Motivation Drive

After taking the motivation drive test, I discovered that I am type I behavior.

Type I behavior: A way of thinking and an approach to life built around intrinsic, rather than extrinsic, motivators. It is powered by our innate need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.

For my mentorship, I think there is a combination of both type I and X motivation behaviors because I believe that some are there for the purpose of a stable income, and good working environment while others are there because they passionately want to care for others.

A personal experience or project where I was totally engaged and challenged was the LifeStraw project. After attending a UGA conference back in the spring of my sophomore year, I knew that I wanted to pursue this LifeStraw project in my school. The LifeStraw project focuses on giving third-world countries such as Haiti clean, filtered water. A “lifestraw” is a portable water filter that prevents common diarrhea diseases; it can be carried around for easy access to safe and clean drinking water. For my junior year, I dedicated most of my time coming up with fundraiser ideas and projects for my Club to fundraise some money and that was a challenge because we are limited in fundraiser ideas and I had a hard time getting people involve. Through this experience, my leadership skills were strengthened. So far we have fundraised over $300 dollars and this is a ongoing project in which I hope to raise over $1,000.

My personal statement has to be "She brightens the world" because I believe that my optimisim and passion for helping others will brighten and better this world that we live in.

Life is a beautiful struggle

I have been so caught up in my extracurricular activities and school work lately that I feel so disconnected from the world’s beauty. Have you ever heard of the quote “You can live without really living?” This quote totally described how I felt for the last two weeks because I was so busy with deadlines, and I got stuck into this tedious routine that you call “life.”

Today was actually the first time in a while since I grasp the meaning of being “alive” again. I took a nice 90 minutes jog around my neighborhood with my Ipod blasted to the maximum. The weather was beautiful with the sun shining its brightest and the wind was at a perfect speed. Breathing in the fresh air and looking closely at my surroundings makes me realize how beautiful our world is—the stress slowly slips away from my body and mind. I felt relieve from the pressure, the constant reminders, the endless assignments, the responsibilities, and expectations. Everything has been overwhelming, and I felt like I was being pulled in different directions. Sometimes it is nice just to escape from it all and find a peaceful place.

The simplicity of taking a jog helps me realize that life is a beautiful struggle. Although it might be tedious or drab at times, the obstacles and struggles will eventually result into something spectacular. I just need a mental constant reminder to look at the beautiful aspects of my stress, my busy schedule, and this supposedly “tedious routine that I call life.”

Quotes of the day:

“Take every chance, drop every fear.”

“What I thought I could handle,

what I thought I could take,

what I thought would destroy me,

leaves me stronger in its wake.”