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Small Town Girl Made it Big
Welcome Andrea Parson! Connect with Andrea Parson at her website: www.andrea-parson.squarespace.com Andrea is the premier dancer of Sarah Slipper’s Northwest Dance Project in Portland, Oregon. This is one of the most cutting edge and exciting dance creation companies in America for the past decade. Andrea and I attended the same small town studio under Director Anita Mitchell from the age of 8 to 14 years old. I was as impressed and inspired to dance alongside her then as I am today by her work in the cutting edge company, NW Dance Project. In this new interview series, we explore the mindset of a professional performer and the roads that led them there. Thank you so much for sharing, Andrea!
By Entertainment Writer6 years ago in Motivation
The Danger of Being Positive All The Time
If there's a quote and/or an expression that I'm really not so into, it's probably... Wait, scratch that... It's definitely "Positive vibes only". To me, this expression sounds so dismissive, irresponsible, and just straight up toxic. Unless you're a robot who is specifically programmed to only be positive and pull out a happy face all the livelong day, there is not a single human being in this world who can be positive all the time.
By Swissty Damayanty6 years ago in Motivation
8 Simple Ways to Stay Motivated
During these unprecedented times, social distancing has become an extremely important way to "flatten the curve" of the COVID-19 pandemic. This has meant that many people who were used to a work routine that included commuting to an office (or school) have been stuck working (or studying) from home. For those people, that can destroy motivation and make simple tasks very difficult. To make things just a little easier, I have compiled a list of eight things that can help motivate you if you have found yourself in a rut.
By Amanda6 years ago in Motivation
Love Songs & Chill
I have just created this new playlist of Love songs & Chill mix on Spotify on my laptop. I created this playlist because even though I been through a lot of bad break ups with lots of different Former girlfriends. No matter what I go through in life somehow, I always find my way back to liking a lot of current and old love songs. The songs themselves bring me back to specific times in certain relationships or even friendships as well. It reminds me of the good and bad times, but even though they all ended at least we have our memories of it all between us. During these trying times with being home more often than before without working these days. One thing that I continue to do on a daily basis is to work on myself and to love myself more often than before because if I don’t learn how to start loving myself again, then who will I be able to attract to love me for me and not for what I have or anything else specifically.
By Jesse Lopez Jr6 years ago in Motivation
How To Take Back Your Power As An Introvert
First of all, there is no dispute about the toxicity of social media. Especially in recent years, many unkind words have been spoken, with Instagram in the first lines, taking the one for the team. Profiting off of shallow values, promoting plastic beauty, unrealistic lifestyles, massive influencer culture, and monetizing people's unhappiness is so closely tied to the media madness, there is no more line to cross; the line has been erased altogether.
By Zara Miller6 years ago in Motivation
Dancing in the Rain
Rainy days used to spark a sense of dread within me. There's something about the cold, wet, grey days that makes me want to hide in bed. Time to wrap myself up in a fuzzy blanket and cocoon until the sun comes back out. These kind of days are the norm for me. I have suffered from depression for many years, and frankly, I will take any excuse to crawl back into my safe, warm bed and avoid the world. As much as I know that I'm not alone in these feelings, sometimes its hard to imagine not feeling like a failure. Motivation is limited most days... if I show up on time to a planned engagement or even to work, its a bit of a miracle.
By Lazy Perfectionist6 years ago in Motivation
Time is Art:
Perhaps our problem isn't that we need to consume more information, more news, or more advice, but that we hesitate to pause - STOP, even during a global hiatus. What if asking looks like receiving a breather, to embark on the most important journey of our lifetime. The voyage inward. This time off could be the answer we've been consciously or unconsciously longing for since Donal Trump graced the oval office. And maybe, we've been so conditioned to produce and do-stuff, that we've failed to recognize who we are when we aren't working. Possibly, our desperate cry brought us to this juncture, but we can hardly understand it? Practically speaking, we should be able to. I do suspect, many of us are struggling with heard mentality - achieve or be eaten alive by the matrix! While this may or may not apply to you, it begs the question, why now?
