make things happen

I feel like there’s so much I want to do, to experience, to accomplish. Sometimes it’s hard to find the motivation to actually DO them. I’m trying to make things happen…

So, I’m adding it. I learned this attitude last year from a good friend of mine, and I love this attitude. I want to keep it in the front the my mind. It is the epitome of the cheesy “Can-do” attitude, but such a helpful tool in life. It’s so sad, but I have noticed both of my parents, on separate occasions in the last week having defeatist, negative, making excuses type of attitudes. The other day I went down to the garage with my mom and told her I wanted to organize it so that I could park my car in it. (It’s a very small, one car garage. She stood there before we began and just said, “I don’t know how you think you can do this all in one shot. I just don’t know where to begin, there is so much stuff” I just believed it was easy and possible ans rad around consolidating, and stacking, until everything was neatly against the side and back wall. In about 45 mins, my car was in. Then the other day I was on the phone with my dad, and I was telling him about going to the gym in my apt. complex and walking on the treadmill. He said that he would love to walk, if he had a treadmill. (Mind you, the man is 100 lbs overweight, and owned a treadmill my entire childhood, in about 6 different homes and never used it.) I told him that he could get one, find a cheap used on on Craigslist, and use it. He began to condescendingly tell me how there is no room in his condo (it’s three bedrooms, with a big living room), how it can’t fit, and finally how his wife won’t let him put it in the living room. It just broke my heart to realize just how much he thrives on living in the world of excuses, not making things happen. I want to break that cycle of having a defeatist, negative attitude. I want to believe that I can accomplish anything I put my mind to, and always go into a situation in that frame of mind. Especially in starting my new job tomorrow. I truly believe that attitude has so much to do with how much you can accomplish.

well its the first day of the new year..364 more days left…this year am turning 20 =) and i intend on doing awesome things with my life this year.lately i realized am the captain of this ship which is my life i make the decisions…no more autopilot

i am so proud of one of my friends he is graduating from university tomorrow…he has been through so many hardships but has come this far…i am just so proud of him and very inspired…i just want to make things really happen in my life but i can’t do it by living with one foot stuck in the past and the other in the present….

Anything you want to accomplish will only be done by bold and decisive
action.

i am done sitting waiting for things to happen…they surprisingly haven’t happened yet so i am going to make them happen…apparently life rewards action not thoughts.. =)

Well I’m definitely making things happen. I’ve recently started an environmental group at my school. Our first meeting will be held next week. I’ve received so much support from my friends, family, classmates and teachers. I’m so excited about this; I can’t wait to actually have our first plan in action. We have amazing idea and I think this will definitely be a success this year and hopefully for the years to come.

This year I’m also involved with our pop committee, student counsel, cheerleading, year book photographer, senior play (writing and acting), French tutoring and our schools scholarship club. And hopefully I’ll be president of either prom committee or grad committee and on the volley ball team. Go me! haha I’m making this grad year an unforgettable one. Go grad ‘08!