Nathaniel Vo MLLL-3043

One of my TA's was very patient with one of the other students in the classroom.  They expressed a lot of empathy for the student by understanding their frustration with the subject and being patient with them.  I learned that empathy isn't an action you take.  Empathy is a lifestyle that can envelop every single action that we partake in.  No matter what we do, we can always seek to understand those around us and have our actions benefit them.  I want to learn how to always be empathetic and genuine towards those around me. Empathy is putting someone else's thoughts into your own thoughts in order to further understand their feelings.

Last week, I started the "Happiness Jar" learning challenge.  I decided to write down things that made me happy onto the notes on my phone.  It was pretty hard to do, since this season of the semester is very busy for everyone, and it does indeed get very stressful.  However, the few things that I wrote down made me more thankful for the good things that happened to me.  I'm not sure if I'm the only one who experiences this, but I tend to be more happy about something if I'm concretely thankful for it.  The Happiness Jar reminds me to be more thankful of my experiences. I have more happiness whenever I am thankful .

Even though Thanksgiving has just now passed, it's always supposed to be a season of giving thanks year-round.  My plan is to do what's most convenient for me: I'm going to jot down what I'm thankful for and what makes me happy in the notes on my phone.  Jotting these things down overall make you more thankful for the life that's been given to us.   I sometimes find myself as simple as a stick figure , but I'm still happy at least

Workout At Home by the Washington Post The deskercises I've been using are "Punching", "Side Lunges", and "Walking".  Usually, when I get drowsy while doing school work, I will take a quick nap.  These deskercises are a great alternative to taking those quick naps whenever it's not feasible to take a nap.

Workout At Home by the Washington Post I browsed through the workouts by the Washington Post.  My favorite ones are "Punching", "Side Lunges", and "Walking".  I will post a follow-up post next week on my continued experience with these desk exercises. You don't need a treadmill to be healthy at your desk

At the beginning of the course, I planned to do most of my work, around 4 hours, on Tuesdays, and the rest of the work on Saturdays.  The reason for this is that I don't have any classes to go to on Tuesdays, and it is a good break day.  However, because I view it as a break day, I tend to usually have fun on Tuesdays, and I end up not doing the work on Tuesdays.  I think it would be better to allocate only a couple hours to Tuesday and the remaining hours to Sunday. Day Calendar

I've reviewed my schedule that I decided upon on week 1.  Looking at it, I can see that it is still the most optimal schedule to do.  However, I'm not a perfect person, and I have deviated from my schedule due to procrastination.  I'm going to keep my schedule as is, but I will strive to follow it more strictly. I love using my canvas calendar to keep on task