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		<title>E: Enthusiasm &#8211; What It&#8217;s Really Like</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 07:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brody]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a series titled, “A-B-Cs – What It’s Really Like”. Each week a new letter and its word will be revealed. Each word’s explanation will illustrate significant personal meaning, application and ultimately demonstrate, What It’s Really Like…  We have all heard that “a little bit goes a long way” and none more can be said about the action of enthusiasm. A small dose of enthusiasm can play a pivotal role in shaping the state of future outcomes, both positively and negatively. Enthusiasm may often be disguised as motivation. The difference between the two is that you may be motivated to accomplish a task, but not have enthusiasm for processing the task. One example of this may be your job. Most everyone is motivated by a paycheck; however they may not necessarily be enthusiastic about their job or career. A little bit of that has crept in on me over the past few years of my feelings toward my career. In education, teachers need to have an infinite amount of enthusiasm. Without this attribute, the chances are very high that the students in the class will not maximize their potential. As a student I thrived in classrooms where the teacher/professor was exuberantly enthusiastic. Today’s students are no different, in fact, enthusiasm is needed now more than ever as a way to grab and keep their attention. A teacher must always be ON and it is exhausting. That’s why after five years I can’t figure out whether I am burnt out or less enthusiastic about the profession. I still am motivated to help educate young people (and cash that bi-monthly paycheck), but enthusiasm sometimes gets clouded or washed away amidst all of the non-teaching headaches that continue to plague today’s educators. I am not going to disclose those here.  If you know a teacher, ask them about it. I am sure they would love to fill you in. Students are like bloodhounds and can sense when something is a little bit off. You tend to learn a lot about one another when you spend 180 days together for an hour or more – for better or worse. One day this past year, I was having one of the worst professional and personal days that I can recall. I actually stopped class a few minutes early to recollect myself before my next class came in. One of my students sitting nearby began a conversation with me as I was staring at an inanimate object on my desk. “Mr. Brody, can I ask you a question?” he asked. “Sure, Joseph”, I replied. “Do you like your job?” I was rattled and laughed. “Yes I do. Why do you ask?” “I don’t know. It just doesn’t seem that you like teaching that much.” There it was. I had one bad class. One moment where I could not hide my emotions and let them sit on my sleeve. The only moment that I was “off” and when my guard was down, I was found out. My lack of enthusiasm during one class hour was discovered. This situation was alarming and frustrating. Think of other areas of our lives where enthusiasm applies. My grandmother once told me, “Be as enthusiastic to stay married as you were to get married.” This was sage advice from someone who was married for over 60 years. I remember her quote regularly not as a reminder to stay married to my wife in tough situations, but to be enthusiastic about the little things that go a long way. Much like a teacher’s students those that you live with and are closest to can sense when you are not enthusiastic and buying in. Household chores, changing a dirty diaper, hanging out with your spouse’s annoying friends/co-workers (I promise I am not referring to my wife and I!) – It all adds up. Being caught without enthusiasm is called “faking it”. Some are better at it than others. Some just don’t give a damn. Most eventually get found out by their peers by an innate human 6th sense. How much of that are you subliminally broadcasting to friends and loved ones either through tone and/or body language?  Enthusiasm is the purest form of boosting morale. Enthusiasm is an expression and it sets a tone. What it is not is a way of falsely constructing motivation in order to accomplish an undesired duty. Enthusiasm is a way to build toward positive outcomes and also store for survival to persevere and endure through tough obstacles. Collectively, it is a powerful tool that can take you a long way as long as your mind is right. Let’s do this! &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>What It&#8217;s Really Like to Be a Flight Attendant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WIRL Project]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a flight attendant comes with some major perks: For one, you get to travel the world. But the job isn’t without its own challenges, too. Those of us in more grounded offices get to go home everyday; if your office has wings, though, you might be away from your home on nights you’d rather be in your own bed. So what wins out: Homesickness, or love of travel? Turns out that’s just one of the questions that comes up when you get ready to start a life in the sky. We got together with Glenn and Curtis, two flight attendants (and partners—they met on the job!) at the same major airline with a combined total of 37 years experience, to find out what the lifestyle of a professional flight attendant is like, from being a newbie to a pro in the business. 1. It’s not just a career. Glenn: “It’s a career, but it’s also a lifestyle. We have friends all over the world. We’re professional travelers. I’ve been based in London and Hong Kong, as well as San Francisco, where we both are now. You get used to living out of a suitcase, and bringing your little toiletry kit with you everywhere. You have your set of routines, depending on whether the flight is domestic or international, what the weather is like in the place you’re going, things like that. But you adapt to it, too. At home we have this big bag with a bunch of little bags inside, all stuffed with different currencies.” &#160; For the rest of this confessional written by Sarah Purkrabek of Afar, visit the link below. *Photo and excerpt source: Afar.com]]></description>
