Did you know....

it's possible to fall in love with a language?

Neither did I.

Turns out you can....

simple but wonderfully true....

Some of the most powerful secrets to a happy life, you know those answers that people search their entire life for, are something a kindergartner could have told you. Thats why I love kids so much. The world is so simple in their eyes.

So it's been a hard decision...

and seriously how am I supposed to choose between

This....

and this....

But I have finally decided to stay in Hawaii for spring!

It makes more sense to take my Spanish 201 class right after I finish this Spanish 102 Class this semester. Plus I am super stoked on staying here in the Hawaii sunshine and playing during spring semester. So many exciting things to do and I will still have a few months in Ca to be home and work at Disneyland!

So yay for making choices!!

Sand Blasted....

This beautiful sunny day in Oahu is being severely compromised by these super humongo winds-which means I have pounds of sand pelting me from every direction. ugh

Have a Listen

Small Black makes my ears happy...

Small Black: Despicable Dogs from Yoonha Park on Vimeo.

-mo·ti·va·tion-

something that energizes, directs and sustains behavior.

Its something that gets people moving, points them in a particular direction and keeps them going.

Im reading my educational psychology book and this chapter is on motivation I and keep thinking everyone should read this chapter.

Its really the ONLY way to find success in anything you do. Motivation is the base for every other aspect of success. All of that hard work and high reaching comes because you are motivated.

I don't really have a long checklist of qualities I want in a future husband, but good motivation is definitely a must in anyone I am dating. My dad can be a man of few words but I know when he told me to marry a motivated man it was a gem.

Good Relationships only happen if both people are motivated.

Motivated men will make the best fathers, providers, and companions.

When you combine motivation with a positive outlook you get something kind of

amazing...

Dear BYUHSA Storage Closet,

I hate your stinking guts.

As an executive director for the BYUHSA VP I have been given the chore of taking this lovely little storage closet

and trying to make it look like this...

I've been working on it all semester, and I left it for one week and it was a disaster again!

So I spent 4.5 hours in that closet yesterday organizing. Something about de-junking and organizing is a little bit therapeutic for me I think. I kept saying I'll leave in 15 minutes and then would just keep going! It's like this wonderful feeling you get as you see everything start to have a place. I'm pretty sure I'd make my mom and vanessa very proud!

I know its been forever...

But this semester has been busy busy busy. I have loved feeling so productive and busy. It's been fun balancing BYUH Student Association, Service Council, Student Advisory Council and my job with Kama'aina Kids. I love my job so much and being Aunty Alyssa and playing with my kids is so fun.

Also dating Christopher meant that I had spent so much time with him and even more working on learning sign language. I'm still working so much on learning ASL. Between all of my activities and school and work time to be creative kinda quickly got lost. Which I could totally feel that absence. I missed it. I missed photography and how it made me and the people I work with smile and feel. That use of creativity makes me feel like I've done something worth while.

But what a blessing Hawaii is. This wonderful place just reminded me to slow down. All it took was a bike ride on a sunny day after the rain passed through and seeing a big bright rainbow for me to remember why slowing down is so important. Its true what they say, great ideas come from great bike rides.

It just reminded me to find peace and joy in the journey. To do lots of good things, but never to get so busy that you forget to make time to do the things that make you the most happy.

To stop and look at those rainbows every once in a while. Whatever that rainbow is for you in your own life. Stop for an ice cream cone, or to smell the flowers or fly a kite. Just enjoy every day.

By the way kite flying is a new favorite way to spend my time.