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Communication Research Methods.
It's a class.
It's really hard.
I'm going to fail.
Ha! Okay. That's not completely accurate.
I think I'll do fine, however, my brain exploded when I found out I had to take this class.
The first day, I sit down and I'm in sheer panic.
I don't know what to expect from this class, but all I know is it's going to be really hard.
Truth be know, it wasn't as horrifying as I made it out to be.
Instead, I actually learned something.
My professor started talking about a wall she encountered as she was going to grad school.
She called it the Statistics Wall.
She said that as she took more and more statistics classes she felt like eventually she would hit a wall.
She imagined the wall being 20 feet high, all completely cement with barbwire on the top.
She kept taking classes and kept acing them and wasn't hitting any kind of wall. Even though she totally hated statistics.
When she decided to finally graduate...(she's one of those crazy teachers that LOVES school and was in school for like 25 years...) she went to talk to her statistics professor about taking another statistics class and she ended up telling him about her imaginary wall.
He looked at her and said "It's not a wall, it's a door."
She explained that, that statement changed her life and that instead of thinking that she'll eventually hit the wall and become a statistics puddle, that she flows freely door to door, picking up every kind of information she can possibly get.
MY MIND WAS BLOWN.
And I began thinking about how I could apply that in my life.
Instead of believing that I'll eventually fail and become a "statistics puddle", I should believe that every opportunity is just a door.
It opens and closes and I have to make the choice to open the door, whether I fail or not.
I won't hit a wall.
I just close a door.
I don't fail at something.
I just close a door.
I don't get rejected.
I just close a door.
And it's not like I won't ever be able to open a particular door again because I've already got the key that unlocks it.
Life shouldn't be about hitting walls. It should be about opening doors.
I really dislike driving back to Logan, but to be honest...Logan is my home now.
I think school is really, really hard, but to be honest...I learn so much and when I learn, it's magical!
I see everybody having babies and getting married and I think "What?! Why?!", but to be honest...I think it's wonderful!
There are days when I absolutely hate my roommates, but to be honest...they are truly awesome and I'm so lucky to have normal girls as roommates.
Sometimes my family drives me crazy, but to be honest...I love them with all my heart.
I wish I was better at saving money, but to be honest...spending is just so much easier.
I get way jealous of celebrities, but to be honest...I wouldn't want their life.
(The only thing I would want is to wear a bangin' hott, sparkly dress on the red carpet, but really, who wouldn't want that?)
Sometimes I think that my blog doesn't mean anything to anybody, but to be honest...I have so much support and I know people love it!
I always think new year's resolutions are really stupid, but to be honest...I just suck at doing them.
I'm SO nervous for this upcoming semester. It's going to be really hard, but to be honest...I think I'm going to learn more this semester than I ever have in my entire life!
I'm really worried about finding a job this summer that pays enough so that I can pay for college next year, but to be honest...I just worry too much.
I love music, but to be honest...there are days when all I want is to hear silence.
I always thought I was a big people person and I totally am! But to be honest...I need my alone time.
Shopping is really frustrating sometimes, but to be honest...when that shirt fits just right, the heavens open.
I want so badly to be a big blogger, but to be honest...it kind of scares me.
What do you need to be honest about?
