20s are tough.

I read an article that started what college students need to understand about managing time.. Something I struggle with a lot. 

1. There's always time.

2. Days will up faster than expected.

3. You get more done when you're in the zone.

4. Pursue activities that benefit you personally and professionally.

5. There's a difference between pushing yourself and burning out.

6. Multitasking kills focus.

7. Distractions CAN be controlled.

8. Accomplishing something small is the best way to start working.

9. More work hours don't always mean more productivity. 

10. Massive tasks are better to do in increments.

11. If it takes more than 20 minutes to start, change your task.

12. Use Evernote- take notes, don't force yourself to "try" to remember everything.

21. Larger objectives in mind help you get through your days.

social welfare... in Micronesia?

Wright (1947:23) best sums up this difference in values and standards of living: "If civilization were measured by flush toilets, ice cubes, machine guns, and sewing machines, then Micronesians were indeed savages. If however, civilization meant an economic system in which there was no relative poverty, but rather adequate food, shelter, physical security, and a social system in which all participated equally and actively in the material and aesthetic standards of community life, then the people of Micronesia were indeed civilized and had much to teach the rest of the world."

I LOVED THE WAY THIS WAS WRITTEN, I believe everyone on Guam should read this, maybe then they would have the courage to be as our ancestors were. Maybe then, they wouldn't have these "false hopes," of what America should be or have the "American Dream." What once was "We are the people of the land" are now saying "the land belongs to us."

To understand that land, our land in specific gives us an identity, a sense of belonging. It's not just another thing that can be bought, sold, traded, or condemned by anyone.

Golden Rules of Sleep

1. Don't spend more than 20 minutes trying to fall asleep. Read a book, write a letter, walk around. Better to have 5 solid hours of sleep than 8 restless hours.
2. Develop a sleeping ritual. Train your body to know when it's time to sleep. Even if you compromise some habits later, your body will become accustomed to certain patterns, making it easier to fall asleep.
3. Keep your bedroom at a moderate temperature. Also-- make sure your room is properly ventilated.
4. Avoid hot baths before going to sleep. Raises you body temperature, making it more difficult to sleep.
5. Avoid lights and noises when trying to sleep. Avoid loud music & electronics close to bedtime.
6. Avoid overeating at dinner. Increases level of alertness causes more frequent wake ups throughout the night.
7. Be active during the day. Makes it easier to sleep (another great benefit to exercise)
8. Stick to a regular sleeping schedule. TOUGH ONE!
9. Wake up with the help of natural or blue lights.H feel refreshed, blue lights mimic natural setting.
10. Warm your body when you wake up. Cools down to help you sleep better, warm up again to be fully awake. (Hot shower is always a great reward)

SLEEEEEEP

Sleeping is as important to your health as eating. . .

• helps to build a healthy immune system
• balances your appetite by helping regulate hormones
• helps you become energetic & successful while awake
• reduces levels of anxiety and depression

Lack of sleep can have significant effects on the hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in memory creation and consolidation

HUMANS DO NOT ADAPT TO GETTING LESS SLEEP... Sleep depriving schedules enable impaired judgement, reaction time and other functions.

• Amount of sleep you will need increase if you've been deprived of sleep previous days,
• If you get too little sleep, you'll go into what's called "sleep debt," kind of like being overdrawn at a bank.
• Chronic sleep debt raises the risk of obesity, heart disease, stroke & diabetes.
• Researchers have found that under certain conditions, disturbed sleep can even alter gene expression.

Most college students get 4-6 hours of sleep every night.

perfectionist.

Last week, in the middle of a lecture briefly stated, "we get so attached to the idea that everything has to be perfect." In that moment, I saw my life flash before my eyes. Once something doesn't seem right or doesn't go my way, I freak out.. I feel stuck. Not in the way that I'm "spoiled," and just rebel because "I want it that way," but in a way that I feel like nothing has gone my way so when it doesn't, I feel stuck because I want control. I'm tired of things not happening. I'm tired of sacrificing but that's what life is. Life is temporary, it's finding perfection in the imperfection. I have this idea that my life needs to be a certain way or it's not perfect, but to realize that my life is meant to be exactly what it is now, I'm suppose to be exactly where I am now.

Go GREEN!

Planting Native Trees for a Sustainable Future in Guam

Energy Conservation: Shading keeps your buildings cooler and reduces your energy needs for air condition.

Habitat for Fauna: By planting native trees, every patch of habitat becomes part of a high biodiverse landscape that nurtures and sustain a home for Guam's native fauna.

Air Purification: Trees remove harmful particles from the air. Trees help battle climate change by absorbing and converting atmospheric carbon to solid form.

Community: People feel more peaceful surrounded by trees and are more likely to be physically active.

Beautiful surroundings: Trees have an intrinsic and aesthetic value.

Reduced Run-off: Trees intercept stormwater by absorbing and dispersing water, and therefore mitigates the threat of flooding.

Increased Property Values: Homes, goods, and services sell for more in communities with trees.

Soil Stabilization: Trees will reduce erosion by binding the soil to the sloping land with their roots. As a bonus trees with increase soil fertility, beneficial for other plants.

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Learned more about trees, their functions, cultural uses!

TALKING TREES!

studying...

For one of my classes, nothing we discuss in class is on our test, only the chapter he tells us to read... I'm really struggling in that class, I'm good at memorizing places in geography because putting places with names seems reasonable, or in literature... talking about poetic tools and how their used in various poems... Every other class involves talking about the material, this is a complete curve ball.. I cannot use quizlet because theres no vocabulary, theres graphs but we don't need to know too much about them. I read the material maybe 2 or 3 times, high light... but still... haven't gotten an A. BAM.. As I typed this blog, I thought of paraphrasing. I highlight sections and rewrite certain parts, but paraphrasing each paragraph seems to be another route I can take. LOADS of writing but whatever gets me to pass, I guess.