#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 […]
5 Songs That Will Inspire You to Talk to Strangers
Okay okay, I know. Not everyone wants to talk to strangers. You can feel free to interpret this list as ways to connect with your peers. We compiled 2 lists to get yourself into the perfect mood to hug the world: Songs that will open your heart to everyone Songs that will make you sing […]
Do you want to build a snowman? Getting People Involved is Sometimes the Hardest Part
This past week, thanks to a random snow storm, both the school I work for and the school I attend had snow days. While this sadly did not stop the massive amount of work that needed to be done for the day, after a successful morning of work, I ran into two of my lovely […]
5 Ways to Use Your Community to Get Unstuck
Fun fact: I was supposed to write this blog post over 2 hours ago. Whoops. I found myself stuck on social media, with NO idea what to write about anyway. My head was definitely going to explode. Ever sit down to work and realize you’ve been guilty of Facebook surfing for the last half an hour? How […]
We Time Starts with Me Time: Create a Team Environment By Recognizing Individuals
“It’s not you, it’s me”, “I think I really need a break”, “you really are great, but I just do not think you are the one for me”. All of these are sayings that we would like to say to our busy lives, but never do. Why is it that people seem to be consistently […]