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How to Try (Swing) Dancing
I tell all my friends, and really anyone who will listen to try dancing, specifically swing dancing. Though I realize I’ve only verbally given those people ideas, so here’s the post that will show you the basics. If you attend a university first see if your school has a club, its a great way to meet people. Plus most clubs find social dances to attend as a group anyway. If You’re Somewhere Else Facebook is a surprisingly great first place to check for dances, just look at events and type in swing dance (or some variation thereof) and look up the places that pop up online. If you want to…
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Coded Thoughts
I actually first tried my hand at coding in 8th grade. I was invited, along with 20 other girls, including one of my best friends, from my school to go to a tech business for a “Geek Girls” or girls in science event. We got to spend the day doing different tech activities, meeting those who worked at the business, and having lunch at the business, pretty cool for a middle schooler. One of the things I distinctly remember was building the most basic of codes for the most basic of apps. My friend and I programmed a cartoon cat to “meow” when clicked through the apps interface. For a girl who’s…
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The Christian and The Doctor (Who)
Yesterday I wrote about how as a Christian this world is only my home for a little while. Oddly enough the idea of this world not being my home makes me think of one of my favorite shows: Doctor Who. The main character, the doctor, is an alien who really only travels to Earth to help and make friends knowing she doesn’t plan to stay. I think this might be one of the reasons why I like the show so much, and why I am so inspired by the doctor. It isn’t a Christian show by any means, and its far from a perfect example of the point, but I think…
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Not of This World
This world is not my home, I’m just a passing through. – Quote from a hymn written by Mary Reeves Davis I love the idea behind this hymn and I was reminded by a friend from camp the other night of the importance of this phrase. Our conversations during our time together prompted me to think more about hope, truth, and faith versus religion, and heaven. These are all important as I think about my relationship with Jesus. They all relate to eternity. My friend and I (we’ll call him Ashton – not his real name) hung out at a coffee shop and talked about truth and the ideas we had both heard…
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The Difference a Day Can Make
During my time as a Praxis participant, I’ve gone through loads of new content, and countless new experiences. Especially as I think about moving away I believe I’ve been more deliberate than before in my actions, from choosing to try new things, to taking risks and reach out to people I might not have otherwise. I plan to take this habit with me when I move, Blogging daily has been another notable element of this. I’ve been thinking through unique concepts each day and writing about them. I’ve also been searching for an image each day to match the idea which has led me to look closer at photography. The…
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The Grad in Praxis
Yes, I graduated Bethel University in 2017, and yes now I’m in Praxis, a program that is mostly for college opt outs. I’m done rationalizing either choice for other people, and apoligizing that I didn’t do things the way they would’ve. I prayed over my decisions, and I trust God. My high school pushed college, from advanced courses to AP to Early College options, to PSEO options (a program that lets high schoolers attend colleges for free). It was the path that I was expected to take and wanted to take. I’ll be honest, at that point there wasn’t another option for a person like me who was interested in…
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I Made the Right Move
Soon I’ll be moving out, but until then, I’ll be living with my parents, as I have all my life. Now before you go and say that I’m ungrateful, or taking advantage of living there, there are a few things you should know about what makes this the best situation for everyone involved, and maybe why should think more about where you live. I went to university, but I never actually lived at school. Instead, I saved about $10,000 a year and lived with my parents about 10 minutes away from school (30 minutes my community college year). I lived close enough where I could hang out at school at…
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A Tall Tale
Despite the first-glance meaning of the title this is all true. I get questions about my height regularly. Did you play volleyball or basketball in high school? Were you always tall? How tall are you? I’ve learned that you can’t always change your circumstances but you can and should make the best of any situation…and that my parents and others were right about me growing. I was quite short growing up. I thought I’d never grow. I wasn’t particularly fantastic at owning my height then either. I have tall parents and all my friends were taller than me. I felt childish, especially since I was stuck shopping in the kid’s…
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Practically Best
Optimism is often underapreciated. I’ve heard a number of people talk about the “practicality” of being a pessimist. They say: “I get to be pleasantly surprised.” I don’t overhype things.” “It makes life easier.” What if I told you that I get to find more joy in life by thinking optimistically. What if I told you that even though I get excited and things don’t pan out the way I expect, I make the most of my situations, using optimism and creativity, and end up better off anyway in some cases. What if I even said, I don’t want “easy” I want what God wants even if its hard. I…
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Birthday/”goals for the year” post. In no particular order: Move out of my parent’s house Start an apprenticeship Finish an apprenticeship Go to New York Get my own apartment Pay off over half of my student loans Daily time with God Try a new hobby/sport/adventure and stick with it for a month Eat veggies at every lunch and dinner Save for a condo Visit 5 (or more) new states Visit a new country Learn how to cook a new dish at least once a month Read daily Skip TV/videos/movies at least once a week Take a photo every day Go to the gym at least once a week…
