My Simple, Happy, Beautiful Life

I didn't think I could accomplish everything on my to do list today, and then I woke up feeling sick. I kept thinking "this is not a good time to be sick". I am going to General Conference this weekend, and seeing friends, so I wanted to be healthy. I just felt like I needed to throw up, but luckily after my nap, I was able to feel better. I learned the basic of the quickstep today, and I was able to feel comfortable with the step. And then in Social Psychology, we learned about social peception. It was so interesting to see how quick we judge on appearance. We learned about internal attribution, how we see something and think its because of their disposition, and we don't see the situation. There was this funny commercial, the guy was making a romantic dinner, and the cat spilled over some red sauce/soup. He picked up the cat covered with the soup, and held it up with his knife in his other hand. His girlfriends walks in this moment. Think of what she was judging him

I am currently taking Latin Dancing, and I love it. My teacher can sure shake her hips, and my new goal is to shake my hips. We learned all about the footwork needed, so in order to shake my hips,I will learn how to balance my weight between my two legs, and have the correct footwork so I can shake my hips. I have compared myself to her many times, and I realized she has been dancing her whole life, and is teaching so of course she will able to move to the music. Compared to me, the beginner. I recently just started to learn to dance. I took Social Dance last semester, and now i am taking two dance classes this semester. I am still learning the technique, how to be graceful, how to not have floppy arms, keep my feet turned out, and to remember my chasse's. There is a lot to learn, and I never realized how much work goes to getting the basic step  looking beautiful and perfect. When you are doing the basic you have to think of your posture, your footwork, your shift in your weight w

I was thinking about my love for music today. I have been to over 30 concerts in my life, and I feel like I could go to 30 more. There is a power in music, and it can always make me happy. One strange thing that happens to me when I listen to music, is the memories that come to my mind. I remember people through music, I remember feelings, and smells when I hear certain music. I can look back in my life and think of depressing times, and remember playing Moonlight Sonata. Or I remember hearing Coldplay with my best friends, and being in a trance like state. I remember singing church hymns when I am down and feeling that instant relief. I remember hearing Frank Sinatra, and just wanting to fall in love. One of my favorite memories was seeing Kenny Chesney in a stadium concert that was sold out. It was 6 hour concert with a amazing line up of artists. I remember the weather, the smells, the light, every aspect of the concert. I can imagine Kenny Chesney running up and down the stage. I c

I had a jam packed day today, and finally I needed to study. I came into my room and found my roomates studying together listening to classical music. I joined them, and we all read our books, and ate our delicious nachos. It was something simple, yet I enjoyed being with my roomates, even if we were studying.  Also, I learned some new ballroom steps for the quickstep. I was able to learn the footwork yet not the technique perfectly. One thing I noticed was I first learned through observation and then through practicing. It made me think about how we learn, and I realized this is how most people learn. We observe others and then practice it and apply it in our own lifes. If we learn through observation, which I believe is true, we need good examples. What are people going to learn through observing others who are making wrong choices, and setting low expectations for us?

One little thing about me, I do love learning. I am currently taking several psychology classes, and I will post my little discoveries, and things I notice from people watching. Today, I read from my social psychology class about social cognition. We have automatic and controlled behavior. It amazed me how fast we can judge people with our schema's, it can be a bad and good thing. Schema's help organize our thoughts, but sometimes, we are quick to judge and we found our judgment faulty. This is not a justification, but If we feel like we are being judged, it may not be intentional. What if it is just automatic response? I am always trying to see things in different ways and through people's eyes.This was my little discovery today. Humans fascinate me, their behavior, what motivates them, and what makes someone interpret situations differently. These are my thoughts for today,