#reflection wk4

[designumn2015]

Mentor

After last weeks speaker and discussion about a mentor, I decided I should chose someone to be my mentor. I chose someone who inspires me every day to be the best I can and to push myself to strive to always be better. My mentor is my best friend Kayla. She's someone who I can go to with literally anything that is going on in my life, and I know I can trust her to come back at me with whatever I need to hear, rather I like it or not. Even though we are close to the same age and have the same life experiences, a mentor is someone who you look up to and want to be like, and I want to be more like Kayla. She is smart, confident, strong, creative and outspoken, all things I strive for. I hope that choosing a mentor now will push me harder to leap for my personal goals to be an all around better person.

[designumn2015]

Peace and Quiet

I've tried studying in plenty of places over the past few years of college and I've found that nothing beats peace and quiet.  I get distracted easily so high traffic areas are not an option for me.  I wrote in an earlier reflection that I found the first two chapters of "Change by Design" to be a difficult read, but I think it was because I did the reading in Coffman.  The constant noise and commotion made it difficult for me to digest the reading.  

I normally lock myself in my room at home and listen to music when I study.  If I'm doing reading I need silence, but I music is fine if I'm doing other things.  Maybe I'll look for some nice quiet places on campus this week.