"Feeling Fine in the 509!" I had so much hanging out with these two trouble makers! Maddie asked me on Monday if I had any plans Saturday, to which I replied "netflix and food." So she told me she already bought me the tank and that she was taking me on her date dash! So, that's how I got to cross off number 195. :)
Last night I was laying in my bed, watching the latest episode of Vampire Diaries, when in walks Maddie. She asked me what I was up to, and when I said nothing she asked if I wanted to go on an adventure with her, her sister Mikayla, and their friend Ty. I contemplated saying no and just staying in my comfy bed, but then I thought of #229 on my list and said yes! She told me we had to leave immediately, so I swapped my shorts for jeans and threw on some toms. We sprinted out of the dorm, got in the car, and started driving. We had some throwback tunes playing from the radio and we were all making fun of each other and joking around. The car ride was fun and resulted in several karaoke and spontaneous dance parties. Our fantastic adventure started with a pit stop at Office Depot in Moscow, Idaho where we laminated a sign for one of Ty's friends 21-run. While the sign was being laminated we sat in some of the plush and luxurious office chairs and talked about random things. After that we drove to the Pie Hole and got some delicious pizza. Ever had potato and bacon pizza? It's delish! Next, we went and picked up one of our friends in Pullman named Sarah, and then drove to an old, abandoned barn near Moscocw. We pulled to the side of the road, and turned off the car lights. It was pitch black and we could barely make out the outline of the barn in the distance. We all freaked out, and asked "are we really doing this?" a few times. Maddie and I were the first out of the car, and we started making our way "towards" the barn. We turned on the flash lights on our phones and realized that only made it worse. I was completely freaked out and so were the other girls! We had to jump over a little stream, and then we eventually made it to part of the barn. The part we made it to was a run down wall, with a creepy little door in it. As we kept looking around we realized that this wasn't actually the barn. We quickly ran back towards the car, but realized that the little stream we hopped over was harder to get across now. Maddie was the first to make the leap and successfully navigated herself across to the other side. I spotted a rock and tried to use that, but slipped and almost fell into the stream. Sarah and Ty were the last to make it across and both slid into the mud. After we were all across we sprinted for the car and dove inside. We got some ice-cream, and then we went to Walmart and were being goofs. We tried on clothes 4x our size and all the hats we could find! I'm so thankful I decided to go, rather than just stay in and watch TV. Well, I did it! I deleted my facebook! Why? Because it's Thursday! Every Thursday Bob Goff quits something. It can be something small or something big, but whatever he quits it's because it'll improve his life. So the past few Thursdays I have quit drinking soda, quit eating candy, and quit waking up after 10. But those are all minor things, that surprisingly weren't very difficult to give up. So, today I chose to quit Facebook. Over the past few weeks I've started realizing that I hardly know most of my facebook friends. Don't get me wrong, I knew them at one point or another, but now they've faded to the back of my life. And while facebook is meant to connect you with your friends from around the country and from back in the day, I find myself not using it to connect with those people. So why have facebook then? So that I can enjoy the endless posts about drama? No thanks! So I can take fun buzzfeed quizes? Nah. So I can get twelve million game requests? Nope. I have slowly stopped using Facebook to communicate with people, instead I used it mainly to post pictures. But while some people may actually like seeing my pictures, to many they see the pictures and will think they know what is going on in my life and so they don't need to actually talk to me. I want my friends to talk to me and to ask me how my life is, just like I want to ask them! So, from now I will make an effort to call, text, write letters to, and skype the people in my life who I want to stay in touch with. However, while I'm giving up facebook, I'm not giving up all social media! I am keeping my Instagram (Skybug1995) and Twitter(@SkylerRose422)! For now anyways! Even though it's early in the morning, I've found myself thinking today a lot about my impulsive nature. I've read a book or two on being impulsive, and how it has pros and cons, but in my own life I haven't experienced many of the cons the books discuss. I've pretty much always been impulsive, but to a lesser degree than I am now. When I was younger I would randomly decide I wanted to try a new activity. Hence why I played soccer, basketball, volleyball, and I danced and cheered. I didn't stick with each activity long, but I enjoyed them while I did them. I also went through my "artistic" phase, where I decided to paint, draw, sculpt, and do ceramics. I thought I would be fashion designer, so I tried my hand at sewing. I decided to become a musician, so I tried flute, guitar, piano, drums, and singing. I was never very good at any of those activities, but I loved doing them.
