Work

Well I successfully finished my first week ever working a full time job. I work at a restaurant. I also tutor every morning. So I really have a job and a half haha. I'm not going to lie it was exhausting and I already thought about quitting my restaurant job at least 3 times. 

Its just so exhausting. As I keep saying work is just too much work. You are on your feet for 5-10 hours at a time. You have to take orders from your customers, coworkers, and managers. And you have to be nice to everyone, which I usually am but sometimes you just want to yell "are you serious?" But instead you put on a smile and say sure I can do that. Well I guess that's life. 

My new mantra has become "kill with kindness." The meaner someone is to me the nicer I act back. Well I am nice to everyone it just takes a lot more effort when they are mean to you. But its been working pretty well. Work can even be fun sometimes but it really depends on the people you work with and the type of customers you have.

I don't know how people work everyday all day. I just get bored with things too quick. I need a job that's different everyday where I don't have time to get bored. Anywho the beauty of work at this time in my life is that I don't really need to work. I have no rent, bills, or expenses (oh the joy of moving back home). All I'm responsible for is one student loan payment every month. So if I really wanted to I have the luxury of being able to quit at any time, and I love having that power haha. 

Well I got my paycheck yesterday and deposited all my tips and it felt good to actually have money in my bank account. So maybe I'll stick with the job a little longer...

The Secret

this is my visualization board!

I just watched the Secret on Netflix and loved it! This is what I learned from it:

The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are all working with the law of attraction. Everything in your life you have attracted.

Thoughts turn into things.

People are thinking about what they don't want - then it shows up over and over again. (like my parking tickets last year lol)

When you're feeling down play a happy song or think of a happy thought.

Life can be absolutely phenomenal and it should be.

The universe says: your wish is my command. 

You don't need to know how to get what you want, you just need to know what you want.

Doubt--> disappointment --> replace with unwavering faith--> feel what it would feel like to have what you want.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step ~MLK Jr.

Ex. Visualize a car space (i do this all the time at the mall)

Current reality will change

1. Start with gratitude: This is what I'm grateful for:

my sister

family

friends

the batvan

a house

warm bed

good food

warm showers

great jobs

happy hours

2. Visualization:

Your mind cannot distinguish if your really doing it or visualizing it

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions ~ Albert Einstein

3. Give attention to the solution not the problem

So if you're anti-war be pro peace

If you're anti-hunger think of lots of food

Energy goes where attention flows

There is enough good for everyone

Life was meant to be abundant

Whether you can or can't either way you are right ~ Henry Ford


Everything is Possible. Nothing is Impossible.

All or Nothing.

I've come to the conclusion that I am a very all - or- nothing type of person. I'm either busy/tired and over worked or bored. No in between. However I do this to myself. I couldn't just do 1 or 2 activities at lehigh. I had to do orientation, leaderhigh, class officer, club tennis, rugby, amwa and whatever other things I did. I didn't work for 6 months= boredom. Then I just started 3 jobs in a week= over worked.  

I think I prefer the later though. I like being busy. I like being productive. I like learning. I like earning. I like doing. I like doing things well too.

"When you're doing the work that you were meant to do, it feels right & everyday is a bonus regardless of what you're getting paid." -Oprah

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do." ~ Edward Halecould

"The difference between extraordinary and ordinary is that little extra" 


If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do. -Lucille Ball

The Rivalry!

147. Did you know that the college rivalry between Lehigh and Lafayette is the most-played football rivalry in the nation and the longest uninterrupted rivalry?! "The Rivalry" is so old that it predates football trophies; the winning team used to just get to keep the game ball. The game is usually sold out months in advance! And is ranked one of the top ten college football rivalries! Sports Illustrated says it's something you have to do once in your life."

Tailgating before game 146.

Lehigh Lafayette week was my favorite week at Lehigh. All of campus is united by school spirit! There are events everyday of the week. Including Bed Races (which I placed 2nd in one year), Lehigh-Laf-a- Palooza (which is basically a giant concert), a giant bonfire, the turkey trot run, and so many other fun activities!

that's right we've won the last 3 years

rushing the field after another win!

• ALL TIME RECORD:
• Lafayette - 76
• Lehigh - 65
• Ties - 5

bed races and band in organic chemistry!!!

I cannot believe we are losing! We'll just have to win the next 11 years in a row! YAYAY let's go lehigh! It's officially lehigh/ laf week! I hope all my lehigh friends are enjoying the week! Looking forward to the Lehigh/ Laf Austin Telecast Party this saturday!!!

" We are, we are, we are the Lehigh Engineers. And we can, we can, we can drink forty beers."

freshmen year lehigh/laf!


Want to hear more about the rivalry?! Watch this awesome documentary! GO LEHIGH!!!!!

"Take out that old silver goblet with Lehigh upon it, and we'll open up another keg of beer (more beer). Because we all came to college but we didn't come to college so we'll raise hell while we're here!"

