New Semester, New Goals.

Ok so I have not written anything in a while so I decided that I should probably write something. Now its the beginning of my second semester of college I decided I need to make some goals to make this semester not only productive but really fun too.
1. Go to the gym at least 3 times a week whether its zumba or in the actual gym running I will go!!!
2. Get better grades that I did last semester. I'm not saying that my grades were bad all a's and b's but I want to raise some of those b's up!
3. Go to the temple as much as I can. I really feel like I need to do this better I mean the temple is just up the hill :)
4. Talk to a stranger at least once a day. I hope I will do more.
5. Preform in front of people more. I need to get rid of my stage fright! Its not bad but its enough that I never sing my best when I am in front of someone I am intimidated by.
6. Do something really fun at least once a week. I love to do fun things but I realize when I get into school that I don't have as much fun to release some of my stress.
7. Study better. I try to study when I can but I realize I don't do it enough. I need to get better grades!
8. Go to bed on time. I realize that when I get tired I don't act like myself and I get all stressed and mean and I don't want to be that person so I am going to be better!!!
9. Learn to love to play the piano. I am taking a piano class this semester and I am not starting with a very good attitude about it. Its just so slow and frustrating but I know I'll get better :) I just need to learn to love it.
10. Try to be more Christ-like. This is always one of my goals and it will always be one of my goals.


Well those are my 10 goals of the semester and I am going to work on being better at them :)


and remember, There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.


TTFN
Rachel

What to do...

Ok so its the final week of the semester and things are CRAZY!!!! I really just want to sit and do nothing... but thats not an option... Its all good though :) I have one week until I go and spend a week with my grandparents :D that will be FANTASTIC!!!! WHOOT!!!!
Lately I have been doing a lot of thinking and stuff about majors and what I want to do with my life. A lot of my music teachers have been using this talk by Boyd K. Packer called "The Arts and the Spirit of the Lord" (Its a great talk you should read it!) In the talk there is one line that always hits me.

“There are many who struggle and climb and finally reach the top of the ladder, only to find that it is leaning against the wrong wall.”

I know he is talking about how when we use our talents we need to make sure its for the lord and not our selves but i keep hearing it as what if you get your degree in music ed and you hate it... I mean I have never really wanted anything else other than to teach people how to love music but i dont know. What if this is the wrong path for me. So here is the plan. I am going to write down all of the things I could major in that I might be good at and why I would pick it. So here I go.

First Music ed. : I love to sing. I have been singing since I was a little girl. I remember singing as loud as I could in sacrament because I wanted other people to hear me. Yes I am not the next Judy Garland but I am no William Hung either and I don't need to be the best in order to teach. All I need is a love of music and a love of teaching kids. I have both of those. It would be fun to do that I would love it so much :)
down fall: I totally suck at music theory...

Elementary Ed. I love kids so much! and I have a little experience working with my sunbeam class at church. I would be a great kindergarten teacher. I am a kid myself in many ways. I would love helping coloring and stuff Down fall: I am afraid that I would teach some poor child something wrong and then they would be in huge trouble and not know anything.

Child Development: In the end I just want to be a mom. This would help me in that a lot but in the long run what would this major do for me if I need to get a job. Probably not very much sadly.

Communications: Here I could do something with broadcasting or journalism or something. I am not that strong of writer but I am a good communicator. If you have ever talked to me you know I enjoy communicating. With communications I could always minor in music then work for a radio company... that would be really cool! I think I would enjoy that.

In the end I'm not sure what I want to do... I will probably just keep going on music ed because I know I like that now... I just hope it works in the long run but if any one is reading this and you know me comment and tell me what you think sounds most like me.