Now, as I'm growing up my impulses are growing with me. Now instead of changing hobbies, I'm changing life plans. My family is constantly being surprised with the newest and craziest life ideas I've come up with, and are usually slightly frightened to here my new ideas. Texts or phone calls from me that start with "I had an idea!" or "I've decided what I want to do this summer" or even "I know what I want to do with my life" are common and almost every day occurrences. My ideas can change, my plans can change, but one thing is constant. When I come up with an idea, I strive to make it come true, as best as I can. I put all my efforts into making my current dream possible. Sometimes the ideas aren't too crazy, like me deciding to change up my style. But more often then not they are. In November of 2012 I decided I wanted to go on a missions trip. So I called up a family friend, and BOOM I was going to India. I went to dinner with my family and during the middle of the dinner I just throughout, "Hey, by the way I'm going to India in January." I don't think I've ever seen a more confused or stunned look on my dad. It took me awhile to convince them, but once my dad realized I wasn't going to accept no for an answer, he said yes! So I fundraised about $3000 in 2 weeks, got all of my vaccinations, bought a plane ticket, and got my visa. I also had to get all my homework from my school, because I was missing about two weeks of my senior year of high school. And two weeks later I left for India, which would turn out to be one of the best experiences of my life. In December of this year, I was sitting at home on Christmas Break from college, thinking about where I wanted my life to go. I had spent the last semester at school thinking I was going to major in Global Politics and Chinese, in the hopes that I could work overseas as a translator, because all I really want to do in life is travel, do photography, and help people. But as I sat there, and thought over my last semester I realized how miserable I was. It wasn't what I was passionate about, and it wasn't something I could see myself doing for the rest of my life. So, the week before my Spring semester started, I dropped every single one of my classes I was originally taking, and took a whole bunch of random, meaningless classes. And about 2 months into my Spring term, I called home and told my parents, "Guys! I've got it. I'm switching my major to Kinesiology." While switching my major from Chinese and Global Politics to Kinesiology seems like a drastic change in majors, to me it makes logical sense. You see, I was studying Chinese and Global Politics so that I could help people and spend time overseas. But with kinesiology I get the opportunity to become an occupational or physical therapist and help people that way. So it works perfectly with my life plan. Currently, I am making plans for summer and trying to figure out what to do with my months off. I threw around a couple of ideas such as, Joining the Elevate program, doing a summer session at WSU, going on a 95 day road trip, getting a job at home, or getting a job in a random state. My summer plans constantly changed from day to day. I'd tell my parents, "I MADE A DECISION." And it'd changed 2 hours later. Well I was sitting at Buffalo Wild Wings on Spring Break, and announced, "I'm staying home and working." I honestly didn't it through. I didn't know where I was going to work. I didn't even contemplate the idea for more than 5 seconds. But it's been about a week since I made that decision, and I don't regret it yet. So, while many people think that impulsive decision making is bad, I think it is good. Almost all of my treasured memories are things that occurred simply because I was being impulsive. I chose an idea, and focus all my energy on it, simply refusing to fail. I think that's one of the biggest things you have to learn in life. You have to learn that failure is a good thing. You have to say to yourself "Failure is not an option", and then if you do fail, you accept it, and say "I failed, but I tried." At the end of your life, you won't be disappointed about the things you tried and failed, you'll be disappointed by the things you failed to try. I'm not saying that you should make all your life decisions impulsively, not everyone can do that. I'm just saying impulse can lead to some of the best and greatest adventures you will ever have. So give it a try, and live your life. "If the reason we don't go for it is so that we can maintain the status quo, and you can't maintain the status quo, then you are only risking what is impossible to maintain." -John Richmond Some days don't go our way. It's the sad fact of life. My roomie came back to Pullman today, talking of her disastrous day. She had scheduled a flight for 10am, but realized when she arrived at the airport that it was actually scheduled for 10pm. She had to make a split decision, and drive all the way back to Pullman, a 6 hour drive. She missed all of her classes today, lost money from not using her plane ticket, and had to spend money on gas. She got here about 7 o'clock, went to the gym, and then we drove to Walmart. We parked our car in the parking lot so that we could run our groceries in, and all the sudden a car backed into my door of the car. Luckily there was no damage, but it was still not a fun experience. Then we had to go find parking on campus that didn't require a permit. The closest spot was down an extremely steep hill, and our car barely fit in the spot. As we walked up the hill, our thighs burning, she remarked that she had worn her "Hakuna Matata" tank today, and it was funny since that means no worries and all she's done today is worry.
