I have pretty much been active my whole life.
According to my mom as a kid I was always running around and playing.
I can recall many many days when we lived in Washington spending time outside playing basketball, baseball, football, kick ball, climbimg trees, roller blading, riding bikes and just loving it.
Then I started playing soccer. Soccer was my life in high school. High school season was always intense, and then when that season was over we started another for rec. And if a season wasn't going on we were always practicing. There is nothing more fun than the competitivness amongst teammates to make eachother better and nothing more fullfilling than reaching a new goal of number of juggles you can do in a row.
I also did cross country in high school. That opened my mind and body up to the world of running. To those who have never competitively ran in a race before there is a lot more strategy to it than one might think. And as fun as it is to race, it is even nicer to just run and have time to think about things other than how fast of a pace you should be running, who to pass, when to pass them or when to start your final sprint.
Then college came and life got "too busy" to be as active as I was before. It is not the fact that I have been in this sort of cycle of "gaining some weight and then losing weight", that has had me thinking about how active I was but more of the fact that with my major being "exercise physiology" I feel like unless I get back in the habit of being active everyday I will have to consider myself a hypocrite. So starting tomorrow my days of being "too busy" are over. Not only am I going to start eating better and exercising more but I also want to just do more outside. Florida may be hot, but I feel like after living here for so long I should be use to it.
Lesson to learn here: If its not easy then its not worth it. I am really going to have to work hard and push myself to do these things. I know I can but it will take time before it starts to get easier and more or the norm. Im excited to see how it changes my life though. When I live this way it makes me feel just more happy overall, and that is a great way to feel. Plus a healthy body is more inviting to the spirit too because it shows that you care about this precious gift that was given to us. That will be my motivation!
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Failed Blogger
So basically the title says it all. Thus far in my blogging experience I have failed. Failed to have a point to my blog, failed to keep up with it. I have just failed, and I have accepted that. Well now that I know I have failed I have decided to once again try to do this again only this time I want to succeed. My motivation to do so came from a couple of very spunky sisters I met a couple months ago who keep wonderful blogs themselves. Reading through their posts made me miss typing out my thoughts for people to read, that is if they care to.
With a new name, a new layout and with having summer(so I will actually have time to write), I think I am ready to begin this new online journal-esque experience. To those who will actually read this I hope I don't bore you, and I will apologize in advance for any rambling that may occur in future posts.
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This will be my first little thought. My new name "Another Day Wiser".
I have to thank "Yours Truly, Madison" for coming up with it, as well as for designing my header since I was too lazy to do it myself :)
Anyway, as I was thinking about the title "Another Day Wiser" and how I could tie that in for a sort of theme for this blog it made me think about this past semester I had at Brigham Young University-Idaho. It was an amazing semester and I can honestly say that my experience there has made me the happiest I have ever been in my life. A main part of that came from the people that I met, my roommates in particular.
We would always have hour long talks about the gospel and life, and one principle amongst the many that I truly came to appreciate through those talks is the fact that in this life we are constantly progressing, and that progress will never end unless we let it. While we may think we know a lot, there is ALWAYS something new to learn and that is so exciting to think about. So with this blog I want to try and focus on that principle. The lessons I learn each day, and how I become in a way "another day wiser".
With a new name, a new layout and with having summer(so I will actually have time to write), I think I am ready to begin this new online journal-esque experience. To those who will actually read this I hope I don't bore you, and I will apologize in advance for any rambling that may occur in future posts.
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This will be my first little thought. My new name "Another Day Wiser".
I have to thank "Yours Truly, Madison" for coming up with it, as well as for designing my header since I was too lazy to do it myself :)
Anyway, as I was thinking about the title "Another Day Wiser" and how I could tie that in for a sort of theme for this blog it made me think about this past semester I had at Brigham Young University-Idaho. It was an amazing semester and I can honestly say that my experience there has made me the happiest I have ever been in my life. A main part of that came from the people that I met, my roommates in particular.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Let's try this again
So I seem to have been slacking on the whole blog thing. Not that it really matters since Im sure no one reads this, but oh well, I have decided to try and keep up with it again.
