of your own!
What I Have Learned, March 2008-March 2009
- I have learned that stressing gets you nowhere...except towards a bigger headache.
- Life is always better when you have a Jamba in your hand.
- Never use a plastic utensil in hot grease.
- Family is more important than anything else you have going on. Always.
- a^2 + b^2 =c^2 Thank you Pythagoras.
- If you aren't feeling happy, go serve someone. It's a natural anti-depressant.
- Never let your passions over rule your head. Never let your head over rule your passions. Balance them!
- Don't make the Spirit tell you more than once to do anything
- Miracles can happen
- Being an EFY Counselor is hard work, harder than anything I've ever done...but the experience was worth more to me than the what I put into it and sacrificed.
- Be nice. Everyone is fighting a hard battle.
- Wear good shoes. And don't wear the same pair every day.
- Running, jumping and chasing teenagers will cause shin splints.
- Sprinklers are heavenly in the middle of August.
- Never take more than 16 credits a semester
- Never take a class before 8 o'clock am.
- Don't take any kind of flack from people. Stand your ground.
- Remember to smile, even when no one is looking. It will make you feel better.
- Every problem on the earth could be solved if people weren't obese (courtesy of Health Professor)
- Listen to music before falling asleep at night.
- Don't let your best friend leave on his mission without calling him and telling him good-bye
- Focus more on others than on yourself
- Don't unload on people. Usually their load is bigger than yours.
- Try to be as helpful as you can, at home, in class, at work.
- If someone is asking you for money, it's because they need it. Don't turn them away!
- Eat an apple instead of candy
- EFY Polos do not look good on anyone.
- Quitting a job is okay.
- God is really good at His job, so, let Him do it!
- Don't be so worried about things. Everything works out in the end
- When you get anxious about homework being due, or having a test, relax. Usually the professor doesn't show up on that day.
- Don't tell everyone your life story.
- Try not to drive the same way to work and school every day. It will make you crazy.
- Skip class just for the sake of skipping class. But don't do it too often.
- Stand up for what you believe in, even if it's under attack and you are the only one who will fight back. (Courtesy Ethics and Values class)
- Only take classes from professors who give 30%+ of their class A's (courtesy pickaprof.com)
- Being in a wheelchair is rough business. Don't do it unless you really have to. And then, love every moment and try and find the good in it.
- Always respect everyone, able or disabled, kind or unkind, different or the same.
- Always follow a prompting.
- Let everyone know how much you care about them.
- Never leave a question unanswered.
- Listen to what people are saying, don't just brush them off
- Dream big.
- Sing like no one is listening.
- Be curious!
- Learn enthusiastically
- Thank the bus drivers :D
- Live with no regrets...if you have regrets, fix them!
love, Anne