11.11.11

So today is 11.11.11! It's Veteran's Day and also just an awesome day that only happens once in 100 years! Also harry potter 7.2 came out today!

So all in all it is a pretty awesome day! It would be awesome to be born on 11.11.11- no one would forget your birthday! My cousin was born on 05.05.05 and I never ever forget his birthday!

For the most part people in the United States see 11.11 as a lucky time and usually when you see 11.11 on a clock you make a wish. However in some other cultures it is actually seen as a suspicious/ bad luck time. Egypt closed the pyramids to visitors on 11.11.11! I on the other hand, am taking advantage of some epic wishes!

"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end" –Adams

What did you wish for today?! I still have one wish left!


"Freedom is never free."

“Some people see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not."

Live your life with enthusiasm

I applied to 3 jobs and just found out that I got all 3! So now I'm going to be pretty busy. But I realized I like being busy. I'm probably going to be working around 60 hours a week which sounds like a lot. But then I think about it and last fall I took 20 credits, worked 3 jobs = about 20 hours a week, was president of a club and had Mono and survived (see post- the final year - semester 7). So this should be easy peasy! 

I felt super tired when my alarm went off this morning but I had to wake up and get ready to tutor. So I sang the first line of this song that I learned at Lehigh. It seems to drive others nuts but I LOVE it. 

I'm alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic,
I'm alive, awake, alert, enthusiaASTic,
I'm alive, awake, alert,
I'm alert, awake, alive,
I'm alive, awake, alert enthusiastic!

And I was ready to jump right out of bed with a smile on my face! What a difference it can make to start your day off with the right attitude! 

Since I'm going to be so busy starting next week I think I'm going to set up the christmas tree now! woohooo.

"I don't have diddly squat, Its not having what you want. its wanting what you have" 

"I'm going to soak up the sun, going to tell everyone to lighten up." ~ 

Soak up the Sun by Sheryl Crow

“Often the greatest happiness in life comes from going through a life challenge and growing into a stronger person. There’s truly nothing more fulfilling and thrilling than discovering yourself to be a stronger person than you ever dreamed yourself capable of being.”

Extracurriculars

When you're in high school you do them to get into college. However when I was in college I loved every activity I did. I just kept finding and applying for new clubs but I never wanted to quit the old ones so I ended up doing A LOT of activities.

I was an orientation leader.
My Orientation Leader was okay but I couldn't meet at the evolution time; so I got a new group and my OL was Josh who was awesome. I loved him and wanted to be like him so I applied to be an OL. I was ecstatic when I was selected. Being an orientation leader is a lot more than just getting a group of freshmen. We had 6 training sessions in the spring. then we come back 10 days before everyone else in the fall and have 4 days where we train from 8 am to 10 pm. then someone usually has an OL social gathering at night, then we wake up and do the same thing again. We get split up into these "families" each fun by an orientation coordinator. You are supposed to stay with this same group all through orientation. Its really fun and you all usually become really close and good friends. Many people do orientation because of the training aspect, I on the other hand just loved being able to lead and acclimate the freshmen to Lehigh. I love Lehigh so so much and was delighted to have the opportunity to share my zeal for Lehigh with new students. I'm still friends with a couple of my old freshmen :) Then I had the chance to plan and run transfer orientation in the winter, which was really fun! It was cool to think that by my senior year, every single student at Lehigh was either in my class or had an OL who I knew. So 2 degrees of separation between anyone on campus!

I was a Class Officer & worked for the Alumni Association.
This was one of my favorites! I loved being a class officer and getting to represent Lehigh class of 2011. I also loved our class officer advisers and my fellow class officers :)

I was in Leadership Lehigh.
Leaderhigh as we sometimes called it, is a 4 year leadership program through which I organized a healthy heart awareness week and made a documentary on youth violence.

I worked for the Women's Center.
 I enjoyed working in this inclusive environment with so many individuals who are driven to create change. One of my favorite things I did was the Vagina Monologues! The cast was made up of a fabulous group of ladies! And we raised $25,000!

I was on the Lehigh Club Tennis team.
I love tennis! See last blog post.

I was the AMWA president.
AMWA is an awesome club for women in the science field. It was usually a small group of amazing young ladies.

I was in APO.
Community service fraternity through which I did lots of volunteer work.

These are things I did for a semester:
I didn't do too much for ISA but once I helped emcee Diwali. I played Rugby for a semester. I worked in Linderman Library for a year. I was the VP of hall council in campus square. I worked at Fairmart library for a year. I worked at Taylor Gym for a semester. I babysat. I was on team '11 (like student council). I tutored through America Counts America Reads. I interned for One Student for a semester. And I joined a sorority - well for a little then realized that I really couldn't do it all.

I feel like all these activities at Lehigh changed me and helped me to grow as a person. It was one of the reasons why I was always so excited to get back to Lehigh after a long summer.
I think I made the most of my Lehigh Experience!

Bleeding Brown & White forever!   

"If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it." ~ Peter McWilliams

"When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better."

"You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee." ~ Napolean Hill