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		<title>What it&#8217;s like being a blogger</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 15:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Renee Guerrero]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi there! I am Renee, hailing from New York, 28 years old, engaged to the best guy ever. I’ve been blogging for about two years now, at first it was for weight loss accountability, but I found out slowly, that I liked sharing my life. I never was a “great” writer growing up, I had run on sentences in anything that was written and I babbled too much. That part of me hasn’t ever changed; I still babble way too much, my sentences are either too long or too short. Luckily my fiancé was a teacher so he usually proof reads my posts if I feel that they aren’t what they should be. I work full time Monday thru Friday so my blogging day usually starts around 6:30 a.m. when I get home from the gym. If I have a post planned already, I’ll tweak things I need to or just make sure it’s ready to go and schedule it. If nothing is planned, I’ll see what’s in my notebook to write about and start brain storming what angle I want to use, I also try to use pictures to make posts more interesting. &#8230;I found out slowly, that I liked sharing my life. Before leaving for my full time job I use Hoot Suite to schedule social media shares, twitter, facebook, and google +. That helps get my posts out during the course of the day without having to sit in front of the computer and actually sending out the posts. On the weekends I usually try and do my “larger” posts, ones that require more time and concentration than just a quick 30 minute post. Another thing I leave for the weekends is taking pictures, better sunlight, and more time to take “money shoots.” I’ve learned that blogging is like a second job, it requires time, patience, persistence and good content. Even as a blogger that has been doing this for two years it’s not easy, there will always be bloggers that are better, that have more followers. The numbers they have are huge, the amounts of comments that are on daily posts are HIGH, and nowhere near what mine are. Pangs of jealousy usually sting, but I think I don’t have the patience to grow my blog sometimes; on the other hand I love writing so I won’t be stopping anytime soon.]]></description>
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		<title>Caring For Animals Isn&#8217;t What I Do, It&#8217;s Who I Am</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashley]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So as I&#8217;ve mentioned before in previous posts, I work part time as a vet tech, that&#8217;s a veterinary technician! (Just in case someone wasn&#8217;t sure) I, believe it or not, LOVE my job!! How many people do you know that can honestly say the same?! I have worked within this particular profession for almost 7 years now, at the same animal hospital. Currently I only work 1-2 days a week, depending on how busy the schedule is. Throughout any given day, at any given time, there can be, and usually is, multiple different things all going on at once. As a vet tech, my job is pretty much to do whatever I can in order to help the Dr. Sometimes that means filling prescription medications, helping with surgery, restraining a feral cat for the Dr to examine, doing toe nail trims and &#8230;eeeek! anal glands , drawing blood, taking X-Rays, answering telephone calls, drawing up and administering medications, taking care of hospitalized pets and much more. Unfortunately, we also are faced with the tough, &#8216;this is life&#8217; duty of putting people&#8217;s pets to sleep. I LOVE working with animals, but this is the real story, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Yes, of course we get to see adorable puppies and kittens come in for their check ups and vaccinations (who doesn&#8217;t LOVE puppy kisses??) But we also get to see the old Labrador Retriever come in for his routine bloodwork because he has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. The poor dog seems to come for an appointment every few weeks with a new lump. It&#8217;s sad!! But you know what??He&#8217;s happy!!I always try to imagine what this particular dog would be doing if he had HIS choice, he wouldn&#8217;t be sitting around sulking and feeling bad for himself! He&#8217;d be out running, playing fetch, and exploring. Thinking this way for me, turns a not-so-positive situation into a bearable idea. As long as they&#8217;re happy, sometimes&#8230;that&#8217;s all that matters! When pet&#8217;s get old, or are extremely ill, owners will bring them in to be put down. Not that I have to explain&#8230;but this is the worst part of my job. This is where I, as a vet tech take on the responsibility of not only making sure the pet is comfortable and taken care of, but that the owner is treated with just as much care and empathy. When owners are crying and apologizing to me for being so emotional, I tell them, &#8216;it&#8217;s ok to be upset! I would be just the same way with my own. I&#8217;m sorry for your loss&#8217;. The unfortunate reality of the situation is that pets don&#8217;t live forever, as a matter of fact, they don&#8217;t live that long at all. We are here to help&#8230;you, and your pet. When we ask if it&#8217;s ok to &#8216;take them into the back&#8217; for certain procedures such as a blood draw or a toe nail trim, it&#8217;s because most pets, believe it or not are less stressed, and less protective when they are away from their owners. Most owners don&#8217;t want to see their baby being poked with a needle! (Yes, we use needles to draw blood- TRUST ME, we would use osmosis if we could! ) But it&#8217;s ok to trust us, we love your pet! That&#8217;s why we work with animals Sometimes it even takes us a little longer to bring the pet back to the owner because we are busy giving it lots of love&#8230; and treats!Even with all of the bad that I see, I wouldn&#8217;t trade my job for anything. It is so nice, and comforting to be surrounded by people who share the same passion in wanting to help animals. Caring for animals isn&#8217;t what we do, it&#8217;s who we are!]]></description>
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