Hello!
Hello! Hows it going?
By the way, my L key is kind of broken so I might spell things wrong haha Pretty good!
If I had a million dollars I would probably live my life a little more liberally financially than I do right now with my ramen Haha Thats ok. If I misspell things, its just me. So... Hah
I feel that. I would probably spend quite a bit right now and save a lot of it I'd buy things like clothes or things that will last a long time
Ya, I think thats probably a good idea. Maybe I would also maybe put it into a retirement fund. I hear that if you have a million or two in your retirement, it is just so nice
And I'd like to give some to charities!
I don't know a ton about it, but I do know that it will help out with early retirement, plus if you have that much in a fund you could also live great retired.
I hear 1-2 is plenty and you'll be comfortable
Charities are great! I think I would give some of it do a charity for Juvenile Diabetes
Why is that?
I don't have diabetes but my family has a past with Juvenile Diabetes My cousin actually ended up passing out while driving causing a car crash that ended his life Its kind of crazy the effects that can happen because of diabetes So, if we could end that, I would be in total support of that Haha
Wow. That's a really deep answer!
Have you ever heard of JDRF?
For me, I'd like to donate to environmental causes
Sorry if that was too deep.
What's that? No, that's good!
JDRF stands for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and in essence what it is, is a research organization that has pretty much made most of the advancements on diabetes
What kind of advancements have they made?
Environmental charities are cool too. Do you have a favorite?
Not in particular, partly because I just haven't had enough money to donate.
They have found a way to produce insulin somehow. I think they are getting some cool stuff that they are trying to do with developing a device or organ that can produce insulin for those that currently can cant
I'll look up some of their stuff! That sounds really interesting. I really like the medical field and I'm trying to get involved
Ya, I have that same issue with not having a ton of money to be able to donate. Oh, thats pretty cool! Are you doing something medical for schooling? Is that your major?
I'm thinking of doing something in genetics! What about yours? Something to do with math?
oh, that is pretty cool! haha Actually it just comes from my name, but my major does have a little to do with math. I am studying Computer Science with an emphasis in Animation
What's your major? oh that sounds cool! What exactly do you like about animation?
I really like the things that we do on the computer and would love to help make things better, while also doing computer animation stuff like VFX I think it would be fun to work for Pixar or for Lucas films or something I like making it, although, watching it is cool too. I really like the CGI part though, where there are computer animated parts that are added into real film
I hear that's a really competitive major at BYU
Seems pretty fun to me
That sounds really cool to be honest. I wish I was artistic
Ya, it is, and for some reason over the past year or two it has gotten a little harder too!
For me, I rely a lot on logic for my science classes I guess I'm just wired that way
Ya, I really like the logic part of computer science. Im a little less proficient at memorizing things. I just find memorizing things really hard for some reason I don't know why, I guess thats how Im wired too! Haha
Me too! But for me, I'm not too good with math and other abstract ideas So even though I find computer science really interesting, it's hard for me because it's abstract
Oh, that makes sense, there are a ton of people who have a hard time with that. That works.
So I've done really basic programming things, but that was years ago I really enjoyed it, but when it got more complicated, I just couldn't wrap my head around it
My Calculus professor has even mentioned most people from America find it hard to learn math, but people outside of America find math a little more easy for some reason I don't know why though. Im not a huge fan of learning math lately either
I'd love to get into it again. It's a growing field and you'll find it useful in pretty much any field Really? I
Oh, that makes sense, I havent really gotten that far in the major and honestly Im a little scared of it. There are things that I just don't understand, but as we continue to
I've never heard that befure
talk about it, it makes more and more sense. But never full sense
Well Good luck! It sounds like a lot of fun. I have some friends graduating in it soon and they love it
I guess part of that statistic that people from America begin to hate math is about third grade. From third grade on we have already told ourselves that we hate math but for some reason other countries seem to have a different approach Maybe our 3rd grade curriculum isn't working that great
Right. It's partly a psychological thing as well Like if you say you hate it then you actually start to hate it
Thats cool, Im glad someone is graduating. This is actually my first semester in Computer Science and Im beginning to wonder if its ever going to end. Haha Ya, that could be it too! and especially as society is completely engrained to hate math here, its just as if we are taught to hate it too. For some reason, I actually kind of liked math growing up, but after hitting college its just beginning to not make sense anymore. haha
I love watching TED talks and learning about how we can change our perspective
The time in my life when I need it the most, I understand it the least! Haha
So I' watched this one this last week that changed my perspective on time
TED talks are pretty cool! Do you have a favorite? Oh, what was it on?
You gotta watch "What I learned from 100 days of rejection" That's one of my favorites
Oh, I have watched that one! I really liked it!
And the one I watched recently talked about how when we change our perspective on time we can feel better about our time management Instead of saying that we don't have time for something, we instead should say something like
its the one where he just goes about and asks people stupid questions, trying to get rejected and actually gets accepted some of the times.
I won't do that because it it's not a priorty for me Yeah! That's the one!
Like in a Starbucks or something he did something Ya, thats probably a better way to say it. We have enough time in this world for anything that we want to do. But the thing is what do we want to do more. This or this?
So I'm trying to say that more, but I realize I say that I don't have time a lot So it's hard to break out of the habit Really those small phrases have a lot of control over the way that we think
It is way hard to switch to that. I had actually been doing a similar thing. But I was switching from I don't have time for that, to my time is filled with other things already, but that one is probably more accurate
I like that!
I think if we want to manage our time better it starts with how we think of it too!
