Week 5 Review

This week's video I watched a Mindset Video. She shared some thoughts from the perspective of evolutionary biology: mental 'deficits' are hidden strengths.

- There is not a perfect definition, there is variation that exists in so many aspects. She used students who are very high on the Autism spectrum as an example to show that these students are able to see things that an average person might not be able to. They are able to pick on trends that others may not able to pick up on as well as there ability to process data. 

My favorite picture on the 7 day feed way this one. Oh it brings back so many memories. Nowadays many of the bangris are actually metal, rather than glass because on easy to put them on without the extra caution. Also, love the detail of the henna, this past winter I had also got henna done. I am a big fan of bangels, they really do make your outfit look so much better! 

Learning Challenge: YOGA!!

The article I read for the Learning my H.E.A.R.T assignment was 6 Yoga Exercises You Won’t Be Embarrassed to Do at Your Desk by Linda Steinberg

Some of the exercises I already do are the neck stretch, shoulder rolls, and chair twist..I am going to start incorporating the twisted arms, reverses prayer pose, and open chest stretch into my deskercizes. It really can be taxing on my neck and shoulder when I am studying or working on schoolwork on my laptop. Sometimes I really wish there was something created would hold a paper version of a textbook in front of me rather than me having to be bent over all the time to read a textbook so I can highlight easily. 

Reverse Prayer Pose
Seems a bit tough but definitely think I can do it...

Growth Mindset: Challenge: Make a Mindset Motto or Mantra

Take a deep breath, because slow and steady win the race is something I started saying to myself when I was preparing for my first college exam. I was studying constantly and afraid that I would forget everything once I got to the exam and was constantly stressed. My parents would tell me form time to time that stress will have an effect on my health. The weird thing is that I tend to feel more stressed and bundled in tension for all my science exams and I always repeat to myself take a deep breath, you've got this, slow and steady....

Tech Tip: Canvas Calendar

Hey all!

So as we're getting further into the semester I definitely have a better idea of how my schedule is working. I hate that I always struggle to figure out a schedule I can stick to right from the beginning, but hey you know you learn as you progress right? Now that we are in week 5, I have such a better understanding of my schedule and time management. Time management is so crucial to maintain a balance between physical and mental health as well as personal care. As you all can tell I tend to be the overachiever by nature and sometimes that can carve into my personal time that I have set aside, but having a calendar to keep me accountable and remind me of due dates helps me tremendously. I imported the Canvas Calendar for this class into my Mac calendar and I love that I get due date reminders the day before and the day of. For example, for this class buckle down and do majority of the work Friday and Saturday mornings and do the blog comments throughout the week. Additionally, I work ahead on the reading notes, so definitely winning in that aspect. Okay, back to time management, the calendar on my desktop definitely keeps accountable on for my time. I definitely plan my personal care hours into my calendar and then schedule anything fun I would like to do with friends.

Prioritizing is a Game Changer!

Extra Credit Reading

Jataka Tales: The Elephant and the Dog by Ellen C. Babbitt

This story reminded of a film I watched a couple of years ago, maybe y'all remember it, but it is about a horse and a dog that become best friends and share every meal together as well. When the horse becomes sick the dog is there to comfort him. 

Quick notes about the story: 

- Love how the story encompasses two best friends not based on size, type of creature, or anything else. 

 

Some of my favorite quotes with powerful meanings:

- Day after day the Dog went to the stable, waiting around for bits to eat. But by and by the Elephant and the Dog came to be great friends. Then the Elephant began to share his food with the Dog, and they ate together. When the Elephant slept, his friend the Dog slept beside him. When the Elephant felt like playing, he would catch the Dog in his trunk and swing him to and fro. Neither the Dog nor the Elephant was quite happy unless the other was nearby.
- The king's Elephant missed the Dog and did not care to eat when his friend was not there to share the food. When the time came for the Elephant to bathe, he would not bathe. The next day again the Elephant would not eat, and he would not bathe. The third day, when the Elephant would neither eat nor bathe, the king was told about it.
- When the farmer who had bought the Dog heard this, he turned him loose. The Dog ran back as fast as ever he could go to the Elephant's stable. The Elephant was so glad to see the Dog that he picked him up with his trunk and put him on his head. Then he put him down again.
- When the Elephant-keeper brought food, the Elephant watched the Dog as he ate, and then took his own food. <-- This quote is so powerful in the sense that it shows how much the Elephant cares about the Dog, reminded me so much of how my mom looks at me after I come home from a long day.

Best Friends Reunited: The Elephant and the Dog

Reading Notes: Jakarta Tales, Part A

Hey All!

The King's White Elephant from Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt

- One day while they were at work an Elephant came limping on three feet to them. He held up one foot and the carpenters saw that it was swollen and sore. Then the Elephant lay down and the men saw that there was a great splinter in the sore foot. They pulled it out and washed the sore carefully so that in a short time it would be well again.
- Now this Elephant had a son who was white all over — a beautiful, strong young one. Said the old Elephant to himself, "I will take my son to the place in the forest where I go to work each day so that he may learn to help the carpenters, for I am no longer young and strong."
- The white Elephant did as his father told him to do and helped the carpenters and they fed him well.
- One day the king came down the river and saw this beautiful white Elephant working for the carpenters. The king at once wanted the Elephant for his own and paid the carpenters a great price for him. Then with a last look at his playmates, the children, the beautiful white Elephant went on with the king.

Elephant and the Son