Lately, I have been thinking about what I eat and how it affects my body. Eating healthy can be beneficial in so many ways, yet many of us don’t. Diabetes runs

Meteorologist Damon Lane from KOCO recently spoke on campus about severe weather. He gave many helpful tips and explained terms frequently used by meteorologists. Listening to him speak, I realized that

Classes are coming to an end and there will be students graduating here in a bit. How many of you fall into that category? I know I do and yet

We’re definitely heading into the home stretch of the Spring 2013 semester. That means it’s high time for me to slowly start losing my mind, and collapse under the imminent

Rain rain go away, come again another day. How appropriate, as I am writing this blog, that it is pouring outside. Rainy days are always my blue days, when I

Anyone who knows me well enough knows that there’s one thing I love more than anything else – it’s music!

For as long as I can remember, I’ve enjoyed a range of genres and artists, and at this point in my life, I feel like I’ve become very well-versed in knowing the this-and-that and ins-and-outs of the music scene. Of course, I’ve gone through phases with my musical interests.

I was raised on the country music that’s considered “classic” these days, meaning it mostly comes from sometime between the late sixties and early nineties.

I have come to realize a lot of us learn many how to’s from YouTube.

I have friends who learned how to work on their cars by looking at youtube tutorials. I love spending my free time working on crafts and looking at tutorials for crafts. Not that I have much free time but even if my free time consists of 10 minutes I like to watch and learn something new.

YouTube has all kinds of how to videos one can make good use from.

I have been writing some articles about a photo story on bullying recently. All of the interviews for these articles have brought two truths about bullying to light. Those who are bullied often become bullies, and everyone can be a bully at some time.

These two things have made me think about how I am treating others and how I react to others treatment of me.

Bullying can be emotional, physical, viral, etc. The list goes on and on.

Today, I sat in front of a computer for hours thinking of what to write about for my blog. While talking to a friend, Katie Thurman, about ideas for this blog, we laughed and made all sorts of comments. Nothing we said was serious, just two girls having fun.

“I have something in my eye. I am sitting here writing with something in my eye,” I said.

“You know, you should write about that and then compare it to life, make an analogy,” Katie replied.

My new motto as a college student is: “failures are my stepping stones to success.”

I have realized that my gut reaction when I receive a bad grade is to give up, wallow in despair and moan about how  “I can’t do this,” when I should realize these small failures can be learning opportunities to build upon.

I made a bad grade on my first math exam. I am now motivated to do better for the second, which is coming up. It is almost a personal dare. I have to do better than I did before. It is a way to keep myself going, to keep reaching for better achievements.