My Simple, Happy, Beautiful Life

This blog will be more personal. I am currently taking Interpersonal Communications and I am loving it. We learned about our self concept today. When we are young, everyone thinks they are good dancers and singers. Everyone's self concept is positive. When we get older, we grow up and develop a different self concept. Sometimes it is more negative. So this is where my blog comes in. I am answering the questioned What happened to my self concept? When I was younger, I thought I was pretty, a good singer, dancer, a good mother to my "baby", and had lots of friends. I was a happy and bright young girl who had this life ahead of her. I still carry this spirit but it is a little different than the young spirited Kristen. I'll first start off with my first time I noticed I was different. I had a speech impediment. It didn't really phase me until I went to public school and noticed that not everyone didn't go to speech therapy during class. I saw kids making fun ...

When everyone else is leaving to go home for summer, I am starting school once again. Although it has been an adjustment, I am loving it here! Yesterday it snowed. I came from 85 degree humid weather to snow. I have live in the library this week.I think this week has just been a preview of what my semester will be like. But one positive note about the library is that it is a social place. When I go for a break, I usually run into a friend and we talk for a couple of minutes. Who knew that the library would be a  social place? I am happy with my little cubby on the first floor. I am satisfied with its location. Enough noise to keep me awake and enough quietness for me to concentrate. My roommates are pretty good. I like them all. I can tell a difference between rooming with people freshman year and sophomore (almost junior year). Freshman you did everything with your roommates! Now that we are familiar with people on the campus, we branch out more to do things with other people. N...

I realized the importance of making connections today when I was in Advanced Writing. We were reading a essay and just reading the history of the writer before the essay. We made connections between the title, some past novels, and the writer's history. The connections helped us understand the outline and theme of the essay. This was a simple act of just getting the feel of a essay. But a important process of learning is made through making connections between two items, two people. Your brain will make connections all the time. Introducing two people, reading a textbook and remembering a fact that relates to your textbook, and putting two and two together! All of these are examples of making connections. Life is about making connections. Facebook is a major source of making connections. We make connections by adding friends, posting on someone's wall, wishing someone a happy birthday, poking someone and posting you are in a facebook official relationship! The more connection...

I have a good feeling about this semester. I just know It will be good. Even with my cold stuffy nose and overpriced psychology book, I am excited to dig in to this spring semester! I love the feeling of knowing someone in each class you go to. I love going to devotional and meeting up with some of my new and old friends. I can't wait for my communication personal project. I get to choose a project and carry it on. Nobody chooses it for me! I am excited for my sensation and perception class where I get to learn about the science of the body and how we perceive the world around us. It will bring out the nerd in me. I am excited for my dance class. We are going to learn all the different types of swing dancing. And tomorrow is another first day of classes! I guess this might be my lucky semester. Meet some pretty cool people here, learn some amazing things, save my money (try to at least), and have fun!

I have wondered these last three months why Disney is so magical. Because even though working Quick Service may not be the best, the park is magical. These are my final conclusions! I was waiting for a friend by the monorail main entrance to the park. I like to people watch in general, but I was just watching people's excitement and joy as they walked through the main gates. The magic of Disney comes from the families. The love that a mom has to make her daughter happy makes DisneyWorld a happy place. It is full of families that love each other for the most part. There was this cute family with the daughter in her princess dress holding the hand of her mom and dad. They were talking about meeting the princesses and how they loved their own princess very much. It was precious. The sacrifice that families go through to see their child gleam with joy on Dumbo. The characters come alive and bring children's dreams real. They watch the movies at home and dream about meeting Cinder...

. “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them  feel." One thing I have learned here is I really don't remember conversations with my co-workers and guests here. I remember the way people make me feel. Think about the first conversation with one of your closest friends or loved ones. I don't remember conversations that I have with every person I have made contact with my life. I do remember how each person made me feel. What drives you to be with them? Yes, it could because they are rich, beautiful, intelligent. But most likely, it is because you like the way they make you feel! You want to be with people who make you feel good. How bad does it feel when a friend brings you down? It sucks. So when doing guest service related jobs or just when dealing with people; remember this concept! One example I can think of this is when I was working on the counter last week. I helped car...

I'm a new soul I came to this strange world Hoping I could learn a bit 'bout how to give and take But since I came here, felt the joy and the fear Finding myself making every possible mistake La, la, la, la (21x) La, la, la, la (21x) See I'm a young soul in this very strange world Hoping I could learn a bit 'bout what is true and fake But why all this hate? try to communicate Finding trust and love is not always easy to make La, la, la, la (21x) La, la, la, la (21x) [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/y/yael_naim/new_soul.html ] This is a happy end Cause you don't understand Everything you have done Why's everything so wrong This is a happy end Come and give me your hand I'll take you far away I'm a new soul I came to this strange world Hoping I could learn a bit 'bout how to give and take But since I came here, felt the joy and the fear Finding myself making every possible mistake New soul... (la, la, la,...

I have never really understood what it means to truly represent something. It is hard work. You must constantly be reminded of what you are standing for. I stand for different things in my life my main things are; my name, family, Disney, Jesus Christ. Working at DisneyWorld, I am a cast member and I am always being watched by guests. They check to see if I am giving good service, smiling, being accurate and quick with the orders, and overall my kindness. I have never been watched as much as I do here. Even when I go to the park for fun, they can tell who the cast members are. If I do something stupid at my apartment or the park, then I am representing the Disney Company. It can be a good and bad thing. It makes me become more professional knowing that my job is depended on my behavior. One stupid mistake that is noticed, I can get in trouble! I am representing the Disney Company as whole. That means when people think of their Disney experience, I am part of it. When I am represent...