Day: November 29, 2017

Important to take a break

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What I Have Learned About Spreading Myself Too Thin

I have this habit of thinking that I can ‘do it all’. But sometimes it is important to give yourself a break. I have a problem with not wanting to cancel on people. So what happens is, I get a schedule full of dinner plans, coffee dates, study groups, and then I feel exhausted because I haven’t left time for myself to even shower or watch a movie. That has been a very delicate balance in college. Because, making friends is important, and studying is important, but so is staying SANE. I have learned that about once a week when I am done with class early, I come back home and shower, and put on one of my favorite movies for about an hour, then I get back to work. I think it is so important that everyone remembers that there is a balance between everything and not one aspect of your life can define you. 

Why I chose Baylor

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About a year ago I had no idea where I was supposed to go. I mean a school is a school right? I had no idea what differences to look for that would tell me which one I fit with best. Fast forward to me being enlightened by some things I should be thinking about and here is why I chose to attend Baylor University. 

  • In Highschool, I was most successful when my teachers would allow me to come in and they would help me figure out anything that I did not understand. After High school, that is really difficult to find. At Baylor, every single professor wants to know you and wants to make sure you can come into office hours anytime to make sure that you are helped. This makes Baylor so unique because my friends at state schools like A&M, Texas State, or even Tech, cannot believe the kind of one on one time you get with instructors here. 
  • I am a Christian and that is a very big part of who I am. Coming from a public school system in which we are not allowed to talk about religion it means the world that at Baylor we are required to discuss religion. 
  • The small campus is super nice to navigate. The farthest point on campus takes me 20 minutes to walk to, but that is only because I am a slow walker. 
  • Being your class sizes are smaller, your professors have fewer students so they can focus and really serve the students that they do have. This also means most of them will learn your name. 
  • The traditions are super rich here from homecoming to Christmas on fifth, there is always joy on campus. 

I could keep bulleting points forever, but overall, Baylor is a wonderful school that I was drawn to by all of the resources available to the students and the Christian core values that uphold the school’s honor. I could not have made a better choice last February. 

Hurricane Harvey

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Hurricane Harvey is like your least favorite relative. You know, the one that you hate to invite over because they always leave a mess even though you don’t have any choice. 

About 10 days after I moved away from my family for the first time in 18 years, Hurricane Harvey came and left all of our homes in quite a mess. There was quite a mix of emotions when everything first happened but now three months later, I have proof that we are going to be okay. Right now we are house shopping and trying to finish sorting everything that’s in storage and packing up everything in the old house. It is kind of crazy because I never would have imagined selling my childhood home or moving into a new one so late in life. But one thing my family has not done is throw a pity party. We are not the only ones affected by Hurricane Harvey and we WILL be okay. As I have mentioned before, my Grandma, Mops, taught me that life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. The only way that Harvey will get the best of us is if we let it. Life happens, to everyone, we just have to get back up and treck on.

I will forever hold this photo near and dear to me. This is my whole family in the tree in front of my grandparents, Mops and Pops’ house.