I just cannot get enough of the never-ending and insightful quotes posted by some of the Instagrammers I love to follow. Do you share this passion too? :)
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Tuesday Trade #18: TaliaJoy
Hello friends!
Today I’m here with another YouTuber. This time, I’m here to share with you a young beauty guru who you have likely seen on TV or the internet. Her YouTube name is TaliaJoy18. Talia was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, over 6 years ago. Neuroblastoma is cancer that develops in the body’s tissues and appears as a tumor usually in the abdomen, pelvis, chest or back. She has been through so much in this time period, including countless rounds of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, blood and platelet transfusions and many days confined to a hospital bed.
With all of that said however, Talia is a pretty positive person, and I know this to be true because of her videos. She posts tons of beauty and inspirational videos with the tagline “Makeup is my wig.” She helps remind us all that everyone has something to feel beautiful about, or something they can be pleased with about themselves. This middle school girl has been on Ellen and continues to motivate and inspire people all around the world, making bald beautiful. J
Check her out!!
Until next time,
Ashley
Today I’m here with another YouTuber. This time, I’m here to share with you a young beauty guru who you have likely seen on TV or the internet. Her YouTube name is TaliaJoy18. Talia was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, over 6 years ago. Neuroblastoma is cancer that develops in the body’s tissues and appears as a tumor usually in the abdomen, pelvis, chest or back. She has been through so much in this time period, including countless rounds of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, blood and platelet transfusions and many days confined to a hospital bed.
With all of that said however, Talia is a pretty positive person, and I know this to be true because of her videos. She posts tons of beauty and inspirational videos with the tagline “Makeup is my wig.” She helps remind us all that everyone has something to feel beautiful about, or something they can be pleased with about themselves. This middle school girl has been on Ellen and continues to motivate and inspire people all around the world, making bald beautiful. J
Check her out!!
Until next time,
Ashley
Monday, May 6, 2013
Monday Motivation #17: Changes to my Blog World
Hello, Hello!!!
Today is an incredible, wonderful day! The best part is, I’m not even sure why! All I know with certainty is that I’m in a great mood, my students were very well behaved and hard working and I didn’t have any traffic or annoyance to deal with! Haha Last week’s theme of “keep pushing through” seems even more fitting today simply because yesterday seemed like any other day and today is just so much better.
Also, if you have anything you would like me to discuss or questions for me to answer, please leave them below!
Staying positive and afloat :),
Ashley
Today is an incredible, wonderful day! The best part is, I’m not even sure why! All I know with certainty is that I’m in a great mood, my students were very well behaved and hard working and I didn’t have any traffic or annoyance to deal with! Haha Last week’s theme of “keep pushing through” seems even more fitting today simply because yesterday seemed like any other day and today is just so much better.
As a new month is upon us (I can’t believe it’s
May!!), I will no longer be posting daily. It’s not that I am running low on
ideas or the desire to post; it’s simply that I do not have the time or energy
to post daily, especially with the type of enthusiasm and knowledge I hope my
past posts have brought. In my drive to post daily, I have come to realize that
the quality of some posts has gone down because I have been focusing more on
getting anything up daily instead of exactly
what I want to have up, well thought out, and articulated. Since I have been
working fulltime, teaching, it just doesn’t make sense to me anymore. Any
teacher knows that the lesson plan never really stops and though I love what I’m
doing right now, and I’m very grateful for it, I have to find the right balance
for me. Therefore, my new goal has been revised to this: I will post at least
twice weekly (aiming more for 3-4 times) about topics that matter to you and to
me and these posts will be of the higher quality you have come to expect of me.
I’m sorry for those of you who stop by daily, but it just doesn’t make sense
for me to continue to post on a daily basis. I’ll still post as often as I can
and I’ll still have themes for days and posts, as I have from the start. I hope
you enjoy this new format!
Also, if you have anything you would like me to discuss or questions for me to answer, please leave them below!
Staying positive and afloat :),
Ashley
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Tuesday Trade #17: Jenna Marbles
Hello happy people!
