Last year I learned a new game. It's called What Are the Odds and how it works is person A suggests something foolish for person B to do and asks what the odds are. Person B then chooses a number (usually 10) and person C will count down from 3. After 1, person A and person B will simultaneously say a number between 1 and 10. If it is the same number, person B has to do what person A asked. The higher the odds, the less likely person B is to have to complete the task.
Recently, many of my friends have been asking about when I will know if I was accepted to the schools I applied to transfer to. I've been trying not to get my hopes up because frankly, I have no idea what the odds are. I know that often a higher percentage of transfer applicants are accepted than freshman applicants and it is a smaller pool but I have no idea how I stack up against the other applicants. Basically, it's just caused me a lot of stress so far. But that's not what got me thinking about odds. Last night I was talking with a friend and we got into a deep conversation about family and illness and I was recounting my mom's cancer story. She had a unique type of tumor that affects only 1 in 1,000,000 people and at the time there was a 1 in 5 rate of survival of 10+ years. Needless to say, it was an extremely unique, unfortunate circumstance and it was hard to believe she could be that 1/5 of 1/1000000. It still chokes me up to talk about it because we got so lucky.
We love to hear story of people defying the odds. Whether it's the Cubs rising up to the occasion and coming close to fulfilling the Back to the Future prediction of them winning the 2015 World Series or someone conquering cancer, we always want to believe that the odds can be in our favor. We want to believe we are the exception to the rule and that miracles can happen every day and to ordinary people. Disney taught us to believe that. Of course there also movies like "He's Just Not That Into You" and unfortunate, sad cancer stories that come along to remind you that's not always the case, but I guess the point is that even though you're not always the exception and the odds won't always be in your favor, to believe that they can be and believe it'll work out in the end.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Procrastination
Things you can be doing instead of what you're supposed to be doing:
1. Check Facebook on your computer
2. Start stalking someone from your past
3. Start stalking someone else you find on their page
4. Realize you're a stalker and close Facebook
5. Move to your phone and check Instagram
6. Then Twitter
7. Then Facebook again, just for good measure
8. Send a snapchat using those fun face filters
9. Spend 5 minutes deciding on a playlist to listen to
10. Read some articles on Hello Giggles, TFM, The Odyssey, Spoon University, TSM, Her Campus, Buzzfeed or other source of news and posts like this
11. Open Netflix but decide you're not ready to commit to a full 42 minute procrastination session
12. Call your mom or dad
13. Call an old friend
14. Check what homework you should be doing that you aren't
15. Look up when your next tests are
16. Stress about how you don't know any of the material
17. Decide to change focus
18. Start thinking about what you still have at home and what you need to pack for fall break
19. Come up with a plan for spring break
20. Or maybe winter break first
21. Daydream about snowy days inside with hot chocolate
22. Remember that where you are it mostly just gets cold, not snowy, and that class is never cancelled
23. Pout about the impending cold
24. Remember its still fall and mentally remind yourself to appreciate the trees tomorrow and grab a PSL
25. Check social media (again)
26. Look for new people to follow because there isn't aren't new/interesting posts on your feed
27. Calculate how badly you can do on what you're procrastinating without messing up your grade completely
28. Look up pictures of puppies (new personal favorite puppstagram - Kono_In_Orlando )
29. Watch videos on EllenTube
30. See what Zac Efron has been up to lately
31. Go to a news website thinking you might actually be an informed citizen
32. Decide the news isn't interesting and go back to looking at pictures of Zac
33. Watch 17 Again or Neighbors
34. Realize it's been two hours and you're far enough behind that it's time to finally get it together or just give up and go to sleep because let's be honest, one grade isn't going to ruin your life.
1. Check Facebook on your computer
2. Start stalking someone from your past
3. Start stalking someone else you find on their page
4. Realize you're a stalker and close Facebook
5. Move to your phone and check Instagram
6. Then Twitter
7. Then Facebook again, just for good measure
8. Send a snapchat using those fun face filters
9. Spend 5 minutes deciding on a playlist to listen to
10. Read some articles on Hello Giggles, TFM, The Odyssey, Spoon University, TSM, Her Campus, Buzzfeed or other source of news and posts like this
11. Open Netflix but decide you're not ready to commit to a full 42 minute procrastination session
12. Call your mom or dad
13. Call an old friend
14. Check what homework you should be doing that you aren't
15. Look up when your next tests are
16. Stress about how you don't know any of the material
17. Decide to change focus
18. Start thinking about what you still have at home and what you need to pack for fall break
19. Come up with a plan for spring break
20. Or maybe winter break first
21. Daydream about snowy days inside with hot chocolate
22. Remember that where you are it mostly just gets cold, not snowy, and that class is never cancelled
23. Pout about the impending cold
24. Remember its still fall and mentally remind yourself to appreciate the trees tomorrow and grab a PSL
25. Check social media (again)
26. Look for new people to follow because there isn't aren't new/interesting posts on your feed
27. Calculate how badly you can do on what you're procrastinating without messing up your grade completely
28. Look up pictures of puppies (new personal favorite puppstagram - Kono_In_Orlando )
29. Watch videos on EllenTube
30. See what Zac Efron has been up to lately
31. Go to a news website thinking you might actually be an informed citizen
32. Decide the news isn't interesting and go back to looking at pictures of Zac
33. Watch 17 Again or Neighbors
34. Realize it's been two hours and you're far enough behind that it's time to finally get it together or just give up and go to sleep because let's be honest, one grade isn't going to ruin your life.
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