Time Management

Time management so far has been a little bit hard for me. It has been hard due to the fact that I fell like there is so much freedom and so many things to do with all this freedom. I have already become overwhelmed because i keep on procrastinating.  I have been working on not procrastinating by making a to-do- list with my higher priority items on the top. I have also been working on my procrastination by setting aside homework time and study time. Although I fell like I have so much free time the days go by so quick and I fell like the longer we have been here the shorter the days get. Saying that I always tell my self in the morning that I am going to get all my work done ahead of time but in the end I am stuck stressed out and anxious that I am not going to be able to get all the work needed for the next day done. In the end I usually get all the work done but in the process of doing the work I become very nervous. Some distractions I face are the typical obstacles that the average college student faces such as internet, social life and many others. Time management is defiantly a hard skill for me to grasp and it has always been hard for me. There are defiantly ways to compensate for having difficulties with time management just like there are for obstacles that many others face. We all have flaws and must compensate for those flaws. When freedom is given through moving away from parents it is hard to maintain time management, especially when time management has been hard in the past. Time management is one of the skills that everyone will need to maintain through out their life.

Southern V. Pace

This past Friday night September 23rd was the first home football game of the year. They were playing against Pace University. The game started as it continued raining. Before going to the game in front of Wintergreen was a small tailgate where they were handing out free t-shirts, and having a BBQ. Southern won 61-0 with strong defense, holding pace to not score. As many fans in the bleachers cheering for the team they kept on scoring touchdowns. During halftime while both teams were in their locker rooms the club dance team came out and danced on the field. The crowds were filled with students, parents, siblings, and friends. There were many families there also because Friday night was the beginning of family weekend which encouraged many families to come out and support the Southern football team. The game was good especially to see that Pace University was not able to score on Southerns defense. This was a good experience to see the stands filled while many came to support Southerns football team on their way to victory.  

Cupcakes and Yoga

While searching blogs I came across Cupcakes and Yoga. These two articles are similar because many want to exercise a lot by doing yoga or other exercises. But at the same time when you see a tempting sweet such as a cupcake it makes many struggle to stay away. Both are similar in the way that you want to do both. Yoga make you fell good about your self while exercising and losing weight. Where as a cupcake along with other sweets make you happy while causing you to gain weight. A lot of both can be harmful to your body if you eat to many sweets you can get sick. Also, if you exercise to much you can get an unhealthy state of mind. For both there are certain place where you should stop. Some people eat sweets then go to the gym and do exercises such as yoga to lose the calories that were eaten by the sweet. Exercise is a great way to stay healthy and fit. Many exercise through doing home workouts, group workouts,  classes, teams and many others.

Day of Service

       Today, was a day when many came together from Southern. To help clean up the outside community of New Haven. This experience was an important one because people came together to clean up, but it was also a bonding experience with peers.We had to work together in order to clean up the debris on the streets. Our part contain going down several blocks cleaning up leaves and sidewalks. We all met at the student center some went with their classes, clubs, sports, and dorm halls. Seeing so many people willing to help the community was an awesome experience because not many would. Everyone got on their assigned bus and we went to our destinations with rakes, brooms, and bags with us. Newhallville was our destination otherwise known as “The Ville”. Once arriving we all got off of the bus and circled around our areas police officer. He had warned us that we were not in a great area and that it was possible that we could find things such as guns, illegal substances, and many other things.  Upon hearing this many got scared because of the area we were in. We all spread out and cleaned up the streets. We were given gloves to pick up leaves and other things we would not want to touch with our bare hands. After all the cleaning was down I had a conversation with the police officer and asked him questions about the area. He told us that he brought us to one of the better parts of this area. Even though that was not a great area as it was. Afterwards, we all got back on the bus and headed back to campus. This experience seeing others help out the community was an important one to me. I would defiantly encourage more to do it next year.

Time Managment

"Time = life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life."  -Alan Lakein

           Time Management is a skill that is not just needed for college but beyond college. Many students are use to high school time management coming in to college. Once you get in college you realize that there are so many distraction between friends, internet, classes, clubs, sleeping and so many more opportunities. That your ways of using time management in high school needs to change in order to be successful in college. You also do not have your parents looking out for you and making sure you get your school work done. Many resort to ways to maintain all their assignments. Such as daily planner, to-do-list, calendar and other ways to jot down all assignments and class times to make sure you are not late or do not miss assignments. Time management is a hard skill to master but as long as you stay organized and know what is occurring in each class. "Planning out your semester will help you reduce confusion and anxiety be defining more exactly the demands you will face in each course. By anticipating and planning your approach to each course, you can plan your coping strategies" (http://www.arc.sbc.edu/timeplanning.html).  Time management becomes easier. Personally, time management is a hard skill but just trying to stay organized so far this year has helped me so much. Time management equals success because knowing how to manage your time and organization skills is the key. Organization skills help you to know what is due when. Knowing when things are due and setting aside the proper amount of time helps you to succeed in college.

Are electronics a distraction to education?

In this generation computers, phone, television and many other electronic devices create larger distraction for students trying to do their homework. When you are sitting typing a paper a large majority of people will end up on Facebook for one reason or another. It is so hard to avoid the temptation of doing something even though you have a lot of work you should be doing. Although some might call this "switchtasking"its a form of distraction that you use to avoid doing work that should have possibly been done a week ago. Especially at college there are so many things to do, when you have so much work to do. While reading the article Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction it was said that "On YouTube, “you can get a whole story in six minutes,” he explains. “A book takes so long. I prefer the immediate gratification.”" This is about a boy who was going into his senior year and had yet to do his summer reading.  He choose to listen to a six minute explanation of the book. But, with the computer right there in front of you knowing that there is a easier way then reading to know what is occurring. This is causing  many to become lazy and unwilling to do their school work thinking that it will always be easy due to the excessive use of the internet. The internet is truly a large distraction to the education process due the the increase of laziness with in the society.

All About Me

 5 words, things, or concepts that define who I am: Family oriented, Friendly, Caring, Honest, and committed 

Family Oriented: I have a big family. I am one of five kid. I have an older sister, two little sisters and a little brother. My family means so much to me just knowing I have people supporting me. I enjoy being around my family whether its dinner or playing family games. They are very important to me. 


Friendly: I love meeting new people. I pretty much always have a smile on. I try to say hi to people I do not know and have a conversation. I love making new friends .

Caring: I care about my siblings and friends. If I see one of my friends or siblings upset I will try to help them and give them advice. I try to comfort my friends and let them know that I am alway here for them. I love giving advice. When people seem upset it always make me upset. 

Honesty: I believe that no matter what the circumstances are it is better to always tell the truth. Honesty to me tell a lot about someone's personality and no matter good or bad the truth should always be told. 

Committed: Once I get involved in an activity or volunteer work I stick to it. In my senior year I worked, volunteered at the church and elementary school and was on the swim team. Everything I did I tried my best for.