Motivation (I used this word a lot)

So I have been going through some exciting stuff! Mixers,New Member bonding,  school work, and Initiation right around the corner! I finally get to craft for my big and will post pictures of how the crafts come out.  But today, I just want to give myself a relaxing day after meeting alumnae and having a New Member meeting. School work can be done bright and early tomorrow! As for tomorrow, I am starting up the gym again. I have formal at the end of April and want to look pretty :)  I hate how I gained some college pounds and they need to melt off...the healthy way of course! I figure if I blog about it, I will be more motivated to do it (he he).

Anyways! I decided that I need to get my motivation back. I get motivated in several ways. For studying, I put on Legally Blonde, a determined sorority girl who succeeds in Harvard Law? Talk about motivational! I watch it and take out my pink highlighter and go to town on my studying/homework. A nice candle is always good too. Lately I have been into Moonlit Sands from Yankee Candle.  It is the Beach Walk and Midnight Oasis scents combined. Totally soothing and motivates me to work hard so I can relax during the summer.

For the gym, I make a classic playlist of upbeat songs from the Top 40 hits and other songs that pump me up. My list jumps all over the place! Here is a taste: The Call by The Backstreet Boys, Songs Like This by Carrie Underwood,Take Me Home Tonight by Eddie Money, What is Love by Haddaway, Don't You Want Me by Glee (such a cute remake!), Blow by Ke$ha, and Till The World Ends by Britney Spears. The playlist is random with all songs that make me want to groove on the elliptical LOL. It gets even more weird, but for my own embarrassment I cut out a lot of my 90s dance music and 80s pop and dance hits.

Basically, being motivated is getting in that mindset. From movies to music to an intense candle, anything can trigger you to want to do your best. THe important thing is that slow and steady wins the race, so relax and loosen up and make whatever you have to fun! That is certainly my key to getting motivated :)

You've Got Mail

I just stumbled across the cutest trivia for You've Got Mail.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128853/trivia

"Joe Fox's grandfather mentions that long ago, he briefly shared a pen pal romance with the store's previous owner, Cecilia Kelly (Kathleen's mother), and that they only communicated through letters. This may have been a reference to the movie's predecessor, The Shop Around the Corner (1940), starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan, or possibly the famous book and the movie 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) of the same name, with Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins as a female customer in New York and a male employee of the bookstore at that address in London."


This piece of trivia is the cutest to me. The Shop Around the Corney makes perfect sense. I love old movies, especially musicals <3


Random post, I know, but it is just that type of day! :)

Sydney White

So I found this movie in the $5 dollar movie section at Big Lots. I have a small thing with finding favorite movies for 5 dollars either at Target or anywhere. Anyway, as I am watching this and reflecting on my new member process, I am realizing the hazing that the sorority Sydney wanted to join did and how it honestly does not help to make stronger bonds. I would never trust Rachel, the president of the sorority, after she shot a water gun at me and told me to "stay the way i am". I fully support non-hazing member processes and am so happy my chapter does so. This movie is so cute though! Taking the snow white fairy-tale and putting it in a college setting is too much! it is a simple movie that will not win awards or anything, but it is a nice movie to watch with a bunch of girlfriends and a bowl of popcorn :) I love happy, girly movies so this works for me...plus the punch of empowerment is insightful :)

Relay for Life

I am so excited  that my university is partaking in Relay for Life. I am doing it this year with Sigma Kappa. I am so happy to bond with my sisters for this overnight cause that is honestly so fun when you are with your friends. For those who do not know,  here is what is said on my university's event page,"The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay, teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because cancer never sleeps, Relays are overnight events up to 24 hours in length." No matter where the event is held, a Survivor's Lap is done, The Luminara Ceremony, and a Fight Back ceremony.

With friends and family, this event is truly fun and raises awareness for this horrible disease. I would greatly advise you  to participate in one if this event happens by you or even start one if you want! I cannot say how much is means to me to get to do this again.  

Here is the site to learn more! 

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY11National?pg=informational&fr_id=29268&type=fr_informational&sid=1030

So sorry my darlings!

Ok I think here are my problems:
I had midterms,
I am sick,
I pulled so many all-nighters, and
I am now in a sorority (Sigma Kappa <3)

I have been so over my head that I have just been able to update my tumblr. I managed to organize my entire life in my planner, except my blog. I do not know whether to make this personal or just about things that interest me. I think I will just make this about my life, what interests me, and anything on my mind that day :)  So let's begin with a fresh start!