Turn Down for What?

Once again Prairie View A&M University decides to put homecoming and midterms on the same week! I'm really starting to think they do it on purpose to torture the students! Well not really, in all seriousness, having homecoming and midterms the same week has honestly benefited me. Last year, I thought I was not going to be able to balance both, midterms and partying. What the situation made me do is be a smarter student. If I knew I had a take home 250 question midterm due that Friday after the tent party, which I did, that just meant I need to have it finished by Wednesday night or Thursday afternoon. This way I was still able to enjoy the many festivities of the week. Not only did having homecoming and midterms the same week help me prioritize it also should me I work well under pressure but also that I can have the luxury of both worlds, partying and studying. In saying that there is a fine line that you must not cross. For instance, I knew I had class during the BET College Tour and we were taking our midterm in class, so I only spent thirty or forty minutes at the BET College Tour and I knew I had to go to class, likely for me my class was in Delco, which was right across the lawn. This year I am hoping I stick to the same strategy! I have to prioritize and realize you do not have to participate in every part of homecoming, only the key events!

http://www.thehilltoponline.com/news/midterms-homecoming-mix-like-oil-water-1.462034#.Ula902Tk_Uc

Working on People Skills

These past two years have really been hard for me socially. Not in a sense that I cannot attain friendships, but in a sense that my friendships are not genuine or do not last. I now understand the phrase, “Some people come into your life for a season and some for a lifetime.”  I take my friendships very seriously, so when I feel as if I have been crossed or something of that nature, I take it very personal. Many might say I am short tempered, but I know I have an attitude problem and I tend to say things out loud before I think about them. Something may seem common sense to me and it will make me angry that another person does not understand. I know in the professional world there are going to be times where my principal is going to say or do something I do not agree with nor understand. I cannot get noticeably angry or saying anything to him or her about it.  I am working really hard on that aspect. I have kind of gotten the not saying anything part down, but now it is written all over my face. I wear my emotions and feelings on my face. Even now it is to the point to where when I cannot retaliate I began to cry out of frustration. Biting my tongue is something very new to me, but something I must master before the end of this semester! I know for a fact there will be times during the school year, while I am teaching that things are going to happen that may not be right or fair, but I must remain calm and level headed.  So I have made it my End of the Year Resolution to have my anger problem down and have better people skills for a brighter future!

http://www.wikihow.com/Change-Attitude-at-Work

Where Does My Time Go?

I have always loved the fall semester more than the spring, but I feel like the semester is going by too fast and I have too much to do. Between my fifteen hours, my job, studying, taking practice certification tests, and my multiple organizations, I am spread a little too far. I have been told I need to take breaks on the weekends since I do not have to work, so I can get much needed rest and sleep. Only problem with that is my organizations may require me to do community service on the weekends or attend an event. I have yet to just sit at my house and watch movies all day on the weekends. Every weekend I have somewhere to be or something to do. My weeks fly by! I think it's Monday and look up and it’s Thursday. I'm stressing myself out and wearing myself out. Somewhere in the month of November, I need to carve out sometime for myself. Why November you ask? This weekend is the State Fair Classic and the only time I have to go home, I have not been home since summer school, and the next two weekends are midterms and homecoming, definitely not getting any sleep or me time, the next weekend is Halloween and I have to do community service. Well there went the month of October, so what am I left with, November. 

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23693229/ns/health-mental_health/t/undergrads-constantly-stressed/#.UkwkY2TXjUc