It's crazy to think of how quickly the months have gone since my last post. My trip to Utah was amazing. I got to enjoy being part of Leesh's wedding and got to see all my family and friends! Definitely a very memorable trip!
Christmas break was perfect! I got to work and make a decent amount of money. I got to race and play soccer, spend lots of time with my family and friends, and just relax!!!!
Im back in Orlando now and it has been an interesting return. With bug bites and extremely difficult classes and unsuccessful job searches, things just haven't seemed to go the way I planned on them going, but what can you do? Just taking one day at a time.
The most recent big news is my waiting to hear back from BYU about summer semester. Yes, once again I have applied to BYU. Im trying not to get my hopes up, but I want to get in so much more now than I think I ever have. Should be getting that news in the next two weeks!
Whatever happens will be what needs to happen. If I don't get in I will be going home and figuring stuff out. Either way I just feel like things will work out the way they are suppose to and I feel very peaceful about it, which I haven't felt in a while.
Kind of a random story now. . . So after a long day of classes today I came home layed in bed and just turned up the music. It didn't take long for me to just fall asleep and I had an interesting dream. I was standing in an airport with two planes tickets, one that read DESTINATION HOME and another that read DESTINATION BYU. As I stood there staring at the two tickets I heard the first few lines of Silversun Pickups "Lazy Eye" re-playing over and over in my head. "I've been waiting, I've been waiting for this moment all my life, but it's not quite right". I have never had dreams like that before. Usually dreams to me are confusing and I wake up thinking, "what in the world did that mean?" or "where in the world did that come from?". This perticular dream obviously was obviously a good way of showing the one thing that has constantly been on my mind for the last 2 weeks. Even if I woke up before seeing which ticket I used, I can't help but love a good dream.
The End.
It's crazy to think of how quickly the months have gone since my last post. My trip to Utah was amazing. I got to enjoy being part of Leesh's wedding and got to see all my family and friends! Definitely a very memorable trip!
Christmas break was perfect! I got to work and make a decent amount of money. I got to race and play soccer, spend lots of time with my family and friends, and just relax!!!!
Im back in Orlando now and it has been an interesting return. With bug bites and extremely difficult classes and unsuccessful job searches, things just haven't seemed to go the way I planned on them going, but what can you do? Just taking one day at a time.
The most recent big news is my waiting to hear back from BYU about summer semester. Yes, once again I have applied to BYU. Im trying not to get my hopes up, but I want to get in so much more now than I think I ever have. Should be getting that news in the next two weeks!
Whatever happens will be what needs to happen. If I don't get in I will be going home and figuring stuff out. Either way I just feel like things will work out the way they are suppose to and I feel very peaceful about it, which I haven't felt in a while.
Kind of a random story now. . . So after a long day of classes today I came home layed in bed and just turned up the music. It didn't take long for me to just fall asleep and I had an interesting dream. I was standing in an airport with two planes tickets, one that read DESTINATION HOME and another that read DESTINATION BYU. As I stood there staring at the two tickets I heard the first few lines of Silversun Pickups "Lazy Eye" re-playing over and over in my head. "I've been waiting, I've been waiting for this moment all my life, but it's not quite right". I have never had dreams like that before. Usually dreams to me are confusing and I wake up thinking, "what in the world did that mean?" or "where in the world did that come from?". This perticular dream obviously was obviously a good way of showing the one thing that has constantly been on my mind for the last 2 weeks. Even if I woke up before seeing which ticket I used, I can't help but love a good dream.
The End.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
attitude change
I read my last post which was about a month ago and I feel like I was being so lame and depressing. Sure life in Orlando may not be the most amazing thing ever but, life is good and I have notice I haven't found as much to complain about lately. I think what really made me turn my attitude around was General Conference.
