Motivation

"Motivating is the management process influencing people’s behavior based on the knowledge of what makes people “tick”."

This was the topic of my management course today and honestly I couldn't help but to think into it a little bit.
People always think of making a person "tick" as a bad thing almost like the saying  "pushing their buttons"
But in reality the tick or pushing of ones buttons if you actually think about it, for the most part always results in an outcome.
If there is no outcome then the lack of an outcome was coincidentally an outcome.  
An outcome of some kind is an action of some kind.
Therefore you Motivated them in one way or another to do, say, or act.
Now in which way you are motivated is up to you.

I think the knowledge and thought process of things like this are extremely important for a positive outlook on life.
If say, I am pushed to my limits in turn will that not motivate me to make my limit bigger, longer, better?
Motivation is key in productivity.

Set your goals and limits.
Let yourself and others motivate you to reach them.
Once you have reached them..
make bigger ones, making it more challenging for yourself and others to get you to your limit and/or breaking point.
If you aren't motivated to take action today.. when will you be?

<3 Be Peaceful

Too much time.

Life is never easy..
and there is too much time to make it harder for yourself.
If people could just leave things be it would probably make it less complicated.

and this is where being the bigger person comes in.

The way it works at CIA is that you stick with the same group for pretty much your whole program.
This gets complicated.
And this has been testing my bigger person abilities.

But I know that being able to keep my thoughts inside and walk this world with my chin held high will pay off in the end.

I don't want to make this life harder for myself..
I want to slide through and be happy go luck about life.

To help me.. My lovely boyfriend<3 I don't know what I'd do without him. 10.10.10

<3 Be Peaceful

My Druthers..

With new days comes new things...
I decided an overhaul of peace of cake was necessary since I am feeling like I am in a different place in my life..
I am in a happier part.
Don't get me wrong my bad days come...but then they go.
And that is the important thing to remember, a day is only 24 hours. It'll be a new one before you know it and 20 years from now I won't remember the crude remarks or the stress level of L block.
I will just look back and see those who where there for me and all the nights I stayed up until ungodly hours of the morning doing nothing.. absolutely nothing but having fun while I did it.

I came back to New York with intentions of second chances and I feel like I have done ok, but I know I should try harder.
Mind you there is always an exception.
And sometimes that exception leads to others and so on and so forth.
Before you know it you are back where you started.
So with this new face of Peace of Cake I will turn my cheek.
I will look at the good.
Forgive but never forget.
Because in the end every breath I spend discussing the failure of others is a breath I could have be expressing the love and fun in life.
Another breath I could have used to laugh instead.

I'm glad this overhaul has happened now because I know I am going to need this to keep peace of mind in the coming weeks.
But I will embrace it, showing fun no mercy.

A thoughtful quote today while I was in Rhinebeck exploring with lovely friends...

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. -Thich Nhat Hanh

If I had my druthers I'd be Peaceful anyway<3

The problem with food.

Actually the problem with having a food related degree...
When you graduate with said degree there are so many fields and areas of work you can go into not to mention the abundance of education paths you can continue on after.
Now it's time to decide which path I want to take....
How can I decide? I don't feel like I am old enough to make such an important decision.
But I can't just keep going to school for random degree..I am going to have to put them together into one career sooner or later.

HELP!

<3  Be Peaceful

Scrabbled.

I got a fridge today. It has a wrap and apple juice in it.
I'm playing scrabble with my boyfriend..over the phone. <3smart phone apps.
I got a lot of homework done and will continue on that path tomorrow.
Everythings ok.

-Be Peaceful

One Week Deep.

A week deep and I am already so stressed I want to cry.
I try talking to my loved ones for some support, some reassurance but it just frustrates me and makes me not want to talk anymore.
Being in a different state and having a horrendous class schedule is making my life so difficult.
Then I am expected to find a job to add onto it.
How can I work? The only time I get to myself is the weekends and even on the first week its going to be spent reading hundreds of pages of shit I don't care about.
I keep telling myself , if I can get through the next 8 months I will be fine.
But the truth of the matter is, I bit off more than I could chew.
I can't afford to go to the number one culinary school and I will be and am already in debt so deep, I'm not sure I will ever be able to get out of it.
Hearing people talk about paying off there student debt at the age of 40 makes me cringe.
I don't want to be that 40 year old with huge payments every month for an education most don't even think was worth the time.
And what happens if I get into the real world when this is all said and done and I don't even want to do this?
I feel like I am working so hard and in the end I am going to come up short.
Jobless, not knowing what I want to do in life, and in Debt. The perfect way to start a life of my own.
I just want to quit.

-Peaceful is hard when your in debt at 19.

Home sick Kick.

I think I just got hit in the face with homesick.
I suddenly got really sad.
Maybe talking to my mom and then talking to Alan right after did the trick.
I really miss being home, not to mention home with Alan.
ugh =/
And I pretty much failed at packing which in turn is costing me money.. lots of money.


I guess on the good side is that classes seem really cool.
My teachers are cool and the work seems pretty easy.
I have Restaurant Law, Nutrition, Costing, Intro to Management, and Menu Development.
All of which include a million projects but luckily they are mostly group so it won't be as much work.
Also I have my darling Cameron next to me.
Hopefully all goes well as I am planning.

As far as New York goes.. Its freakin cold already and its been raining to make it even colder.
Can't I just get a couple weeks of semi warm before it turns into the freakin Arctic.
Ugh..

<3 Be Peaceful

VA or Bust!

I am leaving tomorrow to head up north as I am moving into my dorm on Monday.
On my way to NY I am stopping in VA to see my lovely sister, brother in law, and their two kids.
This is VERY exciting. I haven't seen them in a long time and probably wont see them for awhile after this trip.
This is also bitter sweet because I am leaving home..again..
You'd think I'd be use to it by now... I'm not.
Oh well.. I will be home again in December and my lovely, amazing, handsome boyfriend will be too. =)
That fact I am thrilled about.


<3 Be Peaceful