New Post :)

Well, I’ve decided that if I wait to post the post I’ve been working on for the last two weeks, it’s going to be another three weeks until I post. So, I’m going to go ahead and post a different post. :)

I have just over a week until Summer Excitement. I am so….well, excited. I have big hopes for this year. I’m really going to work on making friends. Yes, I know this may seem strange to a lot of people because I’m not usually a shy person. That is, when I’m in a place where I know a lot of people, I’m a happy and friendly person. Unfortunately, when I’m in a place where I don’t know many people, I tend to dive into a small bubble, and I have a ridiculously hard time making friends. So, I’m going to work on that this year at SE.

The above paragraph as way too many “I or I’m” s in it. So now I’m (!) going to talk about something else. Mainly, the book I’m (!) reading. It’s called Made to Stick, by brothers Chip and Dan Heath. This book basically analyses why some ideas/stories/speeches are really memorable and others are not. It comes down to six principles that can usually be found in all ideas that stick: simple, unexpected, concrete, credible, emotional, contain/are stories. I'd never really thought about it, but I really think that the brothers are right! Without these basics, ideas tend to loose interest or confuse people. So far, I think that this is a really great book, and if the second half is as good as the first, I’d recommend it to anyone.

All for now,
Lauren