President Monson gave a talk about gratitude. He talked about how we tend to focus on the negative things in our life and don't focus enough on the things we have and should be grateful for having. It really made me realize that the hard things that may have been going on in my life at the time are really nothing compared to the things I have been blessed with in my life. One thing he said that I loved was that "to have gratitude in our hearts is to touch heaven". How awesome is that? Who wouldn't want that? Ever since hearing that I have just tried my best to focus more on just trying to find the best out of situations and it has really helped me get through this semester. I don't feel miserable and while I may not go out and have fun every weekend or get to do all the fun stuff I did in UT, I love my life and am so grateful for the people and things I have in my life.
Now it feels like the semester has gone by so fast. I get to go back to Provo in 19 days for Leeshee's wedding(crazy)!!! The week after that I have 3 days of school and then get to go home for thanksgiving. The week after that is the last week of classes, finals the next week and then home for a month for christmas break!!!!! It is going to fly by and I cannot wait! Now it's time for colder weather!
President Monson gave a talk about gratitude. He talked about how we tend to focus on the negative things in our life and don't focus enough on the things we have and should be grateful for having. It really made me realize that the hard things that may have been going on in my life at the time are really nothing compared to the things I have been blessed with in my life. One thing he said that I loved was that "to have gratitude in our hearts is to touch heaven". How awesome is that? Who wouldn't want that? Ever since hearing that I have just tried my best to focus more on just trying to find the best out of situations and it has really helped me get through this semester. I don't feel miserable and while I may not go out and have fun every weekend or get to do all the fun stuff I did in UT, I love my life and am so grateful for the people and things I have in my life.
Now it feels like the semester has gone by so fast. I get to go back to Provo in 19 days for Leeshee's wedding(crazy)!!! The week after that I have 3 days of school and then get to go home for thanksgiving. The week after that is the last week of classes, finals the next week and then home for a month for christmas break!!!!! It is going to fly by and I cannot wait! Now it's time for colder weather!
Monday, September 27, 2010
things are gonna get better
So far life in Orlando has been a very interesting experience and lately I have found it much harder to stay focused on the positive aspects of this experience.
I don't want to be this person who dosen't give change a chance. Eight months ago I had this feeling that coming out to Orlando for school was what I needed to do and as hard as I knew it would be I was looking forward to the challenge of meeting new people and coming out of my shell even more than I had to in Utah. I wish I still felt the same. Lately I have found myself only being able to focus on the things I miss about UT and focusing on those things makes it a lot harder for me to enjoy myself here.
I had lots of different ideas of why the Lord would send me out here, but of course I over think eveyrthing and I found that one reason has made it self known that I had never previously thought of. I wouldn't call it a punishment but I think it is more of a humbling thing. I will honestly say that when I was out in UT I didn't always have the best attitude. I focused a lot on how hard it was being out there and not going to BYU, and because of this I didn't really enjoy school. I also focused WAY too much on how far away I was from home and because of this it made it difficult for me to try and make good friends. I felt like I had enough friends back home and I didn't need anymore than my roommates. There are lots of other things that stopped me from enjoying myself completely but I either can't remember them or don't feel like explaining them. Im a complicated person lol, but not really. :)
Anyway, looking back on last year now I can't help but think "wow, life was so much easier". I took so much of what I had out there for granted and now that I don't have them anymore I have found that they are things that are a lot more important to me than I realized.
I miss living with my best friends. I miss being able to walk to church. I miss having the opportunity to go to CES firesides and General Conferences. I miss getting to enjoy sunday dinners with family that we didn't get to see much growing up. I miss the mountains. I miss being able to go to the temple whenever I wanted to. I miss being able to walk to 711, or just anywhere after dark and feeling safe. I miss having home teachers. I miss the random parties people would have at their apartments. I miss ward prayer and nice notes. I miss cafe rio. I miss riding the bus. I miss being able to walk over to friends apartments. I miss hearing people talk about the prophet at walmart. I miss having a calling at church. . .and the list could go on and on.
Most of those things were just how life was. I didn't think of them as anything special, but now that they aren't part of my life I hate that I didn't take more time to enjoy them, instead of just see them as things I should be doing.
