[4] About Myself

For this post, I'm just going to talk about me. I feel the need to try and be super insightful, as you may have noticed in the last couple of posts, but that's just not who I am. I feel much more comfortable just writing about who I am.

I'm a 20 year old BYU student who just married the love of his life, crazy animal lover, aspiring wood worker, and an uncle of 22. I love my family and my new little family I've got, they are basically my life. I try to live my life to the fullest, taking one day at a time and trying to not take anything for granted. I'm not the hardest worker in school, because I mainly feel as though it is a waste of my time when I could be elsewhere learning specific tasks for which I am suited. 

My family and my wife are the main reasons I'm where I am at today, and I owe everything I am to them. That's just a little about me.

[3] The Power Of Media

At the very start of the semester in my writing class, we were tasked with reading a talk given by Elder David A Bednar, entitled "Things as They Really Are." In this talk, he talks about the dangers of social media, and other virtual worlds such as video games and role playing games. I'm also in a mass communication class and we talk a lot about the effect that social media can have in our lives. I just like to touch base on this principle, that social media and games can take over our whole existence if we choose to permit it.

I myself play video games. I don't spend a lot of time on social media, but I do enjoy sitting down and playing games with my friends. I would say that in our day and age, a large majority of people, especially young men, are guilty of playing games at least occasionally. When it gets to be a problem, as was mentioned in the talk, is when it starts to become our reality and we lose sight of what is really important. There was a story about a man who spent so much time in his "Second Life" video game, that he actually ended up having a virtual affair with a woman who he had never met outside of this game. It goes to show that too much of any sort of media or entertainment can be a bad thing

I like to relate this to many different aspects of life, as this can happen with anything. Gambling, watching TV, getting too worked up over a sports team, etc. These can all be debilitating things that when abused will lead to an unhappy life and a whole slew of other problems. As long as we can keep reminding ourselves of what is real and we can continue to have some perspective, we will be alright.

[2] Sickness

So for the past week I have been sick. Nothing major, just a cold mixed with a minor migraine and whatnot. I felt like death this weekend. For whatever reason, this weekend was really bad. Maybe it was being out in the snow up in Midway twice over the past week and a half, maybe it was just my time to be sick this season. Regardless, it was terrible. I woke up from a nap on Saturday and I was so delirious that I thought I was a computer motherboard.... I told Shani that I would rather have Ebola than experience what I was currently going through. Obviously that was an exaggeration, but regardless, I was not doing well.

During my time of horrible horrible sickness, I have learned a few things. I've learned a few things about life and the way people operate, especially relating to aspects of our innate human nature that we can't really turn off. I had learned a bit about love and the effort that those of us will put forth for those we care about. On a lighter note, I learned about the dangers of taking too much medication, and I learned that I really, really don't like being sick.

While I was sick, I took it upon myself to make sure that I didn't get those around me sick. I made sure to wash my hands often, I would sneeze and cough into my own shirt and avoid facing others, I even kissed my wife less! What led me to do this? I bring it all down to the fact that even though I don't have a personal connection with those around me, I understand the feeling of being sick and I don't wish that on other people. It's an ingrained human emotion I think, to not wish others pain. Yes, there are exceptions to this, like mentally ill people, or those who have wronged you, but the point I'm getting at is that we are all engrained with some sense of common courtesy. I find that interesting.

While I was sick, Shani took care of me and tried her best to nurse me back to health. Despite my out of this world analysis of my own state of being, she was doing a wonderful job. I can't help but be thankful that she was there to take care of me while I was coughing all over the place, and being generally all around gross. Love makes you do things like that. Love also makes you walk two miles on ice just so you can be there when your brother proposes, and love makes you say yes to a proposal even when it is freezing cold outside.

Sickness is a major annoyance, but the lessons that can be learned when you have a whole bunch of time alone with your thoughts is priceless. Pay attention to your own thoughts and write some stuff down. You'll be surprised about some of the stuff that you come to realize.


P.S. I started writing this post a few days ago, so I'll be writing another one tonight. Sorry 'bout it.

[1] Hai guys

I am writing this post against my will. I have not written a blog post here in over three and a half years, and there is a reason for that. I find myself in my writing 150 class repeatedly hitting these keys as they feel heavier and heavier. As I reluctantly type out these words, I can't help but reminisce on the past few years, and think about what happened to land me in this position. This is my story

I'm here in writing 150 mainly because I forgot that I took it already at BYU Hawaii, but regardless of that fact I have chosen to take the class because I figured it would be a fun refresher. In addition, writing has come more and more naturally to me over the years so I really am comfortable just sitting at this computer and typing. Seriously though, these keys are super hard to press. I do not like this keyboard. Anyways, I'm a sophomore at BYU Provo, even though I should be a Junior or Senior already. I've been here for a few years but I've changed my major three times so here I am.

I just recently switched into the communications major, and I hope to pursue an emphasis in advertising. I'm in this class because it is a pre-requisite to apply for the major, and I'm in a few other comms classes as well. I'm loving it! I feel like I've finally found a position in school where I will not dread going to classes every single day. The main reason I'm writing right now is because for my writing 150 class we have to keep a blog, and we are going to be doing a restaurant review in the upcoming weeks. Keep an eye out for that, it should be interesting. For now, I'm signing out. Bye!