One of my favorite things to do however is draw. I love art and on any given day you will find my doodling or sketching in one of my art pads. I also enjoy painting and any kind of craft project. Although I consider myself a traditional cartoonist, I'm always looking to get better with my art and delve into new areas of it.
After initiating a conversation with my you will also find out that I am very enthusiastic about music. My favorite genres of music are Jam Band, Reggae, Jazz, and Classic Rock. My favorite bands and musicians are Bob Marley, Phish, Jimi Hendrix, Medeski Martin & Wood, and Kid Cudi, but there are many, many more that I love such as Led Zepplin, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Grateful Dead, and the list goes on and on. I also enjoy making music and have been a percussionist ever since the 5th grade. I know how to play numerous types of drums and rhythm instruments, but my favorite is the classic marching snare drum.
Finally at the heart and essence of my very being is my love for psychology. I would go so far as to say it is the driving force behind all of my passions. I am fascinated by the human mind and how it works. I incessantly rummage through psychology blogs, articles, and journals or watch scientific and social documentaries during my free time. Even when I watch "traditional" entertainment shows or movies I like to put myself in the characters shoes and analyze things from different perspectives and attitudes.
Now that you've read all of that boring stuff about me let's get down to the nitty gritty. I have lived in Mobile for my entire life. Both of my parents are educators and I plan on following in their footsteps and becoming an educator myself. My mother is a special education teacher at O'rourke elementary and my father is a coach and teacher at Williamson high school. I however do not want to be an elementary or secondary educator, but a college professor. I'm am studying health education at the University of South Alabama and would like to teach drug education, nutrition, and personal health/fitness classes to college students as well as research alternative methods of health care and drug effects on the human body. I knew I was destined to be an educator at an early age because I have always been and enthusiastic learner and enjoyed teaching others what I had learned as well as getting their feedback and ideas. I believe there is rarely ever one concrete definite answer to any question and we can all learn from one another if we keep our minds open. This is the major philosophy that drives my learning and I hope to impart it into my future students in an attempt to make the world a better place.
Randy Pausch made some very good points in his video pertaining to to time management. He talked about goal setting, making to do list's, and effective ways of tackling your agenda. Overall he didn't present any information that I had not heard or thought of before, but it was still interesting and a good mental refresher. My favorite part was his analogy of eating frogs as it pertains to doing the biggest things on your to do list first. I found that to be a very valid point. The only grievance I have with his video is the fact that I believe some people can actually benefit from procrastination. I have been known to be quite the procrastinator myself and I believe that sometimes the stress and pressure from having a soon approaching deadline can actually improve one's performance in a given task if managed the correct way. For instance I have tried multiple times to write english papers well in advanced of my deadline, yet found myself unable to concentrate and focus on the task because I had so much time before it was due. I personally think that having a little bit of stress from procrastination actually enhances my creativity, therefore I often wait until the last minute to do homework assignments. That is not to say that I condone waiting until the last minute to do every single thing, but I do believe depending on who you are as a person and how you handle stress that you can use procrastination to your advantage. Having said all of that I think it's important for each individual to experiment and find the right balance of time that works for them. It's also important to realize just because you can procrastinate on one task doesn't mean you will have the same experience and outcome as procrastination on another. We are all different and some of us work differently from others. It' important to remember that not only in goal setting, but in every aspect of life.
