Growth Mindset: My Potential

(Potential Pondering, web source: Growth Mindset Blogspot)

This is something I find myself doing a lot. I think nearly everyday I think about ramifications of my decisions, and whether or not they live up to my potential. Especially since post-grad life is looming over me like a big... heavy... dark... stormy... cloud... I know that my one decision about where to go after this will definitely change the course of my life forever. I also know that it will decide the course of my potential. I will only be able to achieve certain things if I make certain decisions at the right time. Whew. That's a lot to think/worry about. Mostly worry. It's okay. I'm fine. Everything's fine.

Learning by HEART: Caffeine Buzz

(The Deathly Caffeine Cycle, web source: Learning By Heart Blogspot)

I chose this one because I feel like this is especially pertinent to what I'm feeling at the moment. This happens almost every year; there's something about Thanksgiving break that messes up my sleep schedule for weeks afterward. Of course, this is right when I need to bank some sleep hours to prepare for finals week. I've been on a weird cycle of staying up until 3am, waking up for class, feeling exhausted by late afternoon, drinking something caffeinated to wake myself up (and another... and another... and another), then finding myself awake again at 3am. I plan to sleep for 12+ hours just as soon as I am finished with all of my classes for this semester.

Quotemaker: Postergen

(M. Cicero, web source: Postergen)

Reading Notes: Brothers' Grimm Unit, Librivox, Part B

Link to reading here.

The Queen Bee:
I think this is an interesting story to mess around with a little bit. On the surface, this seems like a somewhat cliche trope of the dominant brothers exerting their influence and power over a younger one. In this story, there's even the deeper level of the older brothers being bigger than the younger one, as the latter is a dwarf. They assume that they know better than the younger brother, but yet are bested by the latter. This could be translated into really any situation where someone is being underestimated. Siblings is a natural choice, as displayed here, but I think there are opportunities beyond that cliche.

The Twelve Huntsmen:
I like the idea here about the tests of certain people to prove something one way or another. Like, someone isn't who they say they are, but there are a couple of sets of foolproof tests to determine whether they are lying or not. I think this idea, however, would require me to depart almost entirely from the original story. I think I would step far away from this original (and kind of senseless) story of a woman trying to get her man back with 11 women who look exactly like her. I definitely wouldn't write about this, but something keeps reminding me of an almost Twilight type story where Edward isn't human but vampire, and there are certain things that would tip Bella off.

The Fox and the Horse:
I appreciated this sweet little story! I love animal stories, and foxes are my favorite animal. I thought this was an interesting fox story, too. Many stories concerning foxes show them as cunning and sly, using these things for evil. I liked how the fox in this story used his wit to help his friend, the horse, return home to his master.

(Sleeping Fox, web source: Wikimedia)