Going over our MBTI results is always something I look forward to in Hixson. It must be the psychology nerd in me. Getting the detailed report last spring was really exciting because it gave me a lot more insight into my preferences and tendencies than the previous reports. I enjoyed how each category was broken down even further and how it showed that sometimes we do things that do not totally fit into our normal preferences.
I think what I learned the most about myself this time around through MBTI is how I have evolved throughout my college career and how my preferences have become more set than they were as a freshman. My preference for being pressure-prompted I think started out from not having to work very hard at school work in high school and being able to easily put something off until last minute and still pull it off. But I think over my college career it has morphed into being my most productive time because my distractions are limited and my head is more in the game than before.
I also have realized that even though I have a tendency to act in certain ways, that doesn't mean I always do things in these ways. As an ENFP, some of my tendencies are said to be not paying attention to details or being late, but these actually rarely describe me. I am almost never late because I think it is rude and impolite to others, and I pay a lot of attention to details to make sure I have done everything properly and to minimize issues that may occur by not thinking about the details of the situation.
All in all, MBTI continues to teach me about myself and helps me discover how to make my preferences work for me.
Sunday, September 25
Monday, September 19
Bucket List
So back my freshman year I had to make a bucket list as well. Looking back at this list now is pretty comical. Since I wrote this list I have accomplished a few of the things on the list (some multiple times), others I definitely haven't. A few aren't even something really that important to me anymore, and others I'm glad I was reminded of because I really do want to do them and time is counting down! Eek!
1. Be on the Dean’s List, preferably multiple times. (Every semester so far :D )
2. Learn a new language. (Spanish 97, blegh)
3. Go Campaniling. (um... check)
4. Do 250 hours of community service in one full calendar year. (um yea about that...)
5. Sell my plasma. (I've made so much money from doing this it's ridiculous)
6. Sit front row at a football and a men’s basketball game. (Neither. Turns out the upper deck for football is the best place to see everything)
7. Study abroad for at least one semester. (Sadly no, too poor. But I definitely encourage everyone to try this if they can!)
8. Build a snowman on Central Campus. (OMG I WANNA DO THIS!)
9. Be involved in choir for all four years. (Just freshman year. It wasn't that fun. lol. Singing for me is now confined to my car/shower.)
10. Become the chairperson for something in my sorority. (I held a position for a year, but quickly realized my calling was serving the campus somewhere else. Hello Hixson program!)
Remember this list to look back on when you are a senior. It will really teach you how far you have come throughout college and how much you grow in the 4 years you spend here at wonderful Iowa State!
-Chels
1. Be on the Dean’s List, preferably multiple times. (Every semester so far :D )
2. Learn a new language. (Spanish 97, blegh)
3. Go Campaniling. (um... check)
4. Do 250 hours of community service in one full calendar year. (um yea about that...)
5. Sell my plasma. (I've made so much money from doing this it's ridiculous)
6. Sit front row at a football and a men’s basketball game. (Neither. Turns out the upper deck for football is the best place to see everything)
7. Study abroad for at least one semester. (Sadly no, too poor. But I definitely encourage everyone to try this if they can!)
8. Build a snowman on Central Campus. (OMG I WANNA DO THIS!)
9. Be involved in choir for all four years. (Just freshman year. It wasn't that fun. lol. Singing for me is now confined to my car/shower.)
10. Become the chairperson for something in my sorority. (I held a position for a year, but quickly realized my calling was serving the campus somewhere else. Hello Hixson program!)
Remember this list to look back on when you are a senior. It will really teach you how far you have come throughout college and how much you grow in the 4 years you spend here at wonderful Iowa State!
-Chels
Tuesday, September 6
My own self, at my very best, all the time
This summer I had the awesome opportunity to attend the Wakonse Undergraduate Conference in conjunction with the Wakonse Conference on College Teaching in Shelby, Michigan from May 25-30. I was nominated to attend last winter through Iowa State Learning Communities and the Hixson program, and a month after I submitted my application I found out I was one of 5 Iowa State undergrads selected to attend.
