Happy Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day, it is my great hope that you will take a few minutes of your time to reflect on what an honor it is to live in our great country and remember the men and women in our nation's armed services - those who are willing to give the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms as Americans.

This is an excerpt from John McCain, who so courageously risked his life to protect America's freedom! God Bless America!

How to Have a Happy Life

When you first fall in love, it can feel like your entire life is in harmony. You feel totally connected to the other person and you want to spend every waking moment with him or her. You haven't yet noticed the other person's flaws and it's as if the sun rises and sets with this new love in your life. Unfortunately, this phase doesn't last. The newness eventually wears off as reality sets in. The good news is that with the right mindset and attitude, you can keep the magic in your relationship.

Things You’ll Need:
• Love
• Compassion
• Understanding
• Good Listening Skills

Step 1 - Decide that you are going to have happy relationship. Anything that you ever do will begins with a thought. Visualize yourself and your partner in a happy and healthy relationship.
Step 2 - Handle conflict in a loving way. Every couple has disagreements. The way you handle them will help determine the success of your relationship. Don't insist on being right. Instead, focus on understanding your partner's point of view and be a good listener. This will help keep your partner from becoming defensive and he or she will appreciate being heard.
Step 3 - Be responsible for your own happiness. Understand that it's not your partner's job to make you happy. In the early stages of your relationship, your partner may feel flattered to know that you depend on him or her for fulfillment, but after a while, they will feel drained and suffocated. True happiness comes from within. Be your own source of happiness and that will make your relationship much sweeter
Step 4 - Don't be consumed by jealousy. This can do serious damage to a relationship. The poet Maya Angelou once said that jealousy is like salt. In small amounts, it can add spice to a relationship but too much is unhealthy.
Step 5 - Don't take your partner for granted. Remind yourself why you fell in love with this person in the first place. Focus on your partner's positive attributes and remember that no one is perfect.

Tips & Warnings:
• Spend quality time alone with your partner.
• Compliment your partner.
• Be supportive of your partner.
• Don't dwell on previous disagreements. Let them stay in the past.
• Don't nag your partner.

Hey guys, doing my almost weekly personal update and blog roundup. First off, I have to apologize for the lack of updates yet again. This week has just been so trying and exhausting. I really had to prioritize, mainly because I’ve been trying to play catch up with all my class stuff since I’m the KING of procrastination. I seriously started writing an essay on 9:00pm the night before and turned it in the following day and also took two final exams. Yes I know. I’m giving my lazy ass a side eye too. Anyways, I’m actually in the middle of studying for my finals along with working on a PowerPoint presentation right now and luckily I’m almost done with the powerpoint. Praise Jesus! for giving me the strength to do this and thanks to my job, where I be staying busy, typing my shit up, as opposed to doing actual work. Anyways, I promise to post more often once I clear this hectic week.

What's Up

So it is exactly 2:10 am, Saturday May 2nd, and this is my first official blog! Right now I am sitting in my room contemplating my life and how much I dislike school. I use to think that I had to prove myself to everyone out there, I did this by over extending myself in extra-curriculums and academics, but I realized that no matter how much I do or majors I have, I will never be content with life because I will always fall short of what I expect out of myself. Thus today is a new day, I am going to major in Marketing and then graduate school, no double majors in Finance or Real Estate, because I realized that I no longer want to be continually critiqued. I am tired of being told who I am or what I should be, when quite frankly I am very happy with how I am. Instead I will enter the workforce in roughly a year and then any additional schooling or careers I want to pursue I will be able to dictate on my own schedule. Maybe take a finance class or two at the tech and then take my CFA. Well short of being a complainer, I will sign off and enjoy my early morning peace. Here is to Mifflin, in exactly 9 hours or so!