Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Why I Love Lists//Freshman Year List

My Myers-Briggs test defined me as an ENFJ.
Some really great people in this world are ENFJ's...
Ronald Reagan, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. .... Sarah Chang....

The part that no one ever believes is that I am a J.

The J stands for judger... no, it does not mean that I am judgmental of other. (Though I am guilty of that at times. Aren't we all?) It means that I like to 'have matters settled' and being an FJ specifically means that I am empathetic. I definitely agree with those notions, but people usually think of J's as being super clean and put together... those are things that I am not. I am however very administrative and organized chaos pretty much defines my life. My room may look like a giant mess to you, but I really do know where everything is. The main way that I think I daily demonstrate my J-ness is that I literally could not survive without lists. They are THE best. like seriously. How do people get ANYTHING done without making lists? At Barnes and Noble they have a list journal... It is a journal that on each page has a different subject and you just get to list all the things you can think of under that topic. That honestly sounds so fun to me.

Wow, I sound like a total nerdling.

Anyways, I realized that 1) I hadn't posted in a while and 2) I haven't posted anything funny... So, I thought I should make a post with some sort of funny list. Plus, I saw Elizabeth Griffin's throwback Thursday post and it was a list of all the hilarious trends she has taken part in. So, I want in on this list making blogger party... (Wow... I was even listing in my explanation. Typical.)

This morning I celebrated my last college ministry EMP ever... (EMP means Early Morning Prayer/Party) So in honor of senior year, I have a list of things Senior Annie would like to tell Freshman Annie.

1) GO TO BED! All nighters are dumb and in no way beneficial. You will soon learn that you are more than capable of getting things done on time. If you are staying up and it is NOT because you have a giant paper due the next day then it is just silly. Stop going to bed at 4 am because you were Facebooking for 7 hours!  [BTW: SIDE NOTE... How do we spend so long on Facebook? I barely ever get on anymore and now I just literally CANNOT wrap my mind around how I spent more than 10 minutes at a time on there.]

2) Baylor T-Shirt Dresses (or any school's) are not cool. Maybe it seemed cool at the time, but in retrospect I can't really remember why... They are kinda awkward and rarely fit well...
3) Eat in the dining halls EVERY DAY. You will realize when you are a sophomore and have to buy your own groceries how great of a deal the dining hall is. Never eat at Penland. That place is disgusting. Eat at Brooks as often as you can because it is STINKING awesome. As a senior, I have only eaten there twice in my Baylor career and I greatly regret it.

4) Journaling everyday of your freshman year is the best idea you have ever had. It provides me with endless entertainment.

5) Don't give in to the Farmville hype. It is just another reason for you to spend hours on Facebook.

6) Papers and tests will make or break you in EVERY SINGLE CLASS for the next four years. They really do deserve full attention because it is a GIFT that you are at this school. Do NOT blow them off.

7) Switch to Speech Comm... it is the best/easiest major and your GPA will skyrocket.

8) Don't bother paying for the Bear Pit... You will never go pick up your jersey and you will only go to like 10 basketball games all of college. What a waste of 20 dollars....

9) Wearing Sperry's with every single outfit, if you're a girl, is like wearing a sign that says, "Hey, I'm a freshman!"

10) You need Jesus and He loves you. Forget the rest. He is all that matters.

and in that spirit here are some freshman funnies..











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