The Little Things

$2.43 per hour plus tips. This shows us that some employees might make less because of what the companies are doing. Additionally, being a waitress is not that easy because customers ae seasonal and dealing with other people mood is not the easiest thing. When she started she came in the restaurant with Billy acting wild and Gail trying to teach her how the job works. Here she realizes that it is not easy to be incompetent in a job. She has to learn how to sweep, scrub and the touch screen…

was the anxiety or ADHD that was deciding how and what and when she would be capable of so much as breathing correctly; and if she wasn’t hyperventilating it was the sweaty palms and heart palpitations she had to worry over. Yes, my grades looked a little better, but all who cared about those knew I was being bothered by much more than my feigned…

the other hand, I wasn’t surprised when my host teacher marked my weak spots similar to my own evaluation. I struggle with directing a large group and I had trouble running some of my lessons because I was uncertain on how to handle disruptions or things not going according to plan. I’ve accepted this weak area though, because my host teacher explained to me that these skills “will come through experience and practice.” I agree with her on that, and hope refine my weak area in years to…

that has seemingly become less of a thing now a day. Being kind, loving your fellow man, with so much death and murder in the world, it’s easy to look at the world we live in now as hopeless. We always have a tendency of letting the bad outweigh the good. News telecasts usually open with the bad news and end with good stories. Whenever a celebrity is having a "meltdown" its front-page news and all over the magazine stands. We put so much emphasis on the bad things that happen we tend to forget…

In today’s society we have become complacent and content with being average. We have reached what Joshua Foer would refer to as an “ok plateau” . In both the essay The End of Remembering and the speech Step Outside Your Comfort Zone and Study Yourself Failing, Joshua Foer eludes to the idea that as a society we have digressed in everyday mundane tasks, instead of improving. In his essay, Foer discusses how technological advancements have allowed for human’s to do a more superficial style of…

is a choice and it happens in different degrees. No one can force you to forgive and some may even say that forgiveness is a dangerous step. Maybe these little worksheets and exercises will help you form your own…

On Thursday we awoke to a serious reality, we were running out of groceries. It was apparent that if we wanted to continue eating, it was time to start fishing with a little more enthusiasm. I thought maybe we should go see if our luck might be better on the far side of the lake by the rocky cliff where we 'd seen little fish dimple the surface of the lake. On the hike around the lake, the dang dog, who normally trotted at my heel, went nuts chasing scent trails and eventually disappeared. We…

late at night. I sat on the arm of her chair as she told me of what she had seen that day. "They have these egg shaped contraptions, that are the most beautiful things you ever saw. All over them are jewels and hand painted pictures, some are even hollow and lined with the most exotic of fabrics. I saw one that had a little hen inside, that one was my favorite. One of the men…

need someone to give you some motivation, to give you praise. Than it always seems that there is nobody around to lend you a helping and kind word. What would you do if you were on your own with depleting motivation? Everyone needs and deserves a little flattery and praise every once in awhile. Hearing praise about something you feel accomplished with and proud of, is like giving someone a gold medal for putting on their shoes. It should be done without thought to those around us. Many…

“Peyton are you ready to go catch a mamagal?” is just one of the many things I am asked from dad when the spawn is about to begin. My family has fished on Lake Sam Rayburn for many decades and I guess you could say it’s a tradition. We each have our favorite rods and reels and equipment that we believe is “lucky,” but sometimes it’s about more than luck. Nothing can compare to the wind that flowed through your hair as the boat darted across the water heading to your favorite spot. The smoky air…