en·gage verb \in-ˈgāj, en-\
1 : to pledge oneself
2 : to begin and carry on an enterprise or activity 3 : to take part or participate
4 : to give attention to something
5 : to deal with especially at length
I'm very much a self-proclaimed "do stuff" girl. I hate inaction. I would much rather experience things than sit around and talk about them. I also like to relax, however, and often find myself sleeping in when I have the opportunity or using any free time to just chill out when life is hectic otherwise. It's necessary to take a break sometimes, but I've been realizing recently how that break time can be more productive, like hitting the gym, taking a yoga or dance class, working on a project... anything more engaging.
Every day at work, I encourage students that come through my office to be engaged on campus, but I realized I'm not doing such a hot job of that myself. Time to start living the example. I've added two big commitments to my spring schedule that, while demanding of my time, have the potential to be super fulfilling both for myself and the students with whom I'll be interacting.
I've also realized that when I'm being pulled in several different directions, something that is becoming the norm the more I get into student affairs, I sometimes start to take a more surface level approach to things that I would have otherwise explored more in depth. These things could be personal projects, articles and topics I'm interested in, social things, pretty much anything. I start trying to do so many things that I don't fully engage to get the full experience out of any of them.
All 5 of my StrengthsQuest strengths are in the idea and prep phases of projects, not the get things done phases. (Ideation, Futuristic, Strategic, Activator, Maximizer) I can easily come up with some stellar plans. This year, I want to get the most possible out of them.
Hence, the decision to purposefully and intentionally engage more.
Bring it, 2012.
I'm very much a self-proclaimed "do stuff" girl. I hate inaction. I would much rather experience things than sit around and talk about them. I also like to relax, however, and often find myself sleeping in when I have the opportunity or using any free time to just chill out when life is hectic otherwise. It's necessary to take a break sometimes, but I've been realizing recently how that break time can be more productive, like hitting the gym, taking a yoga or dance class, working on a project... anything more engaging.
Every day at work, I encourage students that come through my office to be engaged on campus, but I realized I'm not doing such a hot job of that myself. Time to start living the example. I've added two big commitments to my spring schedule that, while demanding of my time, have the potential to be super fulfilling both for myself and the students with whom I'll be interacting.
I've also realized that when I'm being pulled in several different directions, something that is becoming the norm the more I get into student affairs, I sometimes start to take a more surface level approach to things that I would have otherwise explored more in depth. These things could be personal projects, articles and topics I'm interested in, social things, pretty much anything. I start trying to do so many things that I don't fully engage to get the full experience out of any of them.
All 5 of my StrengthsQuest strengths are in the idea and prep phases of projects, not the get things done phases. (Ideation, Futuristic, Strategic, Activator, Maximizer) I can easily come up with some stellar plans. This year, I want to get the most possible out of them.
Hence, the decision to purposefully and intentionally engage more.
Bring it, 2012.
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