#RAK16 – Everything You Wanted to Know About Random Acts of Kindness Day
Thank you to everyone who participated in #RAK16 Day! It was fun, as always, to see how many different ways there are to show kindness to others. The Buzz “Our group looks forward to RAK every year. This year we are pledging more random acts of kindness then we have ever done. I am very excited […]
Handling Goodbyes: Make your Community Last Even After Members Leave
So it’s coming to that point of the year again…after all the stress of the spring semester classes and finals are over. My Res-Life Staff is leaving me! How can I possibly say goodbye to six unique individuals who have been a big part of my life as a first time res-life supervisor? Well, I […]
Emotional Intelligence – It’s Not as Complicated as it Sounds
It had only been about 48 hours that I was working at Swift Kick full time. I walked in the office on the third day of my first week and didn’t even make it to my chair when Sabina asked, “What’s wrong? Are you okay?” Trapped. Couldn’t shake it off like I had planned. I woke […]
5 Adjectives to Describe Random Acts of Kindness Day 2016 #RAK16
It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day! You knew that though, since we haven’t shut up about it. As always, we drafted up a half-time post for you so you could see the good stuff for yourself. Without further ado, 5 adjectives to describe #RAK16 so far: Contagious #RAK16 – I had someone read my RAK […]
#RAK16 – 10 Reasons to Spread the Love Tomorrow
When someone signs up to pledge hugs for Random Acts of Kindness Day, we ask them why they are excited to participate. Here’s what some of our participants said! There’s still time to pledge for tomorrow’s RAK Day. Have an amazing day!
Know That You Are Not Alone – Seeing Support That is Already There
“Only 30 more days, I can do it!” My fellow cohort members and I are on the home-stretch for the last official month of our first semester of graduate school, and at first I had no idea how I was going to push through it. First I went with a count-down, but I found myself […]
Sleep is Neat (And Makes Your Community Better)
Recently, I was averaging going to bed at 2:00am and then waking up at 8:00am. That’s what about 6 hours of sleep every day of the week. Ahhh, not good! In fact, it was so “not good” that I was sick over the entire Easter weekend while I was supposed to be relaxing and enjoying […]
Do You Have The Spring Break Blues?
What exactly is Spring Break Blues? Well, it’s when your still in the Spring Break mindset, so find yourself not being able to focus or be motivated on anything work related. Trust me, it’s a tough situation because you still want to be that hard worker and person that other people can depend on, but […]
Jump at the Chance and Drop Your Excuses
A lot of times in my life I have not only heard my friends, but myself, make excuses as to why we could not achieve or do something. While this is not a natural habit for me, when it does occur, the excuse-making is often because I see the goal I want to achieve as impossible. NOT […]
Noticing Types of Encouragement for Success in Your Environment
“When I get older I want to be an astronaut.” When we were younger, our main source of support rested on our parents telling us that if we really wanted to be an astronaut we could achieve that goal. As we got older, not only did our goal for our future career change and become […]