I guess I don't really know what I was trying to get out of writing this post? I have had so much on my mind about what the future has in store for me and I think being able to recognize certain things about UT will help me in future decisions I may have to make. All I can say is I never thought I would end up going to school in Florida, and yet here I am. Anything can happen, plans can change, and I hope that whatever happens I will be able to stay strong and let things happen the way they are suppose to.
I don't want to be this person who dosen't give change a chance. Eight months ago I had this feeling that coming out to Orlando for school was what I needed to do and as hard as I knew it would be I was looking forward to the challenge of meeting new people and coming out of my shell even more than I had to in Utah. I wish I still felt the same. Lately I have found myself only being able to focus on the things I miss about UT and focusing on those things makes it a lot harder for me to enjoy myself here.
I had lots of different ideas of why the Lord would send me out here, but of course I over think eveyrthing and I found that one reason has made it self known that I had never previously thought of. I wouldn't call it a punishment but I think it is more of a humbling thing. I will honestly say that when I was out in UT I didn't always have the best attitude. I focused a lot on how hard it was being out there and not going to BYU, and because of this I didn't really enjoy school. I also focused WAY too much on how far away I was from home and because of this it made it difficult for me to try and make good friends. I felt like I had enough friends back home and I didn't need anymore than my roommates. There are lots of other things that stopped me from enjoying myself completely but I either can't remember them or don't feel like explaining them. Im a complicated person lol, but not really. :)
Anyway, looking back on last year now I can't help but think "wow, life was so much easier". I took so much of what I had out there for granted and now that I don't have them anymore I have found that they are things that are a lot more important to me than I realized.
I miss living with my best friends. I miss being able to walk to church. I miss having the opportunity to go to CES firesides and General Conferences. I miss getting to enjoy sunday dinners with family that we didn't get to see much growing up. I miss the mountains. I miss being able to go to the temple whenever I wanted to. I miss being able to walk to 711, or just anywhere after dark and feeling safe. I miss having home teachers. I miss the random parties people would have at their apartments. I miss ward prayer and nice notes. I miss cafe rio. I miss riding the bus. I miss being able to walk over to friends apartments. I miss hearing people talk about the prophet at walmart. I miss having a calling at church. . .and the list could go on and on.
Most of those things were just how life was. I didn't think of them as anything special, but now that they aren't part of my life I hate that I didn't take more time to enjoy them, instead of just see them as things I should be doing.
I guess I don't really know what I was trying to get out of writing this post? I have had so much on my mind about what the future has in store for me and I think being able to recognize certain things about UT will help me in future decisions I may have to make. All I can say is I never thought I would end up going to school in Florida, and yet here I am. Anything can happen, plans can change, and I hope that whatever happens I will be able to stay strong and let things happen the way they are suppose to.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
so different
I live in Orlando. A year ago I never would have thought I would be going to school and living in Orlando.
It has always been my plan to graduate high school and enjoy 4 fun-filled years at BYU. Well, my plan has definitely not gone how I expected.
I miss Utah a lot more than I thought I would and I find it interesting that it wasn't until I decided to move back to FL that I realized just how much of a life I had created for myself in Provo. But as much as I would have loved to stay I just felt like for some reason Orlando is where I need to be right now. Defintely still waiting to know what that reason is. Just have to keep reminding myself that the Lord works in mysterious ways. :)
So far my life in Orlando is going well. I love UCF and I love all of my classes! I really feel good about what this semester has to offer, and I think I can be successful in my classes! That is defintely a plus! Living situation is interesting. . . I knew it would be different but I never thought I would be put through something this far from what my values are. I guess you could say I was secretly hoping that by some miracle I would end up with a roommate who was mormon. That is DEFINITELY not the case, but it has given me something to gain from, like patience, finding comfort in what the gospel has to offer, patience, and PATIENCE!
I have a feeling like it will be a long year, but at the same time I also feel like it will go by qucikly if I keep myself busy and focus on the most important things in life like church and school. Thank goodness I have maggie here to be my saving grace from all the madness!
