What I Have Learned...March 2008-March 2009

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