2. Dindoffer, Tamara; Reid, Barbara; Freed, Shirley. "Women Adimistrators in Christ Universities: Making Family and Career Co-Central." Journal of Research on Christian Education Volume 20.3 (2011): 281 - 308. Web. 28 October 2014.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Sources
1. Robinson, Francesca. "Modern Nursing Careers." Practice Nurse 33.3 (2007): 15. Web. 28 October 2014.
3. Skogrand, Linda; Johnson, Alena; Horrocks, Amanda M; DeFrain, John. "Financial Management Practices of Couples with Great Marriages." Journal of Family and Economic Issues 32.1 (2011): 27 - 35. Web. 28 October 2014.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Let the Love begin
1. Proposal
2. Fall Wedding
3. Our own
4. Number 3
5. Bringing life into the world
On The Clock
It's sad how people take a job only for the benefit of money. I'm lucky enough to choose a profession I'm happy with and will always be financially set. But the average American spends 1,700 hours working each year. That's 68,000 hours in ones working career. Heck, if you're gonna spend that long working it better be something you enjoy! Keep that in mind ladies and gents.
Questions for life
Nothing in life is free and you always have to work for what you have so here are my questions on how to maintain my 5 Fs:
- function
- family
- friends
- future
- fun
- What's nursing school going to approximately going to cost me? And the best way to pay it off.
- What fields am I most interested in?
- How much do nurses make in each field of interest?
- What's the best age to get married and how to prepare for it?
- How to incorporate finances into new marriage?
- Where are some good areas near the city to raise kids?
- What are benefits (financially and emotionally) of nursing?
- What are some pros and cons of being a working mom?
- Compare and contrast home with and without a christian base.
- How to create fun memories for your kids?
- When/how to start saving for their college?
- How to keep marriages healthy and alive?
Where will I be in 10 years
People ask, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" And I answer, a nurse. which is true, but all I've wanted to be when I grew up was an adult. My mom would always joke about me being 13 going on 30 and really that's the truth. I was always beyond my years, an old soul you could say. It was hard to make friends because I was more mature than everyone else. Even in high school while everyone would be out partying and getting into trouble I was working 30 hours a week and my free time consisted of cleaning or being with my friends who were much older. When my mom was in the hospital for three months my dad was either at work or with her so it was just me and my younger sister. For three months I went to school, went to work, went grocery shopping, came home and cleaned and made dinner and lunch for my dad the next day, and drove my sister to whatever practice she needed to go to, did homework, repeat. Telling you this I'm not asking for sympathy here, I actually enjoyed this time. Not saying I'm glad my mom got sick but being on my own was actually pretty awesome. Yeah I was always busy and working and cleaning and doing something but that's what I like. I like being needed, I like helping others, I like having a purpose.
And with this research paper we've been asked to depict our vocation; our purpose in life. I could write about how I want to be a nurse, how I want to help people. Or I could write about how I want to have a family and make memories. But I don't want to be just one thing. I want to be them all. So maybe I'll write about being a nurse who's also a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend. Because that's what I want to be. And to let the years perfect myself in every area. My purpose in life is help those I love and help those who walk through that hospital or that doctor's door. It'll be stressful, I'll be busy but that's all I want; to somehow juggle all those things into a happy, loving, crazy, beautiful life.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Never refuse homemade brownies
I came across this picture on twitter, it's a list a 95 year old man wrote about everything a person should be in life.
I've been thinking about what I want to do my paper on and if I were to end up doing it on the kind of person I want to be, this list is a good place to start.
It's worth reading,
Enjoy!
What is your Power?
Watch this cute little animation about vocation.
The power within each individual.
You have the knowledge, the power to be what you want to be.
Knowledge is experiencing life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3KP68zNssI
Knowledge is power
The power within each individual.
You have the knowledge, the power to be what you want to be.
Knowledge is experiencing life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3KP68zNssI
Knowledge is power
You killed my father...prepare to die
Sorry Mandy, I had to steal it because #princessbride is only the best movie and ya know...vocation
Credit
When you watch movies take a moment to see who the real hero is...?
In life, you may not seem all that important but trust me...
...you are!
Harvard's Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker is a cognitive scientist and experimental psychologist. He mostly studies language behavior and human development in children. In this article he is interviewed by a Harvard staff writer who seems very interested and has prior knowledge about Mr. Pinker before the interview. She starts off by asking questions about his childhood to see how his interest in the human mind sprouts. Mr. Pinker grew up in Montreal, Canada in the 60's and 70's during a time of social struggles and changes. His parents encouraged him to go to college and wanted him to get a good job. However, they believed getting a PhD wasn't going to ensure him a job. He was interested in the mind but despite the pushing of his parents, he didn't want to go into medicine and didn't want to work with patients.
