The Month to be Thankful!

I find it interesting that we are all supposed to be thankful this month. Which is great, but shouldn't we be grateful every month, every day? I have a couple of friends that are doing the 30 days of Thanks for the month of November. I really like the idea but want to extend it. I haven't been very active on this blog as of late. Mainly because I don't know what to say....

So I've decided, each post I make I will try to post something I am grateful for. :)

#1 I am grateful for my amazing, supportive family. They are always there for me and I couldn't do it without them. They push me to be the best I can be but never expected any more than I could give!

This week...

has been rather strange. I kept thinking it was Friday yesterday! Anyway the reason I'm posting anything today is because I'm rather excited for this weekend! Being excited or looking forward to something always seems to make me more positive in the time that leads up to the event. Tonight some friends and I are going to a haunted house presented by two groups from our college. And then on Saturday we are going to a haunted corn maze! Since I've never been to a haunted house and I've been to one corn maze, I'm pretty excited! Oh the excitement that is available to small town Iowa! Ha ha! Just had to release some of my excitement before class today! :P

Sometimes...

it is incredibly hard to be positive. This morning is a good example... The college doesn't serve breakfast on the weekends but my boyfriend and I get up pretty early so we're usually starving by the time "brunch" (which is served at 11:30) comes around. We bought some breakfast sandwiches to have this morning, but when I came down to grab them...they were gone. Someone from my suite had apparently stolen them. This sort of thing always gets me....who thinks its okay to just steal someone else's property?! I wouldn't be so upset either if they had just left a note! Oh well, I must work at being more positive ..so we'll just say they needed it more than we do! On a related note, I'm finding it quite hard to be positive all the time... I think it's because I enjoy complaining. I mean I've seen it with my family. If things occur one way, they complain but it if happened the other way they would still be complaining. I think I do this because it takes the responsibility off of me. If everything just always goes wrong, well then it doesn't matter what I do, nothing will change. But when you look at in a positive light, it means they are alternative actions you must take.... Its tough but I'm working on changing......

First Post!

Alright....first post! Let's get straight to the point: I'm taking a learning psychology course in which each student is to pick one thing about themselves (such as a bad habit) to change. I chose to work on becoming a more positive thinker. As a child I thought I was pretty optimistic but looking back, I think most children are "glass half full" thinkers. This blog is going to be (in part at least) about my journey to become a more positive person. I just turned 21 and I finally feel like I am starting to become the person I want to be. So really, what I'm trying to say is this blog is going to be about me....working to be positive while also opening my wings... ha ha we'll see how this goes and how long I stick to it!!!