FYI
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Living Habits
I’ve lived in the suburbs of the Twin Cities for most of my life. While I thoroughly enjoy being outdoors, whether it’s camping with friends, or, hiking with family, or playing outdoor sports, or sitting around at a local beach, I really enjoy indoor things as well. From movie nights at home, to shopping days with gal pals, to eating out downtown at a sit-down restaurant with my family. I think there’s a balance to be found here. I don’t like being put into one category of being a city person or being an outdoorsy person. There’s value to be found in loving the suburbs, city-life, and time outdoors in…
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My Favorite Holiday
Now I enjoy most holidays, and I have some close seconds, but Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Now I’ll start off with my bias, my birthday is always right around Thanksgiving and sometimes on the holiday. Growing up I got the day off of school, every year until college, but at that point, it was fun because I got to see friends and go to chapel, in fact, my freshman year, the school brought in a comedy troupe that day. Second, its part of the fall season, and fall is my favorite season. I love the changing colors, the scents, the activities. Its such a beautiful time of the year…
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Prove It
I have a advisor that I learn a lot from, and often in unexpected ways. So I thought I’d just throw out a couple of their ideas here, paraphrased to make sense out of context. Talk, speak and get the part. Swift marketing thinking needs to translate to every part of your life, show your personality in every field you walk into. ‘You’re out there’ doesn’t mean you’re showing off, it shows that you’re doing work. Learn about each other’s strengths, and learn from those profiles. Go [through a fair and helpful] vetting process with who approaches you, for any reason. Remember your “haters” are your motivators. But not all your…
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The “Not-Teacher” Who Taught
At one point during my elementary school years, I wanted to be a teacher, that idea soon fell away. It gave way to marketing, and even doctor for a really short time. Come high school and college I told everybody I never wanted to teach. Now the tricky part was differentiating myself from those who though I was going to be a teacher, probably mostly because that’s what my sister’s going to school for. So I calmly would tell them: “No, no, no, that’s my sister, I could never be a teacher.” Usually that was the last of it and I had convinced myself. Fast forward and I’ve helped in…
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A Tale of Two Cars
I’ve been driving cars since shortly after I got my permit at age 15. I bought my first car from my parents at age 18. I bought my second car about a year ago now when I was 21. Cars have always been my primary mode of transportation between errands with my mom, trips to my grandparents, and family road trips. So, find joy in the journey down the road. My first car was actually my parents’ car first. It was a 1998 Saturn SL1. They bought it used from a Saturn dealer when I was about 9 or 10. We took trips to grandparents but its notable adventures were…
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Coffee Drinker*
*Coffee is a wonderful drink best served with friends or to try a new flavor, not as much (in my case) for the energy it may bring. It also shouldn’t be an addiction. I enjoy coffee quite a bit, but I’ll be the first to admit I have quite a bit of energy already on the regular. Sometimes decaf is a solution but often times it’s not as good of a flavor, isn’t available, or a drink can’t be made with that kind of coffee. Coffee is more of an experience to me, not that it’s about how fancy the brew, its more about enjoying it with friends, family, or…
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Read and Be Okay with Relearning
I got a new temp job this week, and while talking with one of my coworkers, I realized I had mentioned something twice and he replied with something that actually struck me as very valuable, even if it’s sometimes obvious – you should always be ready to relearn good lessons and read more. Relearning things can give us a new perspective on what we may already know something about. Relearning something you previously found valuable means your willing to invest more time into improving your knowledge on the subject and I believe that’s wise. Relearning can help us better understand what we thought we may have known. I think the best example…
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The Holiday Season
I love Christmas, but I tend to say my favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, I’m probably biased because fall is my favorite season and November is my birthday month. Every November 1st the same question comes up, is it the start of the “holiday season today or not?”. I would usually argue no. I think the gift of Christmas, that is Christ’s birth, should be celebrated and appreciated all year long. But the holiday can be something celebrated mostly after Thanksgiving has passed. I believe there’s too much to be celebrated at Thanksgiving for us to call it part of the “holiday” season. And by the way, it’s in quotes because…
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Style Counts
I admittedly have a lot of clothes and shoes. I had my biggest growth spurt sophomore year of high school, so I haven’t grown out of much since. I believe that if you see value in a piece and the potential of wearing it, and that you have reason to believe you’ll actually wear it you can keep it, but there are exceptions. I have a lot of shoes, and I keep them nice, but I like getting new styles, so I don’t see a reason to get rid of them unless I don’t want to wear them anymore. That being said I have a shoe for every Minnesota season,…
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Why You SHOULD Have a Credit Card
Nope, I’m not a credit card company I’m just a 20 something that has actually earned money, as well as genuinely benefitted from having a credit card. From the very first day I applied for my credit card I told both my parents that I planned on only spending money on it that I had in the bank anyway. So why the credit card any way you may ask? The first is short-term, you can earn a little bit of money by spending money on the card every month. No, it’s not much but it’s nothing to sneeze at either, This is the reason I actually put as many large or recurring expenses…
