Academy Day

Have you ever thought what makes you happy? I think, yes of course. Everyone of us surely had been in an extraordinary situation where in we best exhibited our best qualities. How we achieve happiness can be different for each one of us. Our passions, expectations, life experiences, and even our personalities all contribute to the level of contentment we experience in our lives. All days are not the same, some can be boring while some can be really exciting and leave an indelible impression on your mind, I am describing one of those days which bears in my mind. Life is a blessing thus every moment of your life has to be lived to the fullest. The most remarkable event in this month was an Academy Day (but about it later).

Incidentally, one year ago, I was a different person. I had a dream to study in Kiev, but life is an unpredictable thing. Now, I’m studying in Ostrog academy – in place, where I’ve never wanted to be. And with a great honour I can say that I’m very happy to be here. By the way, I found people who change my point of view, change myself and simply make my life better and happier. We celebrated together anniversary of our alma-mater.

Despite the fact that since the founding of the university has been more than four centuries, since the revival she was 20 years old. Having entered to the territory of academy, I felt an old powerful spirit of this place. In any case, everything was decorated in blue-yellow colours. In the afternoon there was a concert of pianist Etella Chupryk, then was a flashmob – held on the stadium. After official part at the academy park was a fair where was an utter chaos and a small concert, where all familiar faces showed their talents.

Finally, Academy Day is a remarkable event not only for Academy, but also for this small city. Thanks for organizers who put real efforts for a successful anniversary celebration. It was a classic example of a great highlight, which wasn’t ill-prepared or underworked. At the end of the day everyone was ecstatic and went home with a smile on a face.
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Leisure time

     

                                                              Leisure time

     Things are a lot easier now than they were fifty years ago, technology has given us more time to spend on leisure and to take an interest in different things.

     Every individual whether a student or a businessman ideally finds some leisure time in a day. In most instances you spend your free time with your friends and families, which is good. You may also choose to play, read, or fulfill your other hobbies and interests. While you do all such activities, feel the excitement of you doing them in a productive manner. Remember, you’re only young once. So making the right use of your time can not only be interesting but also be very satisfying if you can be a little more creative to come out with great productive ideas. There are many ideas that you can implement to make your leisure time very productive and how to reduce stress. Here are a few ideas on how you can make your free time useful:

-Make some money. As now is 21 century – century of modern technologies and booming business, it has a collosal impact on the way we live, so is easy to earn a sufficient sum of money. The best productive way of utilizing your spare time is to use your hobbies and interests you are skilled at and earn an income.

-Clean up your belongings. If you’re devastated and feel that you can lose your temper, why not to do some cleaning? At any rate, do some cleaning work at your home, like reorganizing your books scattered in your study room or work space, cleaning your backyard garden, putting your clothes to clean, and many more. This not only helps you maintain cleanliness, but also lets you some good exercises for your body. Moreover, it can help you to wind down and to feel more ecstatic and jubilant.

-Plan your important goals: When you have free time and your mind is quite relaxed, try to suppress your feelings and set your milestones and goals. It does not have to be only your professional goals; you can also plan how you want to achieve your personal goals.

-Revisit your network. Free time is the best part of the day to relook at your network connections and visit them by sending them a welcoming message. It really helps when you have been thinking of buzzing someone, but have not been able to do so. Revisiting your network at your leisure times can bring wonders in your relationships.

-Broad your outlook. In any case, travelling is the most exciting way of spending free time. If you’re gutted of something, go for a picnic or visit a country of your dream.

-Stay healthy. Your regular work may keep your busy and uneasy all the time and you tend to ignore your health. So it is very important to calm down, so the best way to ease up your fatigue is to do some useful exercise for your body and mind whenever you get some free time. You can go for a walk or run through the jogging track at your locality, do some meditation exercises, or even do some yoga.

     Finally, I hope everyone will choose the most appropriate step of spending leisure time productively. What's more, leisure time is one of the most important thing people can't live without. It is a big part of our life, and it actually shows the character and temper of person. Our hobbies and habits make our lives, filling it up with variety of feelings and emotions. Each person chooses his own way of spending time, either active of passive and in any case in should be a refreshment and a source of inspiration.

Body language

     Have you ever thought about the way you walk and talk? What about the way you sit? Does it matter and what does it say about you? About your mood? About your attitude? Your personality or your culture?

     What is this body language exactly?" Our body gestures, facial expressions, postures and even the distance we keep from others, when tied up together, create a rich layer of mostly subconscious communication called body language. We communicate and interact mainly through motions of our body and expressions with our face. In any case, without it we would be like robots - standing and blinking at each other while we speak.

      It's your most natural and effective way of communicating in face to face interactions. As a matter of fact, the same gesture can indicate a number of different things depending on context. It is very important to have a little knowledge, what different kinds of gestures means. Bear in mind the proverb: "Better safe than sorry'' and during speaking with a person you'll know if he says the truth or deceives. 

      Incidentally, after observing my groupmates I noticed how they behave in different situations and I made some generalizations about their gestures. For example, most of them always lean towards another person displaying an interest in each other. At any rate, it's a good way to keep an eye contact. I noticed than some goes red, when they are praised. When someone is confused, he always raises his eyebrow.  If a person is sitting with folded arms it may imply stuborness. Alternatively, folding arms can tell that person isn't interested in subject of speaking and do not want to participate in conversation.

   Finally, a better understanding of human body language can be useful in our own communication and in understanding others. It is an excessive need to learn what every body sign means, because actions speak louder than words. It can also be a lot of fun to feel like you know what other people are thinking, when they're lying to you and how comfortable they are in a given situation. 

Do something you love

“Do something you love”
     I hear that all the time. But the problem with it is that for a long time I was ill-informed and misunderstand what does it mean. 
     First off what is love? Second how do I find what I love? Third how do I identify and visualize if I love something? Frankly speaking, “what I love” is basically telling me nothing. So how do we start figuring out what we love? Let’s start off small,let’s attack one of the biggest questions of our lives: how do you define love? 
"Love is the desire to have something forever."That’s a horrible definition of love. That’s literally meaningless,” Love is so much more than that. It’s a deep intensified passion, an incurable madness, it’s poetry of the soul. But clarify what does it mean to say you love something? What does it mean to say you love a person? To exemplify, it means you want that thing or that person in your life forever. No matter what happens. No matter if things get tough, if the relationship goes sour, in good times and bad, monotonous. When people say love is crazy this is what they mean: you’re willing to sacrifice your happiness, your sanity, your very soul for someone or something else. Love is becoming a part of something bigger than yourself. That’s why it’s one of the most beautiful and noble things a person can do.

     Now that we know what love is, the next question to identify is how do we find it? Most of us do what any self-respecting Ukrainian would do when faced with a question like this. I mean we can’t just sit around waiting for love, we have to go find it ourselves. The problem is this: it doesn’t work. Why? Because the stakes for every interaction are too high. If you’re actively searching for that activity you love, for something or someone you’re passionate about, then you’re constantly asking yourself: “Do I love this?” 

     To finalize love is very often not something that you feel immediate passion for. Love doesn’t start out as a hurricane that sweeps through your life and changes everything in an instant. It starts out as a seed. Barely alive, easily overlooked, fragile and small. But given attention love grows. Given proper care it sprouts and springs up through the dirt. Given enough care the thing that you love becomes the lens through which you see the world. The same happens with an activity which you love, so remember everything starts from the small and only you have an opportunity to decide if this is what you love.