Today’s trade might not be “family friendly” but it certainly is funny and entertaining. Jenna Marbles is a YouTube personality who posts hilarious videos each week about silly topics- most of which are commonsensical, yet not necessarily things you would think of right away, making her a genius :). She tells it like it is, but with her refreshing sense of humor.
Her most popular videos are “How to Trick People into Thinking you’re Good Looking” and “How to Avoid Talking to People You Don’t Want to Talk to.”
My favorite video of hers is the “Drunk Makeup Tutorial.”
Go check her out if you want some “inappropriate” laughs! J
For those of you who already enjoy her videos, which do you like most?
Until next week,
Ashley
Today’s trade might not be “family friendly” but it certainly is funny and entertaining. Jenna Marbles is a YouTube personality who posts hilarious videos each week about silly topics- most of which are commonsensical, yet not necessarily things you would think of right away, making her a genius :). She tells it like it is, but with her refreshing sense of humor.
Her most popular videos are “How to Trick People into Thinking you’re Good Looking” and “How to Avoid Talking to People You Don’t Want to Talk to.”
My favorite video of hers is the “Drunk Makeup Tutorial.”
Go check her out if you want some “inappropriate” laughs! J
For those of you who already enjoy her videos, which do you like most?
Until next week,
Ashley
Monday, April 29, 2013
Monday Motivation #16: Keep Pushing Through
Hello everyone!
Today marks the start of my second week on my own as I continue to fill in for a teacher out on maternity leave. I must say, teaching here in the U.S., is more difficult than teaching in Korea. There, at least at the school taught at, everything was much more lax. With that said, I know my students there made improvements, so it’s a wonder to me as to why exactly I feel the need to do so much prep outside of the classroom.
I am having a wonderful time, not without the expected challenges though. I can’t even begin to express how happy I have been feeling to be back in a classroom. Besides subbing, I haven’t taught in a classroom in the U.S. for more than two years, while I was overseas teaching, but I have missed it.
Though this week hasn’t been the easiest, with me adjusting to the students, staff and responsibility, and the students transitioning to me and my teaching style, we have already made huge progress. Not only have I learned all my students’ names and tons of things about them as students and children, but they have responded to me quite well. On top of that, the staff has been very welcoming, supportive, and helpful. I have learned when to “fight” students to behave and when to go with the flow. I have learned patience, and believe me; I already have a ton of that in the classroom! I have learned to adapt to new situations (I did a lot of this while in Korea, but I have noticed that I continue to do well with it here). For this reason, I have chosen the theme of today’s post to be about pushing through.
Push through the hard stuff, that which seems unbearable, that which could lead you to break. Push through, and you’ll come out stronger. I promise. While the example of my current situation may not be very drastic, I think it illustrates the importance of pushing forward. Keep at it. There is light at the end of the tunnel. :)
Staying positive,
Ashley
Today marks the start of my second week on my own as I continue to fill in for a teacher out on maternity leave. I must say, teaching here in the U.S., is more difficult than teaching in Korea. There, at least at the school taught at, everything was much more lax. With that said, I know my students there made improvements, so it’s a wonder to me as to why exactly I feel the need to do so much prep outside of the classroom.
I am having a wonderful time, not without the expected challenges though. I can’t even begin to express how happy I have been feeling to be back in a classroom. Besides subbing, I haven’t taught in a classroom in the U.S. for more than two years, while I was overseas teaching, but I have missed it.
Though this week hasn’t been the easiest, with me adjusting to the students, staff and responsibility, and the students transitioning to me and my teaching style, we have already made huge progress. Not only have I learned all my students’ names and tons of things about them as students and children, but they have responded to me quite well. On top of that, the staff has been very welcoming, supportive, and helpful. I have learned when to “fight” students to behave and when to go with the flow. I have learned patience, and believe me; I already have a ton of that in the classroom! I have learned to adapt to new situations (I did a lot of this while in Korea, but I have noticed that I continue to do well with it here). For this reason, I have chosen the theme of today’s post to be about pushing through.
Push through the hard stuff, that which seems unbearable, that which could lead you to break. Push through, and you’ll come out stronger. I promise. While the example of my current situation may not be very drastic, I think it illustrates the importance of pushing forward. Keep at it. There is light at the end of the tunnel. :)
Staying positive,
Ashley
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