Marketing 555

My last college exam ever is tonight. It's for my Marketing 555 class, it's 100 questions, it covers 5 chapters, and I'm ready for it to be over. :-) After tonight, all I have to worry about, school wise, is working on my thesis.

Yay for semesters ending!

The Countdown Begins...

I have three days of physically having to be at school for working in the computer lab. Thursday night is my final exam in my Marketing 555 class which is my last exam at ULL ever!

Next week, I'll be sorting through everything in my house. I'll be tossing out things I don't need, packing things I do need, and shipping books to Alex's parent's house. It's all "happening" slowly but surely and yet it doesn't really feel like I'm moving away from Louisiana. Perhaps I'll feel differently when I've been up there for a few weeks and haven't come back to Louisiana like Linda said. Maybe that's when it will hit me. I am super excited though. I can't wait until Alex and I find our own apartment and have decent jobs.

I'm still writing my thesis. Dr. Dinu said that I should have it finished and edited by May 13 and that I'll defend it on May 20. These next few weeks are going to be... shall we say a bit hectic?

The Pursuit of Happiness...

Okay, so Oprah's rerun today has inspired this post. She has Goldie Hawn, Jenny McCarthy, and a legitimate researcher/doctor on discussing what factors into people's happiness. The Pursuit of Happiness is promised to us in the Declaration of Independence. I whole heartedly agree with Will Smith's character in the movie "Pursuit of Happiness" that happiness is not a guarantee. Happiness will not automatically fall into your lap. It is not something that can be seen or solved with the snap of your fingers. Happiness, I believe, results from the actions you take day to day. Your active participation in your choices in life is what determines your happiness. You can choose to be negative and down or you can choose to be positive and upbeat. The way that people respond to a situation factors into their happiness as well. You have to be directly involved with your happiness. You can't depend on other people to fulfill your every whim when it comes to happiness because they are concerned with their own happiness. Each experience should not be a "woe is me" scenario if it doesn't go your way. I want to take all future experiences, whether they be positive or negative, and turn them into a learning experience. Looking at situations that do not go my way as a learning experience rather than letting it get me down, I believe will be a much better use of my energy than letting the negativity overwhelm my outlook.

Love.

I am completely and utterly in love with Alex. He makes me feel so good whenever I am near him. I'm not sure where this will go. But... I'd like to definitely see him grow old. :-)

Karma...

it is a bitch!

I'm considering taking my sister's advice that she has on a keychain. It says KMMS which stands for Keep My Mouth Shut. I need to retrain some thoughts too.

Procrastination...

is the worst enemy of mine in the world. I have to finish my paper by Sunday. I have all of my surveys and have entered them all into the SPSS software. All I have to do is a bit of work today and tomorrow... and I'm finished. I have this huge lack of motivation thing going on. I long to be a carefree young person with nothing to do for the summer. I know I'll be pissed off/stressed out Sunday night trying to finish it all.

Hopefully I'll work on it soon. :-)

Survey for my paper

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I am writing a paper this summer for my Communication 580 class. I want to see if the level of internet usage affects on college student's level of professionalism in their future professions. If any fellow college students out there would like to help me out, please take this survey at the above link in your spare time.

Thanks!