Tattoo

Well my life has been changing quite a bit. I have two jobs and will be going into my second year of university; and now I have something that isn't going to change. I have a tattoo!

To be honest I think I'm more comfortable with change than I am with something constant or permanent, like a tattoo. I have gotten so use to everything changing that when something becomes constant or permanent I feel nervous or anxious. Every time I look at my tattoo in the mirror I say to myself what have I done! Yet every time I look in the mirror I love what I see and what I see is me.

Something as permanent as a tattoo, a lot of time, thought, and care has to be put into it. My tattoo is a symbol of inspiration for me. The lyrics, "If you stop and think, you might start to sink," are a reminder to live my one life the way I feel I need to live it. With every opportunity that is presented take it. To not pass up one in a life time chances to be happy. Everything happens for a reason!

Introducing Me!

Hey there! I started this blog about one year ago and I haven’t done much with it (unfortunately). There was so much that happened this past year I could have wrote about but didn’t because I wasn’t inspired to. I believe I have found some inspiration and would like to give this blog another shot… I’m going to start all over from the beginning!

 

I’m DarciJean4Life. I’m now 19 and I still live at home with my mum while I’m doing my Human Rights degree at university. But that’s okay, I’m trying to save my money so I can explore the world or eventually move to a different city. Right now I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; if you don’t know where that is, it’s the right in the middle of Canada and the home of the Winnipeg Jets. I’m a hockey fan but I don’t play and I don’t cheer for my home team, well ever since the league and team changed; that’s another story though.

 

I’m the type of person that, more often than not, needs some kind of inspiration to done things like this blog! Now that I’m growing up essentially I’m seeing all types of opportunities and getting inspired to do things that make me happy or things I wouldn’t normally do every day. I try to embrace change and create change in my life; like Charles Trippy once said, “the only thing in life that is constant is change,” or something like that. So this post, I guess was inspired by Youtubers!

 

This time around I’m going to try to post a minimum of once a week! If you liked what you read let me know and don’t be shy about leaving a comment giving me advice or even just to say hi! Also I want to know what inspires you?

University Life

I am a first year university student. I'm in my second term and I'll admit I have no life now, but thats okay… Well I have a life but I spent most of my time with my nose in a text book, rewriting notes, or doing research on the internet because sometimes I have no clue what is going on. With that being said I would encourage everyone to get an education and I have some tips for first year students or future students:

Tip 1) Take classes that interest you!
I'm taking a political science class and I'm not interested in politics at all so I find that class boring and useless. However I'm sticking with it to expand my thinking.

Tip 2) If you want a life outside of university studying don't take a full course load!
I am taking five courses each term and I find all I do is study, study, and work on the weekend. It was hard for me to manage my life between studying and non-student life. I seemed to have pushed aside my studies in the first term, but the experience made me change the way I schedule and organize myself.

Tip 3) Make a plan and stick to it!
I've changed my plan and it seems to be working for me. I have two to three classes a day with lots of time in-between. My first term in university I went home on my breaks and that wasn't working. So now I stay at the university and get my work done so I could go home at the end of the day and not have to worry about doing homework in the evenings at home. Even thou my days are longer I can enjoy my evenings.

Tip 4) Keep organized!
I find being oraginzed is really helpful and can be done in many different ways. I keep all my notes in separate notebooks. And I make sure I keep all my university stuff together at home so I'm not running around in the morning searching for books.

Tip 5) Healthy lifestyle!
Not everyone is concerned with their health and neither am I per say. However I find when I eat healthy foods during the day and on the weekends I just feel good about myself. I also do small workouts during the week and I find that even if I run for 20 minutes a day I have the energy to get me through the long weekdays.

Tip 6) Keep up on reading!
I have admit I don't like reading, never really have but in university there is a lot of reading. Not all of the reading is interesting even if the class is interesting. So I've started to highlight my textbooks while I read so when I have to go back and read the textbook again I will know what I have to reread. Rereading is a good way to study too!

For now thats all the tips that I have… I am not saying I'm an expert on have to get through university and this is what works for me. It might not work for everyone but everyone experiences things differently. If theres any tips that work for you that I haven't included let me know! I'd love suggestions.

DarciJean4life