Wakonse is a much different conference than one most faculty members attend. It is not at a hotel or in a big city, but instead at Camp Miniwanca, an American Youth Foundation summer camp set on the coast of Lake Michigan. The only way I could fully describe it to people who weren't there was "the summer camp from The Parent Trap". It was absolutely beautiful, full of trees, secluded areas to gather your thoughts, and lots and lots of sand. There was basically zero cell phone reception at the camp, so we were all fully removed from technology. As someone who is not particularly outdoorsy, it was amazing to be able to connect to nature and to those around me without even having the option to check Twitter or see who texted me.
I spent this week learning about myself on a deeper level and thinking about my future and what I really want to do and who I really want around me while I do it. I thought about my attitude toward different situations and how I am as a leader. I had many “Ah Ha!” moments as we called them, where I came to realizations about the importance of learning versus getting a good grade, or that the assignments my professors had me do in the past were actually worthwhile to my education even though I might not have been able to realize it back then. I laughed harder than I ever thought I could with people I barely knew, and made memories and connections with people from all over the country who had so many similarities and differences with each other. Best of all I challenged myself every day to do something I had never done, like canoeing, participating in a high ropes course, and having a one-on-one lunch with a faculty member who I had only briefly met.
At Wakonse, we lived by the motto “My own self, at my very best, all the time”. Since returning home from that life altering and inspiring week I spent on the shores of Lake Michigan, I try to remind myself of that motto as often as I can. That week at Wakonse I was 100% at my best. I did things that I knew were important for me to do, no matter how silly or pointless or lame some people back here might think they were. I connected on a deep level with people that without this conference I would have never had the pleasure of knowing, some of whom inspired me to try even harder than I thought was my best, and challenged me to realize my great leadership ability and that I deserve to be confident in that ability. That week and those people taught me so much more than I could have ever anticipated going into it, and without them I don’t think I could ever truly be “my best”.
-Chels, or more commonly known by my Wakonse fellows Chelsaaaay :D
Wakonse is a much different conference than one most faculty members attend. It is not at a hotel or in a big city, but instead at Camp Miniwanca, an American Youth Foundation summer camp set on the coast of Lake Michigan. The only way I could fully describe it to people who weren't there was "the summer camp from The Parent Trap". It was absolutely beautiful, full of trees, secluded areas to gather your thoughts, and lots and lots of sand. There was basically zero cell phone reception at the camp, so we were all fully removed from technology. As someone who is not particularly outdoorsy, it was amazing to be able to connect to nature and to those around me without even having the option to check Twitter or see who texted me.
I spent this week learning about myself on a deeper level and thinking about my future and what I really want to do and who I really want around me while I do it. I thought about my attitude toward different situations and how I am as a leader. I had many “Ah Ha!” moments as we called them, where I came to realizations about the importance of learning versus getting a good grade, or that the assignments my professors had me do in the past were actually worthwhile to my education even though I might not have been able to realize it back then. I laughed harder than I ever thought I could with people I barely knew, and made memories and connections with people from all over the country who had so many similarities and differences with each other. Best of all I challenged myself every day to do something I had never done, like canoeing, participating in a high ropes course, and having a one-on-one lunch with a faculty member who I had only briefly met.
At Wakonse, we lived by the motto “My own self, at my very best, all the time”. Since returning home from that life altering and inspiring week I spent on the shores of Lake Michigan, I try to remind myself of that motto as often as I can. That week at Wakonse I was 100% at my best. I did things that I knew were important for me to do, no matter how silly or pointless or lame some people back here might think they were. I connected on a deep level with people that without this conference I would have never had the pleasure of knowing, some of whom inspired me to try even harder than I thought was my best, and challenged me to realize my great leadership ability and that I deserve to be confident in that ability. That week and those people taught me so much more than I could have ever anticipated going into it, and without them I don’t think I could ever truly be “my best”.
-Chels, or more commonly known by my Wakonse fellows Chelsaaaay :D
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