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Mind Your Own Resistance
As part of my current module in Praxis I’ve been reading The War of Art I just finished the first section of the book: Resistance – Defining the Enemy. It had some interesting ideas that I hadn’t really considered in such a way before. First things first, the author notes that resistance comes from within. At first, I challenged this but I realized that although other people influence our resistance, we often decide for ourselves to be limited in our pursuits. There are so many things that we make decisions on the help us resist doing what we want to be doing. In almost everything good we try to accomplish…
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Swing Dancing: A Hobby
Swing dancing is a fun way for me to stay active, hang out with friends, listen to fun music, and develop a rather unique skill. It’s something that anyone who can walk could, in theory, take up to some extent. These days I go to swing dances as often as I can and try to learn stuff along the way. When I was a freshman in high school, I went to a youth group retreat, while there, there was an evening dance, complete with swing dance lessons, and a youth groups full of kids interested in learning how to dance. There I learned the basics of swing dancing for the…
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Junior High Ministry
I struggled in junior high, academically, socially, etc., but I’ve learned a lot since then and I’ve been able to be a junior high youth group leader at my church, GracePoint, since I finished high school. It’s taught me a lot about leadership, helped me learn how to better express empathy, and given me great friends that I otherwise would not have. Church youth group is a place where any kid can come, whether they’ve grown up in the church or not and be loved on, and encouraged by older individuals and peers in the church to follow Jesus, and find their own path in their relationship with their Savior. Junior High…
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More than Camping
For the last week of July, I decided to volunteer at camp. It’s a Bible camp called Camp Lebanon. I had interned there in college for marketing and loved every minute of it. I’ve also been to young adult retreats there. I was so happy to volunteer for the ministry that I got to work for. I also believe every kid should go to camp at least once growing up. I grew up going to camp, but technically a different one. I started going to Koronis Bible Camp from literally the beginning of my life because my entire family also grew up going to camp, and it’s a family camp so we…
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Thoughts from a Temp Worker
Currently, as I work through Praxis I’m doing temp work for a temp agency. Because I can get decent money, turn down jobs if I’m just to busy, and experience lots of diverse workplaces. I love meeting new and interesting people at each job, and I’ve been thoroughly surprised by who I’ve run into and met. I’ve been fortunate to work with great people for a vast majority of the jobs. At some jobs, with permission, I’ve even been able to do school work during downtime. I’ve also had the chance to see some of the inner workings behind some interesting companies. Plus I’m thankful that I haven’t had to…
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Writing for an Audience – Praxis Wednesday Response
Last night on August 1st the Praxis Wednesday guest was Jason Feifer. He spoke on writing techniques, especially creative writing and article writing. The question of who I’m writing for has always been a challenge for me, especially while I was in school because when asked this the answer seemed to always be: the teacher, or the other student who I had to ask to edit it, and that never gave much direction. I’ve slowly learned that even if I don’t know who will find a piece of writing I’ve written and read it, I need to plan for a certain kind of reader with every piece of writing I do.…
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How I Write
I’m usually concise. But I like to discuss diverse concepts, and I’ll admit that I’m always working on my grammar and general writing skills, as I tend to write the way I’m thinking through things. That being said writing is something that anyone can learn to do, and potentially get good at I believe, including me. I also try to find different ways of writing out things. I not only like typing out ideas, but often writing them out on paper as well, especially as typography. this challenges me to process simple concepts on a deeper level, especially Biblical concepts because often my design centers around concise phases. Sometimes I don’t…
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How I Work
Location: New Brighton/Twin Cities, Minnesota Current gig: Temp Current mobile device: iPhone 6 Current computer: MacBook Air One word that best describes how you work: Multitask What apps/software/tools can you appreciate? Social Media Websites, Google Drive, Microsoft Office, Canva, Driver’s License/My Car, Passport (tools I appreciate because I love being able to take adventures when I can) What’s your workspace like? If I am at my desk at home, or in the past when I’ve worked at an office I keep it as clean as possible, with a few personal elements to keep me encouraged, and productive. Everything needs to have a place. What’s your best time-saving trick? My best…
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My Top 3 Skills
I’ve been challenged to write about my top three skills, from what I’ve seen in myself, and what I’ve heard from those closest to me, these are the words I came to. Energy Everyone I’ve met would tell you that the first thing they notice about me is my energy. I have a lot of it. I am fortunate that I can get a lot done when I put my mind to something. Because of this energy, I am able to encourage others and work on a lot at once. I love running around and helping a lot of people. This helped me a lot while working at Target. I worked on…
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How I’m Breaking the Mold
I am a Christian, and that is the most important way I’m breaking the mold. Let me fill you in on the rest now. I’m excited to utilize the education I already have while pursuing something more and something out of my comfort zone. I’ve had numerous learning experiences in my life, and I’ll always be learning. I grew up homeschooled, charter schooled, and public school, and then I went to private college. I loved college, but the further I get from my graduation, the more I realize that the experience was good, but far from perfect. I studied as a Praxis participant. Praxis is an online learning, and apprenticeship…