The interviewer then goes into asking specific questions about specific things that happened while he was growing up. She mentions an anarchy experiment he did while in high school on his own. During the 60's young people were against the government and believe society would be better off without one. He was influenced by his friends to believe that too although his parents disagreed. Without having to manipulate an actual experiment the police went on strike and the community went into ciaos. This event in his life was his first own, little experiment spiking his interest in human behavior.
Then she asks specific questions about his career and field asking how he started gearing more towards language rather than imagery. Pinker states that after doing experiments in both he saw more support and interest from others in regards to language so he continued solely on that. After she asks about his most proud moment his response being in regards to books he wrote, research he's done, and the works he's found. She then switches positions from asking positive questions to asking what the worst thing he's done, Pinker being a psychologist, most likely embraces the acceptance that people are not perfect and including himself, have flaws. He talks about his time in college where he was told to perform an experiment where he had to torture a rat to death. Although he didn't want to, he did. The experiment being scaring, he did end up learning about human behavior from this. Most people would end up doing what an authority figure says even if it's against their morals.
Something I really like about Pinker is when asked about his flaws and strengths he says, "That's for other people to judge!" and quotes La Rochefoucauld, "Our enemies' opinions of us come closer to the truth than our own."
The interviewer turns to asking questions about technology now. He says he doesn't think google and social media is making people stupid and actually has a twitter himself; he likes how non-time consuming it is. He points out how older people tend to be critical to young people and new things for no reason. "It is a failure of human nature to detest anything that young people do just because older people are not used to it or have trouble learning it."
The woman doing the interview seems excited to be talking to me and is constantly interested in what he has to say. She starts off with asking about background information trying to see where he's coming from. Then she goes on to asking about his schooling and studies, then more personal questions allowing him to feel comfortable and answer honestly. She seems to ask the right questions to allow you to get a good feel for his ideas.
The interviewer then goes into asking specific questions about specific things that happened while he was growing up. She mentions an anarchy experiment he did while in high school on his own. During the 60's young people were against the government and believe society would be better off without one. He was influenced by his friends to believe that too although his parents disagreed. Without having to manipulate an actual experiment the police went on strike and the community went into ciaos. This event in his life was his first own, little experiment spiking his interest in human behavior.
Then she asks specific questions about his career and field asking how he started gearing more towards language rather than imagery. Pinker states that after doing experiments in both he saw more support and interest from others in regards to language so he continued solely on that. After she asks about his most proud moment his response being in regards to books he wrote, research he's done, and the works he's found. She then switches positions from asking positive questions to asking what the worst thing he's done, Pinker being a psychologist, most likely embraces the acceptance that people are not perfect and including himself, have flaws. He talks about his time in college where he was told to perform an experiment where he had to torture a rat to death. Although he didn't want to, he did. The experiment being scaring, he did end up learning about human behavior from this. Most people would end up doing what an authority figure says even if it's against their morals.
Something I really like about Pinker is when asked about his flaws and strengths he says, "That's for other people to judge!" and quotes La Rochefoucauld, "Our enemies' opinions of us come closer to the truth than our own."
The interviewer turns to asking questions about technology now. He says he doesn't think google and social media is making people stupid and actually has a twitter himself; he likes how non-time consuming it is. He points out how older people tend to be critical to young people and new things for no reason. "It is a failure of human nature to detest anything that young people do just because older people are not used to it or have trouble learning it."
The woman doing the interview seems excited to be talking to me and is constantly interested in what he has to say. She starts off with asking about background information trying to see where he's coming from. Then she goes on to asking about his schooling and studies, then more personal questions allowing him to feel comfortable and answer honestly. She seems to ask the right questions to allow you to get a good feel for his ideas.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
WWAD
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. "
-Albert Einstein
(What Would Albert Do)
After college, where will your education take you?
Young people
‘It is a failing of human nature to detest anything that young people do just because older people are not used to it or have trouble learning it.’
-Steven Pinker
Step One
Nursing school....
Time to sign your lives over ladies and gents.
#nursingschool
R.I.P. my social life
What is Vocation ?
What is Vocation?
For this research project we need to research what voaction is, what parts we agree with, and how we'll apply that to our futures.
So to start off, you need to know what vocation is.
Dictionary.com states that vocation is:
1.a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
2.a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career
3.a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life
4. a function or station in life to which one is called by God
In reguards to this paper, definition #2 pertains more to it. Some people know what job/career they want in the future and others are unsure. But we're all here, in college, so we have some kind of plan.
My plan, my vocation is to be a nurse. I've wanted to be a nurse since I was little and it's never changed. I have a "strong impulse...to follow a particular...career." And with this blog you'll see deeper into my vocation.
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