Day 2 Challenge: Describe 3 major events in your life and the importance.

Everyone has key events in their lives that has either changed how they lived, thought, or the people around them. Those events may not be happy moments or the most dramatic, but nonetheless those decisions or key moments occurred.

I believe that I have already wrote about one of the major events in my life. When I was younger, there was a shooting in my apartment complex area. No one was hurt, but due to that event it led my mom to want to move into a new area away from a place that I was used to and away from friends. I always think back to that time in my life and wonder how things would be if we never moved away.

When I was young, I was yelled at a lot. Sometimes, for reasonable reasons and sometimes for the silly mistakes or reasons. I was also physically abused along with the yelling. There was one time I remember when my told me something along the lines of "you are Chinese and you should start acting like it". I thought very hard about what she said. I definitely do not want to be like her when I grow older and was willing to do whatever possible to not be like her. Additionally, I decided to stop Chinese until she finally decided to stop abusing me. That decision I made stuck with me. Since I decided to stop speaking Chinese at a young age, I don't know it very well, but I know it well enough to understand and reply back, but not fluently. However, now, I don't feel confident or happy speaking in Chinese because I still associate it with my mother. I still have a hard time moving away from that.

When I was in 6th grade, a few of my classmates made fun of me and I think hurt me physically a little bit. I was young at the time, so I wasn't really sure what the best way was to respond to people who only wanted to bully me. My response was to ignore them and not talk to them anymore, which led me to be a very quiet person.

After writing those 3 major events in my life, I realized that all those moments have similarities. The situations were scary and definitely not happy moments. Those events all made someone made a major decision in life, which was life altering. I ended up thinking about those moments occasionally and always wondered what would happen if those negative moments never happen. Would I be happier?

Day 1 Challenge: Your main goals in life, dreams, and passions, and expectations

When I first thought of this challenge, I thought that I was going to be able to write so much for it and be one of my longer posts. But now that I actually have to think about it and write about it, it's not actually that easy. When I write these goals, I have in my mind that they have to be huge decisions. Decisions that are either life altering or can really change me.

Ever since I can imagine my goal in life was to go to Italy and more specifically, Rome. I think I fell in love with it because of its medieval history. I always loved learning about Roman history. And, of course, I love Italian food and culture. As I grew older, more destinations hit wishlist: Austria, Germany, Sweden, and many more. In my junior year of university, I ended up studying abroad in China because my mom said she would help out of paying for some of it, so I couldn't give up the opportunity to travel abroad. Reflecting back on the study abroad experience, I realized that I really do love traveling because of what it does to me and the experiences I face while I'm at each destination. I definitely didn't expect to come back with permed hair and wearing all Chinese style clothes(I mean Chinese brands, not cheongsams!) when I came back to America, but by the time I came back I knew that I was used to the lifestyle there of always being a rush, getting used to bargaining, and being in a crowd. I like that I change, grow, and learn when I'm out of my boundaries.

I feel that as I grow up, I have different goals in my life. My lifetime goal will always be to travel. But, I had a goal when I was in high school and then one while I was in college. When I was a senior in high school, I realized that I was actually able to go to an actual university when I turned in my application to a Sacramento State University representative and he said "alright, you are in". That was the moment when I realized that some many people in my life been both putting me down the whole time and encouraging me. By that I mean, basically of my family told me that I wouldn't ever get into any college since I wasn't smart enough and I believed them. Even though I believed them, I still wanted to do whatever I could to make my life successful, so I tried to do my best in school. After being offered admission into Sacramento State, I realized I had the opportunity to do reach out for bigger opportunities, such as other California State Universities, as well as the UC system, so I tried and I was admitted to a few of them.

Once I was in university, I learned that many people doubted my success in a university because they still didn't think I was smart. I also doubted myself because I was really at a disadvantage since I only ever took one AP class in my whole high school career. However, I was overly excited and ready for the university years of my life and I wanted to do whatever was possible to succeed. There was a course that I took that was not required, but helpful for Freshman and it was through that course that I gained the majority of my motivation to succeed and fear to fail in any of my courses. And, that's what I did. I didn't fail any classes and I remained self-motivated throughout my 4 years there.

Now, I'm in the period of my life, where I'm at my latest and the most rigorous goal of all. I been trying to land a State job for the longest time. It certainly hasn't been easy. There's been many points, in which, I felt depressed, sorrow, and just negative thoughts. But, along the way, I gained some valuable connections and some people who have truly wanted to help me. I've had people look through my resume, gave me brilliant pointers, and just today I went through a mock interview with people who work in HR. I'm not weighing whether or not the pros out weigh the cons, but I am always looking back on what I can always do to continually improve myself and what I can do to make my current major goal happen.

There you have it. My passion, dream, and major goal in life is to travel, especially to those places that I have learned so much of its history, culture, and food. My high school goal was to do well and to get into a university, which I accomplished. My university goal was to pass all my courses, which I managed to accomplish as well. My current major goal is to land a state job, so good luck to me.

31 Days Blog Challenges

The other day I was going through Pinterest and ran through 30 blog challenges. Then, I was inspired to make my own and do my own 30 day blog challenge. I looked through some 30 day blog challenges and a lot of them were good. But, there was still some stuff on the list that I didn't want to do. Also, I thought it might be fun to make up my own ideas. While I was thinking of challenges, I wanted to focus on challenges that required me to do a lot of writing versus media. Although I do love taking photos and making videos. The challenges ended up going to 31 since there are 31 days in October. Towards the end of the list, I added challenges that related to fear or Halloween. After I finished the list, I realized that it might be difficult for me to finish the challenges, so I'm looking forward to October and seeing which ones I can complete! I'm excited for the unicorn zombie apocalypse writing challenge.

1. Your main goals in life, dreams, and passions, and expectations
2. Describe 3 major events in your life and the importance.
3. What is something you and your family connect with and wished you did more of?
4. Favorites in media: favorite song, favorite movie, favorite show, etc...
5. Favorite holiday
6. Top 5 favorite things to do
7. Name 10 things you do now that you weren't doing 10 years ago and name 5 things you hope to do in 10 years.
8. All about blogging, why you blog, started, and continue to do it.
9. Name things that you wish you were better at.
10. Name some thoughts and perceptions of yourself and what you think of them.
11. Name some bad habits
12. What are some lessons you have learned in life?
13. What is something you always look forward to?
14. What is the last dream you had?
15. Compile a childhood toy, something you cant leave the house with, something you have in your car, a photo, random object, and an outfit.
16. Things you always wanted to do, but never had a chance to do.
17. What inspires you? Don't forget to add quotes or certain moments that trigger why they inspire you.
18. Name 5 people who majorly influenced or helped you out throughout life.
19. Name 5 things people dont know about you until they actually spend time you.
20. What would you do if you saw an unusual object, plant, or bug nearby?
21. What do you feel will never change or will take lifetimes of progress?
22. What are some things you think you would never do?
23. Name a reason why you can't fall asleep.
24. What is something you been hoping for the longest time?
25. What app do you think you will still be playing 5 years from now?
26. What do you think a lot the people in your life are afraid of or the most prevalent misconceptions?
27. If you were to be an animal, which one would you want to be and why?
28. What are things you do to avoid ghosts or monsters?
29. What is currently your greatest fear?
30. Name an event in life that scared you.
31. Inspired by the song unicorn zombie apocalypse and that its a Halloween. Make a unicorn zombie apocalypse story.