Adventures on the Plateau !

BYU-IDAHO TALK by Scott Wood, "Value of Adventure"

For a few months not I have been feeling like my life is in a flat place. I had a wonderful conversations with one of my roommates a few nights ago. We talked about desires, dreams, ambitions, goals, but most of all we talked about what we wanted out of life. I have often pondered, "Kristin, what do you want most in life?" and I will be honest since that is what a blog is about. I have been waiting around for Mr. Wonderful to come into my life, then from there will my life truly be amazing. NO HONEYCHILD! that is not the answer. I have tons of things I have written on my bucket list that I want to mark off so desperately. I am in my prime now for my life and I need to life it. In the talk above that was read by my wonderful roommate Kandice a quote by Helen Keller has made me excited to live life. “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all.” I love that because often times I have spent my life waiting for this to happen so I can do that! Not anymore, if I want to do something, then by George I'm going to make it happen. There will be balance in this for my life. I am not going to parasail off a yacht or go skydiving over the Grand Canyon, but I know I want to live life not wait on it to start. I am a new woman now this semester. I have decided to create goals, work on accomplish them, and love doing them!!! Please read the above talk...It is so insightful and amazing!!!

A Tornado CAN Sow Seeds

The past month has been a whirlwind of decisions, planning, and stress. It all started in early March I was running around outside in the gorgeous Idaho sun and I felt a sudden pain to have to leave in a few months. I went to a quiet place and just sat and pondered and the thought came to me "I can stay" I shot up out of my position and said, "I CAN stay!" from there much prayer and thought went into what I would have to do to stay. I told one of my roommates what I was thinking, and she was going to drive back home with me. She had to book a flight, a bus ticket, and pack up all of her stuff in storage. I felt bad for not letting her know sooner, but I had just received an epiphany about something that I was not expecting. I spent the next few days confirming to myself that this decision was not a whim, but something divinely appointed. I ended up telling my family I would not be home for the summer, and much to my surprise they were understanding.
The next week I turned in applications, resumes, and asking everyone if they knew of any jobs. I put in my resume into one restaurant and they called back for an interview and I ended up getting the job. I said yes to it right away because I was scared I would not receive another call from any other place I had applied for. I started training there and later on that week I had received a call from another place to work for an interview, one I really wanted. I called back and set up an interview. I went to the interview and the job I really wanted hired me. I know that this job will give me experience, training, and guidance in my field of study. I am excited for it, but nervous!!! I quite my other jobs that I had, one I have had for 10 months and the other one I had for 1 day. I know that this is the right thing, but I can't help from feeling scared. I am scared because I know that this new job I want is going to build my resume and help me become a "grownup"
I have seen that through storms come great things. I am curious to see what comes from this disaster of a mess in my life, but I know through faith I will see blessings.

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay!

I was listening to this song and thought how often I forget to sit back and watch what is going on around me. I am often rushing to my classes, or my next meeting instead of taking in life. How important is it to never forget the wonderful things in life. :D

I love this station..."My girl" station on pandora!

Get the Pixels

For the past few months I have been hearing so much about media. In my religion classes, in my ward, and also among my friends. It has sparked some pondering in my mind about how much time I spend connected to internet, movies, and music. All of these parts of media are not always bad. Much education comes from these aspects! I just sometimes feel that we could be better at looking at the bigger picture. The reason why I bring this up is because I see so many people on campus with earbuds in and they ignore the things around them. I know some people cannot function without music, and that is fine. I just wish more people would smile when I smiled at them, I wish they would respond when I said hello. Maybe I'm asking too much, but am I? I just don't want people becoming subject to media, having media control their life. I just feel like media could have the tendency to control everyone like robots.....I know, I know that is a far stretch. I have been pondering probably too long, but it is something I feel needs to be addressed. What do you think?

Why I am where I am!

http://mormon.org/me/8BGN/KristinHavron/