{"id":2978,"date":"2013-05-06T18:15:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T23:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2013-05-06T18:15:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T23:15:55","slug":"positive-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2013\/05\/06\/positive-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/05\/Succulent.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2998 alignnone\" alt=\"Succulent\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/05\/Succulent.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>I\u2019ve had a few good discussions over the last few weeks about negativity\u2013the concept itself, people that seem consumed by it, and how it affects us individually and our relationships with other people. It seems that college can be a breeding ground for negative thinking. With all our stresses and pressures put on us by ourselves and others, it often leads us to feeling inadequate, unaccomplished, stressed out and fed up. It drives us to have a negative outlook; we become focused only on the bad things in our life, and no longer celebrate the good.<\/p>\n<p>How poisonous!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m reading a book called <em>Succulent Wild Woman<\/em> by SARK, and loved the quotation I stumbled upon the other day: <strong>&#8220;The negative can be so seductive. You can usually find someone to spend time being critical, judgmental, or dark with,&#8221;<\/strong> or maybe better known as \u2018Misery loves company.\u2019 Are the people in your life encouraging your negativity? Or are they empowering you to move beyond your struggles and take action? We\u2019re at an awesome stage in our lives as college students: we have lots of resources, we are allowed to make mistakes, and we are supported by a network of experienced people willing to help us learn and grow. Yet if we cannot step beyond the things that are stressing us out, we keep ourselves trapped.<\/p>\n<p>I challenge you to asses your situation. We\u2019re coming to the end of the semester, finals breathing down our necks. How will you approach them? Make a point to not complain\u2013after all, we <i>all<\/i> have finals this next week, we\u2019re in college right? Keep your conversations with your friends happy and light. Don\u2019t use them to talk about negative topics \u2013 that will only increase your stress level when you\u2019re trying to take a break!<\/p>\n<p>If we take time to nurture positive relationships with both others <i>and<\/i> ourselves, we will lead more fulfilling lives. Let\u2019s learn this lesson <b>now<\/b> so we can continue to celebrate life for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>-Courtney<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/category\/students\/courtney-c\/\">Courtney Cerniglia<\/a> is a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point majoring in business administration and Spanish.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve had a few good discussions over the last few weeks about negativity\u2013the concept itself, people that seem consumed by it, and how it affects us individually and our relationships with other people. It seems that college can be a breeding ground for negative thinking. With all our stresses and pressures put on us by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,12,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}