What I want to remember from Immaculée Ilibagiza in 10yrs.

I want to remember the steps it takes to truly forgive. That true forgiveness is a journey and that journey will protect you from the evils of vengeance and revenge. 

Postive Thiinking

In Left to Tell Immaculée Ilibagiza used positive thinking to get her through the genocide. How could someone think positive in a situation like that, where everyone around her was being brutally murdered. That is why I think positive thinking had the biggest impact on me. Yes, I could think more positively in my life because I am not in situation as negative as a genocide like Immaculée Ilibagiza, so if she can do it in such a bad situation I can in my everyday situation.

How Do You Measure Happiness?

Sonja Lyubomirsky: "We let people define happiness for themselves. There's no happiness thermometer. No one else can tell you how happy you are. It;s a subjective phenomenon. No one but you knows, or should tell you, how happy you truly are."

People can't tell you that your happy, because sometimes they don't know what makes you happy. For me wrestling makes me happy, just wrestling. Sure winning makes me happy too but its just icing on the cake. What really makes me the happiest is wrestling with my friends during open mat. There is no pressure to win or any one watching it's just for fun. Most people don't know that about me they think I wrestle just because I'm good but that is not the case. I wasn't good at wrestling until about 6th or 7th grade but i loved the sport and it made me happy so I kept with it. Now I am wrestling in college and placed 7th at state my senior year of high school just because wrestling makes me happy.

People can't tell you when to be happy or how to become happy you have to find it for yourself.

Estherville, Iowa

Estherville is an average sized town in Iowa. (Being in Iowa average sized town means small to most places) Estherville is a sports involved community giving support to all sports at all levels. For the most part everyone knows or recognizes everyone else because it is a close community. Yeah a lot of people want to leave right out off high school who doesn't but truly most wouldn't mind if they stayed or even never left. Estherville is a great place even though I am bias I truly think Estherville is ok. Because of all that i think the people in Estherville would say for most part that their happiness scale is around a 6,7, or 8 depending on the day. (using a scale 1-10 with 10 being the happiest)

Greco-Roman wrestler's insane 'flying squirrel' takedown

Procrastination

My favorite procrastination activity is watching TV/movies. It is easy just to turn on the TV and watch a movie or a show. Watching a show or a movie also can burn up a lot of time and makes procrastinating easy and dangerous.

Proactive

In the next month I will be proactive about managing my time by using my calender and schedules more often.

In the next month I will be proactive about studying more by setting aside more time to study.

My Goal

I would like to go to the D1 Wrestling National Tournament.

Three people that could support/help my with this goal would be my my uncle Ralph, my uncle Don, and my brother Chase. They would support/help me by encouraging me to save money for tickets and travel fees and probably would even join me.

Top 4 Mate Preferences

1. Good Health- I want to my future wife to be healthy with no major problems so we can live a happier life together.

2. Mutual Attraction and Love- I want for my future wife and I to love one another and at times tolerate each other.

3. Dependable Character- I want my future wife to be dependable and I will be dependable for her.

4. Emotional Stability and Maturity- I want my future wife to be able to control her emotions and act maturely.

Your Money or Your Life

I am currently not spending much money on anything. I have currently only bought things I have needed like books for classes and class materials. But in one way I could cut my spending is by drinking water and not pop, and this is the only strategy I can currently use to stop unnecessary spending.

Relating My Core Values to My Financial Plan

1. Being family oriented will affect my financial plan by having to set aside money for traveling, food, and gifts.

2. Being driven will affect my financial plan by having to set aside money to allow me to do everything to succeed.

3. Being committed will affect my financial plan by having to set aside money so I can do what ever I need to be successful. 

4. Being reliable will affect my financial plan by having to set aside money so I can be there for the people that need me.

5. Being loyal will affect my financial plan by having to set aside money so I can be there for my friends, family, and the people around me.