Bad days happen, but it's what you do with those days that matter. My roomie just laughed each incident off, and decided to find humor in the matter. I think it takes a huge amount of strength to be able to laugh off a bad day, or even a bad second of a day. If you don't let that incident define your day or your life, and you choose to focus on the positive things you are living your life positively, and you are controlling the outcome of your day. "A good day, is a good day. A bad day is a good story. At the end of the day, it's all good." -Glennon Melton Live your life for the good days, the good stories, and the good people. Voila! I did it! I have wanted to create a blog for about a year now, and I have finally gotten around to it! My goal is to write on here daily, and then to also blog anytime I cross something off of my bucket list! I'm going to add to my bucket list as I come up with new ideas, and I'm going to try my hardest to cross off everything on the list! Here are 20 Random Facts About Myself: 1. I have a slight obsession with pizza rolls, chocolate milk, and lucky charms. 2. I wear scarves way more than any normal person and I also own over 20. When I went to India I bought over 20 scarves because they were about $2 each. 3. When I'm having a bad day I listen to Oldie's. A Little Respect, Itty Bitty Pretty One, It Takes Two, and Straight Up are guaranteed to bring a smile to my face. 4. I am deathly afraid of birds. Any kind. Except penguins. 5. I love doing dishes, it's therapeutic for me. 6. I absolutely HATE drinking water. It's boring, it's bland, it's gross. Instead I drink coffee and orange juice by the gallons. 7. My biggest pet peeve is when people don't signal while driving. Why? Because I love signaling! 8. My mind doesn't ever shut up. I literally lay in bed at night thinking of the most random things. Sometimes the things don't even make sense together. I can be thinking about death eaters one second, and dancing lobsters the next second. 9. I can't wink. Or snap. Or go cross-eyed. 10. I laugh in awkward, somber, or horrific situations. I can't help it. I think I laugh because I don't know how to express what I'm feeling. It's the worst though. Someone will tell me about a disease or sickness they have and I laugh, it's not cause I think it's funny it's just because I don't know what else to do. And if I'm not supposed to laugh it only gets worse. 11. I have naturally curly hair. 12. I hate the song, I'm Alive by Michael Franti because I set it as my alarm clock sound, and now I hate it. 13. I don't like chocolate. The only exceptions are chocolate milk and dark chocolate salted caramels. 14. The day I got my permit I crashed through my garage doors. Oops! 15. I despise it when people use short-hand to text. Spell it out or don't text me. 16. Bad by The Cab is the most frequently played song on my i-pod. 17. I go to Washington State University. 18. I love cheesy movies from the 1990s and 2000s. 10 Things I Hate About You, She's All That, and What a Girl Wants are some of my favorites. 19. One of my favorite quotes is, "She was a wild, wicked slip of a girl. She burned too bright for this world." -Emily Bronte 20. I love the sun! #13 was crossed off my list the second I finished reading Love Does by Bob Goff. If you want an easy read that will change your life I strongly recommend this book. Bob is a regular guy who has spent his life loving other people. He lives his life whimsically and is always up for helping others. He is the Ambassador to Uganda, he is a lawyer, he is stopping witch doctors from killing kids, and he is educating orphans and witch doctors. He loves people, unconditionally. In Love Does Bob writes, "That’s because love is never stationary. In the end, love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it. Simply put: love does." I think that is a beautiful quote because many people think love is something you feel, when in reality love is something you do. If you truly love someone, you do stuff for them. I read Love Does my sophomore year in high school, and have looked up to Bob ever since! Well this past February I was blessed to go to the Storyline Conference with my mom, my best friend, my best friends mom, and my moms friend. At this conference Bob Goff was speaking! And after he spoke he stuck around to meet everyone who wanted to meet him. He didn't rush through the line. He made you feel special and loved. He hugged me immediately, and he told me, "if you ever need anything just call!" Bob puts his phone number in his book so that if you want to talk to him you can. And the best part? He answers every call, unless he is speaking or sleeping. Amazing! After meeting him I felt so compelled to spend my entire life just loving people in small ways and in big ways. If I can brighten someone's day even just a little bit, that's what I want to do! |
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