I truely hope that as this year goes by I may come to understand why it is that I felt like I should come here and I also hope that whatever my next move is suppose to be, that it might be made known to me in time and that I might be patient with answers to my prayers!
Wish me luck!
It has always been my plan to graduate high school and enjoy 4 fun-filled years at BYU. Well, my plan has definitely not gone how I expected.
I miss Utah a lot more than I thought I would and I find it interesting that it wasn't until I decided to move back to FL that I realized just how much of a life I had created for myself in Provo. But as much as I would have loved to stay I just felt like for some reason Orlando is where I need to be right now. Defintely still waiting to know what that reason is. Just have to keep reminding myself that the Lord works in mysterious ways. :)
So far my life in Orlando is going well. I love UCF and I love all of my classes! I really feel good about what this semester has to offer, and I think I can be successful in my classes! That is defintely a plus! Living situation is interesting. . . I knew it would be different but I never thought I would be put through something this far from what my values are. I guess you could say I was secretly hoping that by some miracle I would end up with a roommate who was mormon. That is DEFINITELY not the case, but it has given me something to gain from, like patience, finding comfort in what the gospel has to offer, patience, and PATIENCE!
I have a feeling like it will be a long year, but at the same time I also feel like it will go by qucikly if I keep myself busy and focus on the most important things in life like church and school. Thank goodness I have maggie here to be my saving grace from all the madness!
I truely hope that as this year goes by I may come to understand why it is that I felt like I should come here and I also hope that whatever my next move is suppose to be, that it might be made known to me in time and that I might be patient with answers to my prayers!
Wish me luck!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
what a week
This week turned out to be probably the most eventful and exhausting week of summer.
Monday: Headed up to girls camp for the YCL day to enjoy time with my friends from the stake that I don't get to see very often, and to help set up and get things ready for camp. It was a lot of fun! I enjoyed feeling like a YCL again, but found it weird how so many of the girls who also seemed so young are now YCLs. CRAZY stuff!
Tuesday: Left camp around 12:00 and drove to Orlando with my dad. We got to Orlando around 5. Checked into the hotel and ate dinner at Dennys. Relaxed in the hotel that night and watched some random war movie? lol My dad chose it, I just sat on the computer and tried to read Eclipse.
Wednesday: Early morning. Got to UCF by 8:00. Orientation was LONG and almost TOO informative. My head and feet hurt by the end of the day. But it was definitely a productive day. It was nice to walk arounf and get the feel of campus, and too just see where I would be living soon. My new school! and from what I got out of that one day, I have a feeling I am really going to like it a lot!
Thursday: Another early morning. Spent literally all day looking for housing! We found some possible future homes from me, but we didn't settle on one. I think it would be hard to do all of that in one day. Luckily other than housing, we got everything else done that we needed to and I'm really looking forward to august! Around 5, the rest of the family got in to Orlando and we went to Medieval times! It was such an awesome and fun experience! I loved getting to eat delicous food, including a huge chicken leg, a spare rib, a slice of roasted potato, garlic bread, tomato soup and an apple pastry with my hands! That's right, no utensils in that time period. It was sweet! We got to cheer on the red knight, which was perfect since red is my favorite color! The Knights would recieve flowers from the princess after every round they would win and then they would come over to their section of the stadium and throw the flowers into the crowd. There are only a few who know this about me and that is just because they are the ones who have seen how excited I get when people throw things into the crowd at football games or pep rallies, exc. but as excited as I get I never catch what is thrown and it makes me sad. Lame, I know, but that's just the way I have always been. When that knight rode over to our side I seriously got SO excited, especially since I wasn't expecting it. I stood up, waving my arms in the air, pleading for him to throw it to me. I am not sure if he meant to throw it to me or not, but it happened like it was slow motion. He tossed the flower, it slowly spun toward me and landed right in my hands! I jumped for joy and couldn't stop smiling! I enjoyed my moment for about 5 seconds, when I looked over at my mom who pointed at my 8 year old sister who looked very sad to have not gotten a flower. As hard as it was I gave in and handed her the flower. She ended up forgetting it on the table when we left, so I was able to get it back, so that was GOOD! :D We enjoyed hanging around after and taking pictures in the awesome castle! It was a fun family night!
