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image-photo/western-cowboy-portrait-1048362142  This week I decided to make an acronym out of myself. M.A.C MOVE ALONG COMPETENLY This acronym is for all you cowpokes out there who may feel like they have no idea what the hell they're doing, all you guys have to rmember is, you are competent, now move along that trail partner. (I've been replaying Red Dead 2 this week, hence the cowboy speak.)

 This week I thought it might be fun to make a little mantra to help myself or others get through the rough  winter days ahead. A personal favourite movie of mine and one that I quote with my friends all the time is "The Big Lebowski" featuring Jeff Bridges as the man I aspire to be, The Dude. The Dude is the epitomy of taking it easy and having a good time, so I think I'll make my mantra based around his character, here it is.... Keep Taking It Easy For All Them Sinners. Pretty much, just relax and let everyone else worry about their problems.

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/fish-and-chips-by-the-sea-gm484477646-71272013  "Hold on a second," I can hear you say dear reader, "Growth Mindset 2?! He's doing another one? Surely his Mindset has grown enough during his last blog post!". Well dear reader, I appreciate that you think so highly of me but honestly my mind is far from grown, so this week I decided at having a go at looking through the Growth Mindset Padlet and ponder the quotes within to see how it can affect my own growth mindset. There were many wonderful quotes on that padlet board but the one that stood out to me was Fish And Chips, which is an acronym for "Forgetting Is Sometimes Hard, Choosing Happiness Is Possible". I chose this because obviously it's an awesome acronym and far surpasses any kind of acronym I could ever think of in a million years. However I also chose it because the statement rings true. I have a tendency to hold grudges, and it's lost me friends in th...

 What the hell is a growth mindset? It sounds like some weird disease from a science fiction novel. Well apparently a growth mindset is a mindset that is ready and willing to grow, huh, how about that. I'll be honest, last year I had kind of a fixed mindset, alot of what was being taught in class wasn't really new information to me and I really struggled with taking part in classes because my laptop hates me and I got a fun new diagnosis from a doctor called anxiety. So as you can imagine, I wasn't really up for growing as a person, but instead felt much better wallowing in the pits of despair. But this year is gonna be different, now that we're back on campus I can't wait to start taking part in class, learning new things and hopefully making a few new mates. And if thats not a growth mindset then I think I might have googled it wrong. NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 15: Brendan Fraser attends the 2018 FX Annual All-Star Party at SVA Theater on March 15, 2018 in New York City...