Introduction

 Doing this "sitting still" activity was a lot more different and difficult than I thought. I noticed at first, it was hard to focus on my breathing as well as keeping my thoughts clear. I constantly kept thinking of schoolwork and other life obstacles that was been eating away at me. It took me a few times until I was able to only think about my breathing. Once I focused on only my breathing, I was slowly able to pay attention to my surroundings. I noticed the warmth on my leg was slightly warmer than the rest of my body, as the sunlight was coming in from the window. I never noticed it before, but I can feel my chest and shoulders rising and falling as I was breathing. I noticed the smell of the fruity air freshener that was plugged into my living room. It smelled stronger the more I focused on it. I then notice how I can hear the busy street coming from my window. The cars using their breaks, the cars accelerating, and the people's conversation as they walk pass my win...

Starting college, I never thought I would be taking online courses. Before covid, I always had an image in my head of attending all of my classes in person and that online classes were just for people who had families and/or had a full-time job. I think the past me hated online classes as I didn't know how to manage my time with assignments and studying. It was until my second year of college, that I started learning how to balance my online classes. My first year of college I was attending Winona State University with all of my classes online, that I took from home because I didn't see the point in staying on campus if I was just going to be in my room most of the time. It was a hard first year as it was not what I expected college to be. I then transferred here, to NDSU, to get a fresh start in fall of 2021.  By that time, I was able to take in-person classes and 1 or 2 online classes. Disciplining myself to have a schedule was hard but definitely worth it. I made sure to hav...

 Hello, my name is Hope Herr. I am a junior at North Dakota State University and my major is accounting. My first year of college I had no idea what I wanted to do in my life. I first went into nursing, then computer science. I'm not sure if Covid-19 ruined my experience with my classes for those majors but I felt like it didn't fit me. For a while, I was panicking as to what I should choose next as my major. I was scared that I wouldn't be able to find a career for me. I was making a list of subjects I like to do in school and math was always one of my favorites. That is how I came across accounting. To this day, I'm still not sure what exact job I am looking in the job market. My intermediate accounting professor has brought this up in class the other day and I am hoping that this semester I can find a few careers that I may be interested in.                                   ...