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Time Management Picture One of the articles I chose to read was The Important Habit of Just Starting , which basically spoke about getting over the hump of starting a project. This article was perfect for me because that is my main issue is just starting. The article mentioned how many people fall prey to procrastination and I am definitely one of them. One of the reasons is because people can't see the future reward and rather prefer immediate reward. So something I will change from now on is viewing how much doing something will help me in the future. Another important aspect is building the habit of just starting and get the ball rolling. One thing that I do when I feel like I have no motivation is to start with small things or even busy work I can get out of the way and that usually helps me to just get a good pace to do more work. Something that was mentioned in the article that I thought would help me is having a commitment device or something that will keep me in check f...

Computer Clip Art   I am new to blogging and to all of the sites mentioned in this assignment. I am excited to learn and improve my computer skills! I don't really have a lot of experience in technology overall so it will be nice to be able to add these new skills to the list! I would say this class is very different than my other online classes just cause it's not on canvas and its blogging! It's definitely more creative and fun!

Inspirational Quote I have never had a class to use a blog post. I like how this class has a fun, interactive, and creative way of learning and doing assignments. I also definitely appreciate that you can go your own pace as well! Personally, I am interested in the storytelling assignments, maybe not so much about writing my own but reading other creative ideas from my classmates! I am interested in the microfiction extra credit assignment just cause it would be pretty interesting to create a story by only using 6 words.

First I would like to start with the concept of the Growth Mindset is Unfamiliar to me but I really liked the idea of it. I came from a school where you always labeled and classified under certain ranges based on your academic accomplishments. Nothing felt worse to me was when I received a bad letter grade and I would remember feeling disheartened and even gave up on learning some of the material all together because I wasn't good enough. I eventually had to learn it but still, it affected me in a way that made me label my self as not good enough in that subject and it followed me through my academic career. The feeling of being dumb or stupid made me not want to work on that subject but completely ignore it and it hindered me because it was a subject that is important for everyday life. I think that if maybe I took the not yet approach mindset I probably would have pushed harder to get better. I think I would like to push myself to think like that because it is an excellent approa...

Hello! My name is Emily Martinez I am a biology major at OU! The coolest thing about my major is that I've met so many amazing people through it, professors and friends! Also, it has taught me to work really hard for what I want. I also met my boyfriend at OU because we are both biology majors. I don't know if there is a lot that is interesting about me so ill just write some random facts about myself. I am El Salvadoran and originally from California but I don't remember much of California because I moved to pauls valley, Oklahoma when I was 2.  I have four siblings and I am the third out of the four. I have 2 dogs a great Dane named Belle and a german shepherd named Sam. I also have a  bearded dragon named drogon who is a smart little fella! I love to sing but I may not be very good at it. I play a little of the drums but again, not very good at it. I work at express currently which I really like because of the people I've met and it is pushed me to not be as shy an...

Disney world The first one I came across was The fairy tale world. I am familiar with the fairy tale characters and their stories, but it was an interesting twist on merging them into a reality tv show! The title did tell us enough about the storybook without giving away the twist. When I first came across it I assumed it was about fairy tales with maybe a modern twist. When I read the introduction I didn’t realize it was about putting different fairytales in modern times but having them all live together and seeing their take on the difference between the fairytale world and the actual world, the modern times, and their reactions towards each of the other characters. The introduction does an excellent way of explaining the storyline. The writer made the introduction seem like some type of announcement for the reality tv series explaining that it will consist of fairytales being conjured into real modern time and that these characters will be living toge...

El Salvador has always and will always be a special place in my life. I chose El Salvador because my parents were both born there and it defined so much of their life and mine as well. I visited El Salvador when I was eight and then again when I was 18. El Salvador is known to have many people living in poverty and it stuck with me in both visits to appreciate everything I have in my life. In both visits, i realized what my parents gave up and went through to give my siblings and me a better. They also taught us through these visits that helping less fortunate is important. El Salvador taught me important life lessons that will stay with me always and also taught me more about my culture as well. A street in San Miguel where my father is from. This is how typical streets look like in city areas of El Salvador.  The streets were beautiful to walk through because most of the buildings were colorful and had thier own charm to them. A house from a impoverished neighborhood in ...

First blog ever ! Let's hope I don't mess this up.