Week 7: Growth Mindset

I think that the greatest place for me to apply the Growth Mindset idea in my own life is not only in my academic studies, but also in my relationships.

Something that has always been important to me is the power of family and friendships. Growth mindset ideas can be applied to people as well as schooling because sometimes we fail at relationships and we have to know how to fix them and to move on from past hurts.

For instance, I am closest to my three roommates. Something I always want to be aware of is how I am showing them love. Some weeks, I do not show love as well because I am focused on myself and what I have to do for that week. They are always so caring for me and they always take steps to make sure that I know I am loved. They have cleaned the apartment for me as well as buying me small gifts to show their appreciation for me as a friend. I hope that I am able to reciprocate this feeling as well as they have for me.

The growth mindset makes me want to move past the times that we have not gotten along as friends/roommates and focus on the future moments. Life is too short to not love well.

(Image of Me and My Friends- A personal photo)

Famous Last Words: Week 7

This week was very hectic for me in the middle of the week. I have been preparing for three midterms coming up this next week and I had a very important interview with a potential company in Dallas for the summer. The internship would be a dream for me because I absolutely loved the company and the people that I met that worked for the company. I will find out this next week if I advanced to the second round of the interviewing process and I am much more nervous than I thought I would be in the beginning.

This next week will be very busy for me as I have three upcoming midterms. I am thankful that in Indian Epics, we never take tests because testing gives me very bad anxiety and makes me anxious. As I had to study all weekend for these midterms, I was unable to go home to Dallas for OU/Texas. That being said, I am glad I did not go home because of our disappointing loss yesterday and because I got the chance to experience Norman in a whole new quiet light this weekend. Only one of my three roommates stayed and we got to hang out all weekend along with being dedicated to our studies for the upcoming weeks. I also pulled a couple extra shifts at my job this weekend in order to cover for people so they could attend the game on Saturday. I like going to campus when no one is in town because it seems very quiet and serene. It was a nice change of pace from the norm.

This upcoming week will be more hectic than last week and I do not know how I will be able to handle it yet. For now, it is a lot of being studious and diligent with keeping my planner in sync with my crazy life that seems to change from minute-to-minute!

(Image Source: Hectic Gif Images from Gif Gallery)

Week 7 Review

(Image Source: Laura Gibbs' Course Announcements page)

I chose this image from the course announcements page because of the cleverness of it. I love clever little images like this and it definitely made me smile on this crazy Sunday!

Sunday October 11 Course Announcements

Reading Diary B: Kincaid Mahabharata

-The Pandava brothers have finally spent all twelve years of exile when they come to the year of disguise. They plan to spend this year in the court of King Virata.
-King Virata's daughter ends up marrying the son of Arjuna.
-Yudhishthira disguises himself as a gambler because of his past, Bhima disguises himself as a cook, Nakula works in the stables, Sahadeva is a cow-herd, and Arjuna is disguised as a dancing teacher.
-Draupadi is disguised as the queen's beautiful maid.
-Kichaka tries to rape the beautiful maid and Bhima promises to avenge Draupadi.
-Bhima waits one night for Kichaka and crushes him to death (exactly how does he go about crushing him to death?).
-Draupadi claims that she has a celestial husband and this gets her off the hook for the death of the queen's brother??
-The Pandavas reveal their true identities to King Virata at the end of their exile. This is also when Arjuna's son marries the princess.
-Duryodhana wants to keep the brothers in the forest, so he tries to convince King Dhritarashtra to continue their exile for 12 more years.
-At the end of the Mahabharata, the Bharatas are reunited once again.
-Yudhishthira has a loyal hunting dog that accompanies him and Indra takes him and the dog up to heaven. However, his siblings are down in Hell. He must renounce heaven in order to be with them and so he does. Wow, true loyalty. This is also a test from Indra though. Because of Yudhishthira's choice to be with all of them, they are all allowed to go to heaven with him now.

("Yudhishthira with a dog as a chariot from heaven arrive" from Wikipedia Commons)

Kincaid Mahabharata

Reading Diary A: Kincaid Mahabharata

-Duryodhana is the eldest of the Kauravas (one hundred sons between King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari).
-The Pandavas and Kauravas are both descendants of King Bharata, so they are known collectively as "the Bharatas".
-Duryodhana grows very jealous of the Pandavas and plots to kill them along with their mother, but they escape by means of a tunnel with a warning in advance.
-Kunti and the Pandavas run to the forest disguised as Brahmins and have many adventures and dangers there.
-The Pandava brothers all marry Draupadi.
-Arjuna is sent into "self-imposed" exile when he enters Draupadi's room at the same time that Yudhishthira is in there.
-Yudhishthira has a gambling problem and ends up going so far as to gamble away Draupadi, his wife.
-The Pandavas are forced into exile in the forest for 13 years (the 13th year must be in disguise).
-Arjuna climbs the Himalayas in search for the heavenly city of Indra (Amaravati).
-Arjuna is told by a man (Indra in disguise) that he must search for Shiva before he can find this city.
-Arjuna kills a boar, another hunter (Shiva in disguise) challenges him for the boar and then reveals himself, bestowing golden armor for Arjuna.

("Disrobing of Draupadi" from illustrated Mahabharata)

I liked reading from the Kincaid Mahabharata a lot more because the reading guide was easier to understand. It really helped with the flow of the stories and kept my interest throughout the entire reading. It is also very useful to go back to and find stories easily. This quality makes it perfect for storybook projects in the future.

Kincaid Mahabharata