By Farrah Chamseddine6 years ago in Motivation
Inner Feelings
A month ago today I was on Instagram trying to find some inspiration. I was stressing more than usually because I was getting ready to have my second stats exam and my first exam for psychology of prejudice. These tests in particular had been feeling anxious and worried cause i thought I would forget everything that I learned , I didn’t want that to happen so I went on Instagram to find some positivity, something I would remember for at least the rest of the day. So I decided to find a specific person page that would bring me peace and not have me worry about anything. I needed any kind of inspiration to lift up my sprits and to keep motivated. I wanted some positive vibes so I put the word INSPIRATION in the search box. There was lots of pages that had all kinds of motivational quotes, astrology facts and personality traits, which I loved, I can read quotes and reflect on them all day. I ended up finding this page that a lot people knew about but me, one of my favorite celebrities Jhéne Aiko follows the page , it’s called @eternal_knowledge. This page had brought me joy because it taught me a lot, things even my own family hasn’t told me. I was never told about positive thinking, positive thinking wasn’t common to be, u was mostly always down until I saw this “ Is your glass half-empty or half-full? ”How you answer this age-old question about positive thinking may reflect your outlook on life, your attitude toward yourself, and whether you're optimistic or pessimistic and it may even affect your health. Indeed, some studies show that personality traits such as optimism and pessimism can affect many areas of your health and well-being. The positive thinking that usually comes with optimism is a key part of effective stress management. And effective stress management is associated with many health benefits. If you tend to be pessimistic, don't despair you can learn positive thinking skills. Positive vibes are Positive thinking doesn't mean that you keep your head in the sand and ignore life's less pleasant situations. Positive thinking just means that you approach unpleasantness in a more positive and productive way. You think the best is going to happen, not the worst. Positive thinking often starts with self-talk. Self-talk is the endless stream of unspoken thoughts that run through your head. These automatic thoughts can be positive or negative. Some of your self-talk comes from logic and reason. Other self-talk may arise from misconceptions that you create because of lack of information.If the thoughts that run through your head are mostly negative, your outlook on life is more likely pessimistic. If your thoughts are mostly positive, you're likely an optimist — someone who practices positive thinking. This eternal.knowledge page gave me happiness and had me focus on getting ready for these two exams. This page gave me a change to do what i do best when I’m in school which is study. The motivation for instant gratification, and the idea that bigger and better can achieve happiness, influence what people share on social media sites. This in fact is true. I would like to thank ther eternal knowledge page for giving me the courage to not give up and work in study for each class without panicking or getting upset or have negative thoughts. If this page can help me it can help you too. Without this page I wouldn’t had past both exam with 85 and above. I really am not a fan of social media but when I found this page I tell I fell in love with it. It brings me happiness and joy and I can share that joy with other people. This quote really hits home “ We are in the beginning of stages in the biggest collective awakening ever seen in the history of mankind.”
By Bri Lee6 years ago in Motivation
Love More Challenge
Quarantine has become a time where everything seems uncertain and the future appears bleak. It may be because of the media reporting mostly on daily casualties and also the difficulties doctors have to overcome to maintain the healthcare system as efficient as possible to save the most lives. However, we tend to forget that happiness is neither a physical object nor a person who may be lost or disappear in time and never to return. Happiness is a state of being; a moment where you find true fulfillment in what you do or what you’ve achieved. Tt can even become that time when a special someone can make you feel completely satisfied and full, because you know that, so long as that person remains with you, you won’t need anything else to feel content. Being quarantined may take away the physical connection with some of the people I love the most, especially my friends, whom are miles away from my home country and I have to communicate with via Whatsapp or videocall. Of course, I can’t complain too much given that these advances in technology at least give us the chance to stay connected throughout these difficult times, and yet I have started using it to distract myself from the outside world every now and then, when things get particularly heavy.
By Eugenia Moreno6 years ago in Motivation
Bitter with the Sweet
There’s a song from Carole King’s 1972 album, Rhymes and Reasons. It’s called ‘Bitter with the Sweet’. It inspired my thoughts today. I think everyone on some level understands that this is how life works. You put up with the bitter because eventually you’ll be rewarded with the sweet.
By Liz Woodard6 years ago in Motivation
