Where have I been, you ask?

I've been thinking. Maybe why so many people get caught up never blogging after the first or second time is because we're either a) pressed for time, b) don't know what to blog about, or c) we don't know how to say what we want to blog about.

Or d) all of the above.

So where have I been? Midterms. College is crazy! But it's so fun too. I've started about three posts that I did not find worthy to make it to publishing yet.

So here's what I think I'm going to do. I want to start "I go to BYU" posts. Oh, by the way, I go to Brigham Young University! These posts will consist of things I see (and hopefully pictures) around campus, consisting of events or occurrences that I find interesting or in other ways noteworthy.

I also want to keep things real. We've all had bad days; how do we get through them? When we have a quiz and three big essays this week (which is how this week has been), how do we stay positive? We're here to be happy, after all. Not happy tomorrow or after that midterm, but now. And not in a "let's sluff all my classes" way, but in a "let me learn how to enjoy the work required of me" way. Making every day life fun.

For example, I have a friend from Georgia (who is actually here at byu now too!) and whenever we would hang out, we would do the "weirdest" things (which seemed perfectly normal until I told people what I did over the weekend). Like the time we made bread or waxed my car. Perfectly normal tasks, but so fun. When we made bread, we got into a flour fight. When we waxed my car, we turned the music up loud and talked about super amazing and sweet boys. We had so many adventures together that just spiced up our lives. So there's one way to keep going during the hard times - music and flour. And don't forget a dash of spontaneity.

Comments

  1. PhilHallOctober 15, 2012 at 4:42 AM

    Perfect! ... and so true to the Liz I know! What's the most spontaneous thing you've done today?

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  2. UnknownOctober 15, 2012 at 6:48 PM

    You know, I can't think of anything right now! I'll have to fix that :) Though I did have some super fun moments Saturday. How about you Phil?

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