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Self-Motivation

Posted on Thursday, 2 November 2017

Motivation is an interesting thing. And for a lot of people, it is something that is hard to find. Finding the motivation to do something hard, especially when it seems like there is no reward can be challenging.

I found this TED Talk today, and I haven't had a chance to watch it all yet...but I think it will be really valuable for me, and hopefully make finding motivation a little bit easier.

xxxPoppy

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Washington DC Part 2

Posted on Monday, 30 October 2017

Day 5: White House and Spy Museum
On our fifth day, we walked to the White House and took some photos.

Then we strolled along the road on the way to the Spy Museum.

The spy museum was one of the few museums that you had to pay for, but it was well worth it! My whole family enjoyed the museum, and we could have spent all afternoon there.

Day 6: Zoo
On our second last day we went to the zoo. We went early to get in before the crowds, but luckily there were not too many people there.

Our first stop was the pandas- something my sister had been dying to see for a long time!

They were super cute, and there were heaps of amazing photo opportunities.

Day 7: Newseum

In the morning we headed to the Newsuem. It was another museum that you had to pay to get into, but it was well worth it in my opinion.

It was really interesting to learn all about the history of news and the freedom of speech.

After the newseum we had to leave Washington, and there were so many things we didn't get to do we will have to go back one day!

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Things that Lead to Being Happy

Posted on Thursday, 26 October 2017

"Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."

-Marcus Aurelius

I had a happy day today, and it made me realise that I enjoy happy days so much more. And that got me thinking, thinking about things that lead to being happy, at least for me.

1. Eating good food

2. Listening to good music

3. Drinking lots of water

4. Drinking tea

5. Spending time outside

6. Be in control, have a plan.

7.Spent your time with good people.

8. Practise gratitude

9. Have 'me' time!

10. Exercise

11. Have down time

12. Spend time with your friends

13. Find a hobby you love!

14. Read good books

15. Be content with what you have!

xxxPoppy

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Washington DC. Part 1

Posted on Monday, 23 October 2017

On the last few Mondays I shared some photos from our trip to New York. After we had been to New York we went on the train to Washington DC. We spent a week here, and got to experience some amazing things...

Day 1: Hop On Hop Off Tour & Natural History Museum.
Just like in New York, we went on a hop on hop off tour on our first day.

Above is a photo of the Capitol Building.

It was really, really hot when we were there...but a tip if you ever go on one of those double Decker buses...don't go in the sheltered bit on the top- even though it would seem like it was cooler it is not!

Above is the Washington monument. It was almost still enough to get a reflection in the water...almost! I loved the photo opportunities in Washington...so beautiful!

After the tour we went to the Natural history museum, it was super interesting and my younger sister really enjoyed it!

And finally, we went on the night tour.

Day 2: Arlington Cemetery
On Day 2 we visited Arlington Cemetery, where JFK is buried. It is a very beautiful (I don't know if that is the right word?) place, and the weather was perfect!

In the afternoon we went to the history museum.

Day 3: National Park

On our third day we went to a national park (I think it was called great falls) and saw these falls. There was even a person canoeing in the rapids- I don't think I'd be able to do it!

Day 4: Air & Space Museum (Udvar Hazy centre)
We all love it here! There were countless planes and space shuttles- and they were almost all the real thing- no replicas! It was so cool to get to see some of these historical objects, and learn about the history surrounding them- plus there were lots of cool photo opportunities. You can even watch them restoring the newest finds.

This is the space shuttle, discovery.

This plane can fly from Los Angeles to Sydney (about 15 hours) in only 2 and a half!

I loved every minute of our time in DC, and I have heaps more photos to show you next Monday.

xxxPoppy

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How to Make A Study Calendar

Posted on Thursday, 19 October 2017

"If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it.

It's the hard that makes it great."

It is that time of year, it's exam time. The end of the year is so tantalisingly close, a few weeks. But between then and now I have all my exams.

Exam time is always super stressful. It seems like there are too many things to do and not enough hours in the day! I've never done this before, but this year I've decided to make a study calendar.

I haven't really had a chance to use it yet, as today is the first day I had planned. But here are the steps I took to create the study calendar.

First open up a new excel document.

Select the "A" in the first column, and select the columns along, as many as there are days until your last exam.

Drag the A column over until it is double it's original size.

In the top row, add tomorrow's date. Then select the little green box next to the date and drag it across to the rest of the squares you prepared earlier. It will auto fill the dates.

Underneath this, in the A column, I put the day of the week and the tasks that I had that day.