Today I did not do a lot of activities, mostly because it was a Sunday and even less of them had to do with my values, but some of them matched up with my values. I did a few things that had to deal with wisdom, friendship, health, and some personal accomplishment. Just in general everyday I am very careful about what I eat, making sure that it is healthy and good for my body. I am very health conscious in general and it is seen in my day to day life. Friendship was seen when I went to breakfast with a bunch of people this morning as well as hanging with them all day and through to the night. Each day I try and fit some personal accomplishment in, even if it is something small I try and make a goal even as simple as finishing an assignment or folding my laundry. Lastly in wisdom I am constantly trying to learn and better myself, similar to health. I do this very often by watching videos on youtube, that can vary from fitness videos, to Ted Talks to just try and absorb some sort of new knowledge.

I believe I inherited a lot of patterns from my family, as a part of personal improvement. My family are all very driven people with high aspirations, and seeing just how successful the rest of my family is makes me more driven because I want to be just as great as them. Currently some of my values that I am not really working towards or acknowledging is Prestige and Power, they are things I want in the future but not things that I need to be currently working on. Some goals I have for myself, is to try and be the best I can be and always putting be best effort in anything that I try, even if it is something I don’t like to much at first. I feel bad about things that I quit on and look back at them and regret my missed opportunities, so from now on I try and reach my full potential. Currently the unknown is what is standing in the way of my goals. I do not know exactly what I want to do with my life, but I have high hopes and aspirations. I need to try and think more short term, and specific goals for what I want, instead of trying to think a big picture of what I am trying to do.

The Science of the Best Fresh Pasta

Reading this post was surprising to me, because I never really knew how to make home made pasta. I was very delighted when I found out how it easy it is, and it gives me some new motivation to make my own pasta at home instead of buying boxes of pasta. It will take some extra time if I decide to make my own pasta at home, so the convenience is not as good, but it could be some fun while trying to create a new recipe, and will be a nice stress reliever allowing me to spend some fun time in the kitchen. Cooking has always been something that I have loved to do, and is great way that helps me to release stress. Finding time to cook in college is a difficult task, and something as time consuming as making my own pasta dough may not be something I will be able to practice much during school, but is going to be a great thing to know how to do for the future. I thought that there was more to making pasta than just eggs, and flour but now I know I really only need two ingredients to make my own pasta.