What I'm Thankful For

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I thought I'd take time to recognize things in my life that I'm thankful for. Something happened very recently that made me realize how important it is to appreciate positive aspects of life and not take them for granted, so I wanted make sure that I'm not taking anything in my life for granted.

• I'm thankful for my good health, and for the health of my family and friends
• I'm thankful that I'm surrounded by such wonderful family and friends, both at Temple and at home
• I'm thankful that I have two places (at school and my parents' house) that I love enough to call home
• I'm thankful that I am able and can afford to get a college education (this is probably what I'm most likely to take for granted- it's easy to forget how many people there are that aren't able to go to school)
• I'm thankful that I live in a country where we are able to vote for a leader
• I'm thankful that I am always well fed (no matter how much my friends and I complain about TU's dining services)

Goals

Setting goals made me very anxious. I've been relatively stressed, and when I'm stressed, it becomes overwhelming to see the big picture, although breaking up the goals into steps did help me a bit. Two goals that I was able to come up with are:

Get involved with music on campus:

• look up different music groups
• attend events/concerts
• contact people from groups that I'm interested in
• audition/join a group

Win the Dodgeball Tournament

• train with my team every day
• team bonding 
• surprise trust falls

These might not be the most important goals, but with all of the work I've been getting in class lately, I wasn't feeling overly ambitious. I guess an important thing to keep in mind when setting goals is to think reasonably. Setting unreachable goals or goals that you don;t have control over will most likely lead to disappointment instead of feeling accomplished, so the key is to set reasonable goals with achievable steps.

ENTP

ENTP. Apparently those four letters define my personality.
It's funny, usually labels scare me. I don't like the idea of being confined and having to fit into one stereotype. But when I learned about each personality type on the Myers-Briggs personality test, it was actually comforting to have ideas that I have about myself reinforced.
I think that the personality type I was given is accurate. When I read through the packet, I related to almost everything on it. In fact, some of it was frightening it was so accurate. For example, it said something about ENTPs being able to easily generate new ideas and see new possibilities, but unwilling to follow through on the ideas, as making a plan seems like a chore. I see this very much in myself, unfortunately.
Also, it said that under stress, the ENTP loses the ability to generate possibilities, and instead focuses on unimportant details. This is how I feel when reacting to stress, although I did not realize until consciously thinking about it.
One thing that I was surprised about was the extrovert component of my personality. I would have thought that I would be an introvert, but after reading about the extrovert, I thought it made sense. I wouldn't say that I'm a people person, but I do enjoy debates.