Growth Mindset - Keep Moving Forward

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There has been this mindset I had been using since I started college. I recently had a conversation with my friend how close graduation was coming and school was coming to an end. This motto was, "There is no such thing as perfection, but the best version of yourself" and I still stand with it. I may not had made the perfect grades, have perfect attitude, or the most negative person, but I have to make the best of it. As my undergrad is wrapping up, I realized I can still better my grades after college, continuously improve my attitude, brighten my career, or stay creating a positive mindset. I am always learning about myself and I can always improve.

Extra Reading: The End of the World

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There was this little hare that sat under a fruit tree and thought, "What will happen to me when the earth comes to an end?" as the fruit fell from the tree. He got up and ran as fast as he could and not looking back. He called on his brother, "The earth is breaking to pieces!" and he started running faster and faster as other hares joined him. Hundred thousands of hare were running through the forest and deep into the jungles with other wild animals. The other animals like the elks, deers, boars, buffalos, oxen, tigers, elephants, and lions heard the earth was breaking. There was this wise lion noticed thousands of animals were running away because the earth was coming to an end. The lion asked who told them the earth was ending? The animals responded like the domino effect. The elephant said the lions saw it, the lions said the tigers saw it, the tigers said the rhinoceros saw it, the rhinoceros said the oxen saw it, the oxen said the buffalo saw it, and it went on. It ended at the little hare, who said the earth was breaking. The lion asked, what happened? The hare explained how he sat beneath a fruit tree and heard a noise of the earth breaking so he ran. The lion thought maybe a fruit fell, so he asked the hare to take him where the earth broke. They got back to the location and there was a fruit on the ground. The lion explained how the "noise" was the fruit falling off the tree.

Noor Inayat, The End of the World, Link

Writers Write: 9 Ways to Bring the Funny in Your Fiction

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I realized it is very hard to be funny in my writing because I don't think I have a great sense of humor. I was reading an article, "9 Ways to Bring the Funny in Your Fiction" and I thought it was a pretty cool article. It talked about humor does not need to be invented, it just needs to be observed and ready to explain it to people. Anything can make you laugh, it is the way you present your story. Everyone has their own idea of creative writing and style. Another way to make your fiction funny were phrases, words, and sounds that are used in the story. A funny word can make people go nuts for the story. It is all about how your humor flows throughout the story. There is nothing to be afraid of when you are expressing yourself in the story. Comedy should not be a genre, but an element to your story that ties it altogether. It is part of the process when creating your stories. You just have to stay true to your style of writing and incorporate your own humor in it, then people will understand it.

9 Ways to Bring the Funny in Your Fiction, Dan Brotzel, Link

Reading notes: PDE The Guilty Dogs

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One days there were a chariot of six white horses in the courtyard with harness. They were out there all night when it started to rain. The palace dogs decided they wanted to have fun andsaw the harness was wet and softened by the rain. The dogs snuck down to the court yard and bit the wet straps. They were playing it all night and eventually left before the sun came out. 

The stablemen yelled "The straps of the royal chariot, eaten!...destroyed!" and was scared to the King. When he told the king, he told him it was definitly the dogs that had been gnawing the straps. The King demanded to kill every dog in the city, all 700 hundred of them. 

But there was a dog that the chief loved and protected for and they were set out to find him too. The chief questioned and asked, "Why are you putting all the dogs in danger when they did not do anything wrong?" The King was furious for even questioning his order and wanted all the dogs to be blamed for. The chief explained how it is impossible for guard dogs to enter the palace and unreasonable to kill innocent dog. 

The chief told the King why would the city dogs be guilty and the palace dogs be innocent? He told him there was no justice in that. So the King asked the chief who was the guilty dogs and the chief responded saying, "The palace dogs". 

The chief fed the palace dogs kusa grass and buttermilk to eat. Soon after their meal, shreds of the harness and leather came out of their mouth. The guilty dogs were found.

Noor Inaya, The Guilty Dogs, Link