Learning Challenge: Coffee Shop Thoughts

(Personal Image taken in Bristol, England 2016)

I believe everyone has their own way of paying attention. I think it's up to the individual to figure out the setting they work best in. For me, it's a chill coffee shop with music and a little bit of background noise. I think I work best in an environment that inspires me to be creative and surrounded by people who are also working.

Gray Owl Coffee off of Gray street in Norman is my favorite place to study at. The art hung from the walls and the trendy people at every table inspire me to also be creative and get my work done. There is something about being surrounded by like-minded people who spur you on to be a better version of yourself.

The environment has everything to do with how well you pay attention to your work. Maybe a coffee shop is too distracting for some people, that's why the library and the great reading room work great for other students. Figure out what setting allows you to pay attention best and work there. That's my little tidbit of advice.

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Week 10: The Will to Explore

(Growth mindset meme sourced from the Growth Mindset Blog)

I believe in my heart of hearts that I was born with the innate will to explore and go. When I came across this Growth Midset meme, I was like "Yes, this is me." I don't think curiosity is something that can be learned or taught, I think it is natural. I believe people are born with curiosity and that is as springboards them into the fields that they are passionate about. 

For me, I'm passionate about traveling the world and people, this curiosity about what the world offers I believe landed me the job I now have working in an International Travel PR firm in New York City. 

The things that we are passionate about will push us forward. Be curious about something, whether that be far off places, people, computers, or history. It can be anything. It is better to be curious and say yes to exploring that field in depth than to do nothing at all.

Reading Notes A: Pacific Northwest, Part A

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The Pacific Northwest is something that has always intrigued me. The multitude of hiking trials, the mountainous landscape, and the abundance of coffee from PNW has always seemed to call my name and lure me in. For this very reason, I picked the Pacific Northwest unit to read for this week.

I liked that the stories in Reading A incorporated a variety of mountainous animals and related many of the stories to the landscape that I so want to be apart of.

I noticed that a majority of the stories were about the creation of the world and how it ties in with the nature surrounding the PNW. If it wasn’t about the creation of the world the story humanized animals to steal something, such as fire.

I think I can incorporate humanizing animals in my stories and bringing them to life in a new way, or even come up with a creative way of how I think the world came to be.

Bibliography:
Pacific Northwest: Part A, link to online reading.