My Simple, Happy, Beautiful Life

For my spring break, I took a spontaneous trip to Rexburg, Idaho. I haven't been there since who knows when, so I decided it would be a good time to visit again. I was reminded of how much things change yet stay the same this spring break. Being back in Rexburg, reminded me of my college days there yet things are so different. Most of the people I knew when I went to the university have graduated, got married and have kids now. I had a couple really good friends I visited, but it was interesting to see how much of my life has moved on. Being there, I felt like I was reliving my freshman year when driving past places in Rexburg. I was driving through memory lane. It's weird to think back and remember my freshman year. It wasn't my favorite of college years, yet it was so important. Being a freshman was freedom. I was living in the college dorms and had no parents to tell what to do. I could stay up late and eat cookie dough and no one could stop me. I could go to the dan...

I was texting one of my friends today about the graduate school program and she asked me about what I have learned. It made me think about the growth that has come since last September. My experiences in graduate school have been challenging and not what I expected at all. So anyone wanting to go to graduate school, here are some things that I have learned about graduate school that might be useful (especially social work). Have a self care plan. Make sure that you keep yourself healthy because you need to stay healthy to be successful. Exercise. Eat Healthy. Find some kind of plan that will keep you mentally, spiritually and emotionally healthy.  Learn how to separate between work, school and personal life. When you are doing an internship and classes at the same time, it can be hard to separate your social work life and your personal life. When you let your personal life be overtaken with social work, you will go crazy. You need to create some healthy boundaries between yo...