Video 3

I will admit, this last video project before our final was not my best out of the other two. I think it came out ok, but could have been better if I prepared more for it and thought it through more. There are hundreds of problems that first year students face, but I connect with the social life problem more than anything. Which is kind of sad being in college now. But that is just the type of person I am.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMhvZheAQJ0

"Creativity is just connecting things" -Steve Jobs

    Everybody has a different imagination, and different ideas. Thats why no two peoples work will ever be the same. I don't believe you are born with creativity, I think you need to be brought up throughout your whole life with creativity. If you do something since you were a little girl or boy, then you will become better at it throughout the years. That to me, is creativity.
  The Creative Habit, is a book that I believe should be read by all different types of kids and even adults. Musicians, artists, athletes, teachers etc should read it. It gives out all different messages to people who have different interests. In the end we all have a passion and want to do nothing but succeed and make others happy, but sometimes we do have to fail to see the good. I believe that her perspective and outlook is something we should all admire. Creativity is important in a person because it makes them who they are. You can let yourself be who you want by the things you do. To go with discussions in class I do believe that creativity is lost in schools. All the way from elementary school we are always taught specific ways to do something and if we didn't do it that certain way it was wrong. Which I think is not fair. Everybody's brains work in a  different way and as little kids we can figure out more than one unique way to solve a problem. I think everybody at least once in their live should go out into the world and do something different. Do something out of your comfort zone and be creative about it. We shouldn't have to live life worrying about what other people are going to think. You never know how different your life can be just because of creativity. From what I have noticed by other people, its a whole new world and you experience things you would never imagine. 

Autonomy

Tuesday was my first experience in the library. I don't really stay on campus much and when I do I'm either in class or in the student center during my breaks. I've obviously seen the outside of the library but never the inside. During our activity I learned information about the library that I never knew, partially because I've never stepped foot in there. I learned that each floor has different books, and which ones you can and can't check out. Also learned how to look for a book and other reading materials on the library website. All while doing this we were researching Autonomy. I went and found a book called The autonomy of myth: a theory of dependency. I didn't really read it, i just flipped through the pages and then read the summery on the inside cover of the book. It seemed like the main focus of the book was talking about the people and society and becoming independent. The author of the book also talks about the workplace and adapting to new things and surroundings. This applies to first year students because your starting a whole new school in a new town with kids you haven't been with since elementary school like most of us have. You have to adapt to new professors who have different styles of teaching, thousands of new faces, and possibly living away from home if thats what you choose to do. After you figure everything out while at school, you learn the ins and outs and everything becomes a breeze. Some people love it, and other people hate it. But its all what you make of it. College is a place where you can succeed and be who you are. There are plenty of people around you who are willing to help and make you understand more and all you have to do is take advantage of those people.

"People inspire you, or they drain you. Pick them wisely" -- Hans F Hansen

    Over the past few years I have met so many new people that have walked in and out of my life. While reading The Creative Habit, I stumbled across excercise 19: work with the best. I don't consider this exercise literally working but who you associate yourself with and the people you allow to be in your life. Between cheerleading teams, friendships, and work I met a variety of different people that have made different impacts in my life. I've always been told to surround myself with good people because they will make you a better person, and I realize that more and more. If you surround yourself with negative people, you will become negative. If you surround yourself with people who do bad things, (any type of things) they will influence you and you may or may not become like them. Everybody needs people to help you and make you become more of yourself than you thought you were. They bring out a different side of yourself that you never knew was there. They help you achieve and don't bring you down and are always there lending a hand to help you.   So many of my friends from high school have changed and aren't the person they used to be. But as the first sentence on page 137 says "if it true that who you are now and who you will be in five years depend on what books you read and which people you meet, then you need to think more aggressively about those thou invite into your creative life". I agree with that 100%. We are influenced by society, social networking, friends, T.V shows, etc. Seeing different things can change who we are and it may not always be for the better. But I believe that if you stick to what you know, and surround yourself with nothing but good people, you won't have to worry about who you'll be in five years.
    I know from experience that there will be people who you associate yourself with that aren't good for you at all. I have a friend that is 4 years older than me. We met at work, until he left. He then had no job for over a year, no car, no license and no motivation to do anything. But to this day I still talk to him. He has slightly changed but myself along with my family and friends knew he was no good. If he didn't have his life figured out what made me think he would be a good asset to my life.. he wasn't. But on a completely other hand, I have some of the best friends that I still have because they bring out the good. They know what they want along with what I want. For example one of the kids I work with is more passionate about music than anyone I have ever met. His dream is to go to Berkley and have a job that has anything to do with music. Not everybody in your life has to have the same interests in you,  but if they have the same ambitions and a good head on their shoulders then maybe they are somebody worth keeping.
 

You Are the Creator of Your Own Destiny

    Besides spiders, and sadly the dark one of my biggest fears is not being accepted and not achieving the things that I start. I feel like middle school and high school were a breeze and not challenging what so ever will all the classes I took. That made me nervous coming into college because its a whole new world with people you barely know. I was with the same kids every year since 6th grade, a majority even 1st grade. So when your put into a whole new world you need to adapt. and I am not the best with change. That also goes along with my fears.
 
 It is very easy for me to give up but a lot of the times I try not to because my parents always taught me when I was little that if I started something, then I had to finish it and always give it my best effort. In my 18 years of doing activities and what not I have only quit one thing in the middle of it, and I regret it every time I think about it. But school is a challenge for me. Its a struggle to get up and drive to school. Its a struggle to want to find all the right reasons to go to class, then to make up every excuse not to go. But when I was younger that was never a problem. I had perfect attendance all throughout elementary school, middle school, and even high school. I had never missed a day even if I was sick. But now thats completely different. Im not obligated to go to class and sit there and learn something I have the option to completely ignore. Now I choose what I want to do. And I do have goals for myself, and a future planned out in my head. But when I actually sit here and think about it, I don't want to accomplish it because I feel like I won't succeed or be the best I could be and nobody will accept it. If I fail at school I would disappoint my parents and my family because they believe that I could do it.
     I haven't really "faced" my fear, but to me I face it everyday. When I do homework, get up and go to class, pass a test, participate in class I am one step closer to getting a degree and fulfilling the expectations I have for myself. In a way I am a procrastinator, but I like to get things done fast and right away, which is kind of contradicting myself. But it takes a lot for me to do school work because I'm not all that into it. But I always like to look at the big picture. In 4-5 years I will graduate college, have a degree, hopefully a job and live my life knowing that I accomplished something so many people wish they could everyday. And thats what makes me more and more motivated everyday to keep pushing myself.