I wonder what other phrases like that exist in English
Its just a matter of how we go about fixing it
For me, Language is an interesting topic and I like seeing how it changes the way that people think about the world around them
I don't know, I kind of just made that one up that I had been using, but its based off a very similar thing. There are so many things we say that we don't even fully understand our selves but we just say it out of habit I wish I could honestly think about everything that I ended up saying, but sometimes it just all comes out
Right! It's weird how we're conditioned to think a certain way But if we change the way we perceive something everything changes
Ya, even from a 3rd grade age We are conditioned to believe, and think certain things. Its hard to separate from them too!
I saw this one on stress It was saying that if we view stress as a way to prepare instead of a bad thing, we can use it more effectively And also how our blood vessels don't constrict when we see stress as a good thing in situations
Ya, I actually think that a certain level of stress can actually be good. Its just when we hit a certain point and start freaking out that it becomes a bad thing Oh, really, I didn't think about the blood vessels thing? What does that do for us?
Of course! So now I'm trying to see where I feel stress and see how I can make it more beneficial I thinking is that when your blood vessels are smaller, they allow blood to travel faster? But I'm not sure to be honest
Thats a great idea. I kind of like stress, because I feel more productive, but I don't like the level that im currently sitting at.
When do you feel stress?
I should probably do the same thing that you are doing to lower my negative stress and turn it more into positive stress
For me it's when I have a million things to do
I feel the most stress when I come to college and know I have assignments that I have to do and I feel like there is little time to get it all done in. Ya, its practically the same things as you Just having a ton of things that I need to do and trying to prioritize them correctly
I definitely feel that. It always seems to be that I have 5 midterms in a single week with social and monetary needs
I just prioritize them on which one comes first in due date and sometimes thats good, but sometimes I feel like there is probably a better way
Yup so I'm trying to see what my priorities right
Ya, it always piles up. Sometimes I feel like I don't have anything that I need to do and then all the sudden, I have like one hundred things to do and then I physically don't have enough time for all of it I do however do have time for portions of it at a time Just not all of it
Right. So I'm trying to do things during my free time so that I'm not getting piled up all at once
Ya, thats the same with me. Its been working pretty well this semester. I think I would have been really, really stressed right now if I had been playing games or wasting more time than I have
That's a good point too You need to prioritize the things that won't make you the bad kind of stressed out
I got a little behind at the beginning of the semester and then it was beginning to all pile up. But for some reason over the past few weeks, I have been able to dig myself out a little. But it has been pretty crazy
I get that. I've been sick a little bit and there were days that without doing homework and just fell aslepp
Oh, man, I feel bad, that can really get you behind and give you a lot of bad stress. At least it would to me
I try to not let it get to me! My main way of stress relief is making food to be honest!
Let me rephrase that, I would put the bad stress on me. Those things don't give good or bad, they just give stress, we choose if its good or bad Food is great! I love food! I don't mind cooking it, although, I hate the dishes
That's why you have the ramen, right!!
Don't worry though, I still do them,  because if I didn't it would create more stress Ya, exactly! Haha
Oh I get that. Sometimes to be nice, when I visit my friend's apartments I just do some of their dishes and then sometimes they' repay me back by making me food!!
Oh, that is nice! Oh, thats nice too! Its just better when we are nicer to each other! Do you have any plans for Thanksgiving?
Right. What kind of nice things have people done for you recently? I think I'll stay here in Utah and visit some family near Ogden
Well... on Sunday I have some friends that made me dinner. That was pretty nice!
Oh like a surprise?
Oh, thats cool! I live up north too! Are you from ogden? No, they just invited me over for Sunday dinner
No, I'm not from around here, but my aunt and her family does!
Oh, ok. Im from up north called Tremonton, its about another half an hour north of ogden. I love it up there.
I've never heard of that place! What's it famous for?
Where are you from? Being small. Haha
I'm from the east coast.
Its not really famous for anything I don't think other than the amount of cows, and farming that it does.
Hey, that sounds relaxing to me!
We have a malt o meal, and we used to have a lazyboy other than that we don't have much there though. Except for clean air
Hey that's a rarity here in the valley!
I actually live on a sod farm, so I also like to just go sit on grass, but there seems to not be as much open space here for any of that stuff. haha But I still like it here!
I love the mountains here. It's absolutely gorgeous sometimes
Ya, any open space is a rarity here, but its still cool. Im looking forward to the holidays in the city They are really pretty, and I think that they get even better in the winter when they turn white! I love snow! and when its on the mountain it just seems so nice to me!
Are you staying for the Holidays? Me too! I think that snow always makes things look more beautiful
I think I will be going home, but we have mountains up there too. I will be able to see what the holidays are like though after thanksgiving here, while going to school
Oh that sounds nice. Do you have any family traditions?
Ya, it just makes it look so clean and perfect! But I guess thats subject to opinion. Some hate snow. We just have Christmas parties starting after Thanksgiving
I don't like it too much when I have to go to work or school, but it's beautiful Really? Just you and your family with multiple christmas parties?
Ya, thats true, I guess you just don't get to appreciate it as much as when you have free time to go spend on it Ya, I come from a big extended family, so we have like a reunion as a Christmas party, then we have a local one as well.
That's cool! I have a lot of my mom's side that lived near us, so we'd have like 50-60 relatives on Christmas day gathered together
Oh, holy cow, thats huge on Christmas! On Christmas its generally just me and my parents, as all my siblings have gotten older and moved out