Animal favouritism. Selective proceptivity.
Sunday, 29 March 2015
Saturday, 28 March 2015
The Non-Facebook Post #51
It's my two-month anniversary, woohooooooooo!
Two months of challenging myself and changing myself because 'what doesn't challenge you will not change you.' Two months of sweating it out and 'being sore today instead of sorry tomorrow' and 'trying and failing, not failing to try.'
Well, all of those quotes are Ball State's Rec Center's motivational communication looping on display screens outside fitness classes.
And, it's my two month anniversary since I began exercising regularly! YAY!
I love weight training, and piloxing, and pilates, and yoga, and zumba. Although I still find that cardio is tough for me. It's gets my breath up too much which I have begun to dislike. But, I'll learn to work with it...yet (Carol Dweck's "growth mindset").
Challenging yourself, and stepping out of your comfort zone, even if it is by an inch, is awesome. You don't have to necessarily make great big leaps, a small tiny step outside of what you've done before is enough - because it's aligned with your unique abilities and capability. "You do you."
That's what my yoga instructor Allie says, and how beautifully it sums up the idea of exploring beyond your habits and routine in ways that are tailored for you.
Also, thanks Kerouac! "If you don't say what you want, what is the sense of writing?" Lol!
Friday, 27 March 2015
The Non-Facebook Post #49
'...Tum kyun chale aate ho,
Har roz in khwaabon mein,
Chupke se aabhi jaao,
Ek din meri baahon mein...'
Sometimes you just have to get the cheesy out of the system!
Cheesy yet fun, and hard to admit, but sincere as well.
Har roz in khwaabon mein,
Chupke se aabhi jaao,
Ek din meri baahon mein...'
Sometimes you just have to get the cheesy out of the system!
Cheesy yet fun, and hard to admit, but sincere as well.
Thursday, 26 March 2015
The Non-Facebook Post #48
From a HONY post dated 26 March 2015,
"I want to be a ballerina."
"What's the best part about being a ballerina?"
"Dancing."
"What's the hardest part about being a ballerina?"
"Dancing in front of people."
A commenter's take on that post,
"Translates to real world: what's the best thing about life? Being yourself. What's the hardest thing about life? Being yourself in front of people."
- LewieCharles Tran
The Non-Facebook Post #47
From Carol Dweck's TED talk The Power of Believing that You Can Improve
"...if you get a failing grade, you think, I'm nothing, I'm nowhere. But if you get the grade "Not Yet"you understand that you're on a learning curve. It gives you a path into the future."
"...the growth mindset, the idea that abilities can be developed."
"Here are some things we can do. First of all, we can praise wisely, not praising intelligence or talent. That has failed. Don't do that anymore. But praising the process that kids engage in: their effort, their strategies, their focus, their perseverance, their improvement."
"Just the words "yet" or "not yet," we're finding, give kids greater confidence, give them a path into the future that creates greater persistence. And we can actually change students' mindsets."
" ... every time they push out of their comfort zone to learn something new and difficult, the neurons in their brain can form new, stronger connections, and over time they can get smarter."
"This happened because the meaning of effort and difficulty were transformed. Before, effort and difficulty made them feel dumb, made them feel like giving up, but now, effort and difficulty, that's when their neurons are making new connections, stronger connections. That's when they're getting smarter."
"...if you get a failing grade, you think, I'm nothing, I'm nowhere. But if you get the grade "Not Yet"you understand that you're on a learning curve. It gives you a path into the future."
"...the growth mindset, the idea that abilities can be developed."
"Here are some things we can do. First of all, we can praise wisely, not praising intelligence or talent. That has failed. Don't do that anymore. But praising the process that kids engage in: their effort, their strategies, their focus, their perseverance, their improvement."
"Just the words "yet" or "not yet," we're finding, give kids greater confidence, give them a path into the future that creates greater persistence. And we can actually change students' mindsets."
" ... every time they push out of their comfort zone to learn something new and difficult, the neurons in their brain can form new, stronger connections, and over time they can get smarter."
"This happened because the meaning of effort and difficulty were transformed. Before, effort and difficulty made them feel dumb, made them feel like giving up, but now, effort and difficulty, that's when their neurons are making new connections, stronger connections. That's when they're getting smarter."
The Non-Facebook Post #46
Why does no one stick to speed limits while driving?!
Everyone's surging way ahead on roads, way past the allowed speeds.