Is my world really the best?

Can my perfect world actually exist? For this blog post I decided to choose Twyla Tharp’s exercise Our Perfect world, number 17 on page 135. Twyla says that her perfect world does not exist but it’s there as a goal for her and that is how I wanted to view my perfect world however I found that my perfect world is fairly unrealistic. For this exercise I found it easier to be selfish when thinking about the criteria because it’s “my world” so that’s where I started. I started by thinking about what makes me happy and what my world would look like. Her a few things I came up with; people who are going to shut down my ideas and go against my desires would not be present, if I wanted to try something new the opportunity would be available, my family and I would never have to go without the necessities,  I would have no obligations to other people only to myself and I would not have any fears. Now those are just a few of the ideas I came up with for my world. Doing this was more difficult than I planned on it being. I thought that coming up with my own world would be easy and only take a couple of minutes however I found myself contradicting my own thoughts I also found that I do actually care a lot about other people and how what I do effects them. In my world I created I am a very selfish person which I don’t like I understand the point was to create a world for me however I realized my happiness does not only rely on my wants I also want my friends, family and people around me to be happy. When I see others around me struggling and not obtaining their goals it makes me upset. If I were to somehow actually create an entire new world, these rules that I came up with would have to be flushed down the toilet and recreated with other peoples desires and needs in mind. I didn’t like just thinking about my wants and needs throughout this exercise.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby

Once upon a time there lived a sad but beautiful girl she was always doing laundry, cooking and cleaning. Then one day her fairy god mother came, rescued her and gave her a beautiful dress which she wore to the ball where she met her prince charming. They fell in love and lived happily ever after. Now growing up we were always told stories similar to this about Cinderella and other princesses who struggle all through life but end up happily ever after however, unfortunately this is real life it isn’t a fairytale and not everyone ends up happily ever after. One of my biggest fears in not being happy in life, right now is a very crucial time in my life I am trying to decide a major which I want to continue to do for the rest of my life and how I do in college can potentially determine my future. I am very nervous I won’t make the right decision. Growing up I’ve had aspirations to be a zoologist, marine biologist, teacher, astronaut and nurse, my plans for the future have constantly been changing since I was young but I’m in college now and it is time to really decided where I want to go in life and what is going to make me happy.  I originally entered college with the hopes to be a nurse preferably in pediatrics however after being here for a semester I’ve started to question that. I’ve been working with children as a student intern at elementary schools, camp counselor and a special needs Para for a few years now and up until last year I wanted to be a teacher. Being away from the children has made me miss the feeling I get from working with them, I’ve started to realize that being with children and helping them grow as a person is part of what makes me happy. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ve made the wrong decision in pursuing nursing instead of education. This has started to make me wonder what else I have made the wrong decision in. I am so afraid that I won’t be happy later on in life because of the decisions I’m making now. I see so many adults who are working in jobs they really don’t like and who are just going through the motions of life and aren’t making the most of it. When I’m older I want to be happy with myself and my life. I am afraid of being unhappy.

 

 

Staying Inshape at SCSU

Today I decided to take a stroll down to the fitness center. Our fitness center here at Southern has a wide range of machines from ellipticals and treadmills to many different weight machines. The initial fee for the semester was 60 dollars however as of October 15^th the price was reduced to 35 dollars. The gym is an easy and convenient way for students to stay in or get in shape.

Our gym has many different classes taught by other students and faculty. Some of these classes include kick boxing, yoga and aerobics. All classes are taught in the gym’s very nice class room. Almost all of the staff and teachers are extremely nice and helpful.

There are a couple of rules you must follow in order to be a member. No “street clothes” are allowed, no undergarments are allowed to be exposed, all must wear gym sneakers and no tight tee shirts or work out clothing. As well it is recommended that a lock is brought to keep your wallets and jackets safe inside of the provided lockers because theft does occur.

My only complaint that I have about our gym is that it cost students each semester to be a member. I understand that money needs to be made to pay the staff, however I don’t agree that the students should be charged. We all pay a great deal of money to attend this school and I think it is a bit much to charge us to go to the gym and stay healthy on top of the other expenses we have to pay. Over all our schools gym offers a great number of classes taught by friendly staff, provide us multiple machines and a great safe place to work out and stay fit.