Friday: Early morning again. Checked out of the hotel, and headed over to the other side of town to the temple. I haven't been to a temple since leaving utah and haven't been to temple wedding in forver. It was so relaxing getting to just sit inside. When the wedding was over we stayed around for pictures outside and it was SO hot! My legs were glistening with sweat! It looked like I had jumped into a swimming pool, and Im not exagerating! After the wedding we headed home. The long 6 hour drive went by fairly quickly, and when we got home it didn't feel like the wedding was that morning. Strange, long day! and I was SO exhausted when we got home! It felt good to just lay in bed and relax the rest of the night!
Monday: Headed up to girls camp for the YCL day to enjoy time with my friends from the stake that I don't get to see very often, and to help set up and get things ready for camp. It was a lot of fun! I enjoyed feeling like a YCL again, but found it weird how so many of the girls who also seemed so young are now YCLs. CRAZY stuff!
Tuesday: Left camp around 12:00 and drove to Orlando with my dad. We got to Orlando around 5. Checked into the hotel and ate dinner at Dennys. Relaxed in the hotel that night and watched some random war movie? lol My dad chose it, I just sat on the computer and tried to read Eclipse.
Wednesday: Early morning. Got to UCF by 8:00. Orientation was LONG and almost TOO informative. My head and feet hurt by the end of the day. But it was definitely a productive day. It was nice to walk arounf and get the feel of campus, and too just see where I would be living soon. My new school! and from what I got out of that one day, I have a feeling I am really going to like it a lot!
Thursday: Another early morning. Spent literally all day looking for housing! We found some possible future homes from me, but we didn't settle on one. I think it would be hard to do all of that in one day. Luckily other than housing, we got everything else done that we needed to and I'm really looking forward to august! Around 5, the rest of the family got in to Orlando and we went to Medieval times! It was such an awesome and fun experience! I loved getting to eat delicous food, including a huge chicken leg, a spare rib, a slice of roasted potato, garlic bread, tomato soup and an apple pastry with my hands! That's right, no utensils in that time period. It was sweet! We got to cheer on the red knight, which was perfect since red is my favorite color! The Knights would recieve flowers from the princess after every round they would win and then they would come over to their section of the stadium and throw the flowers into the crowd. There are only a few who know this about me and that is just because they are the ones who have seen how excited I get when people throw things into the crowd at football games or pep rallies, exc. but as excited as I get I never catch what is thrown and it makes me sad. Lame, I know, but that's just the way I have always been. When that knight rode over to our side I seriously got SO excited, especially since I wasn't expecting it. I stood up, waving my arms in the air, pleading for him to throw it to me. I am not sure if he meant to throw it to me or not, but it happened like it was slow motion. He tossed the flower, it slowly spun toward me and landed right in my hands! I jumped for joy and couldn't stop smiling! I enjoyed my moment for about 5 seconds, when I looked over at my mom who pointed at my 8 year old sister who looked very sad to have not gotten a flower. As hard as it was I gave in and handed her the flower. She ended up forgetting it on the table when we left, so I was able to get it back, so that was GOOD! :D We enjoyed hanging around after and taking pictures in the awesome castle! It was a fun family night!
Friday: Early morning again. Checked out of the hotel, and headed over to the other side of town to the temple. I haven't been to a temple since leaving utah and haven't been to temple wedding in forver. It was so relaxing getting to just sit inside. When the wedding was over we stayed around for pictures outside and it was SO hot! My legs were glistening with sweat! It looked like I had jumped into a swimming pool, and Im not exagerating! After the wedding we headed home. The long 6 hour drive went by fairly quickly, and when we got home it didn't feel like the wedding was that morning. Strange, long day! and I was SO exhausted when we got home! It felt good to just lay in bed and relax the rest of the night!
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