Blog # 5

Blog # 5


Stress Reduction


I have always hated running. I did dance and gymnastics my entire life, but when you asked me to run the track in gym class... forget it. I hated it. I thought that it was the silliest thing. To just run? Where is the fun in that? But I guess now that I am 22 and I am not as active as I was during grade school, I must try something. Dance classes are a bajillion dollars, and considering a gymnastics career is basically over the day you turn 18, I have to do something to keep me in shape. So I strapped on my running shoes and began to just run through my neighborhood. Ha, well that was an experience. I remember exactly why I hate running... because I stink at it! Yet, I must just do it in order to keep in shape. So every single say I have been putting aside just about 45 minutes to get a little jog in. It has been three weeks now and I feel SO MUCH BETTER! It relieves so much stress that if I don't take my small, daily jog then I feel tired and kind of depressed. After I take a run, (might I remind you, it is not a strenuous sprint, just a light run), I feel absolutely amazing. I feel cleansed from all of my stressors for the day. I have a clear head to just think about what I want to accomplish next and how I am going to do it. I'm not sure if I get anything spiritual out of it... yet.. but I definitely feel better mentally, physically, and emotionally. It is like taking medicine to relieve your brain of stress and anxiety. I feel great! I don't think I will ever be a marathon runner, but I definitely want to incorporate this lovely jog into my everyday life. :) 

Blog # 4


Adapt and overcome, Just do it.


Those are the six words that I decided to choose when describing myself. I am always a person that loves change. I love changing where I live, what I am doing, and who I am doing it with. I very much so do not like to do anything repetitive. Adapt and overcome: In every situation that I bring myself up against, since I like change so much then it is a lot, I always need to adapt to that situation and make the best of it. I can overcome anything and be optimistic about every situation. Just do it: is something like a work in process. I always get my tasks finished, but I tend to procrastinate quite a bit. I am really trying to reevaluate my life in a way where my good organization skills turn into a just do it attitude. I hope this health class gets my butt in gear! ;)

http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/thanks.php

I definitely took the quiz last week and posted my blog over last weekend about it but just noticed it was not up here! Maybe I deleted it by accident? Not sure. Well, here it is! :) 

Blog #3

Love Language Profile

For Singles

After taking the Love Language Profile Quiz, it just confirmed what I already knew about myself. I currently have a boyfriend that I have been dating for two years. We spend every single day together. I love spending quality time with him. I scored an 11 on the Quality Time portion of the quiz. Spending time with person that I care about most is definitely the most important thing to me. I don’t think I could ever do a long-distance relationship because I would never be able to not spend time with that person. I scored a 7 on the Physical Touch portion of the quiz. This also was not a surprise to me considering along with quality time, there tends to be frequent physical interaction including hugs, dancing, etc. I had a close third place with the Words of Affirmation portion of the quiz. I do like to talk and I like to be told that I am appreciated rather than being showed that I am appreciated. I am a person that needs reassurance in a relationship. Sometimes I am not proud of this, but I guess I can work on it through self-confidence and health! Receiving Gifts and Acts of Service are not important to me. The only thing that was a surprise to me was the order that the Words of Affirmation and the Physical Touch portions came in. I thought they would have been vice versa. I thought this activity was fun and interesting. I even made my boyfriend take it so that I could better understand what his love language is. :)