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__** Get To Know You Questions: **__

· What daily activity bores you? Doing dishes · What job did you have that you would never want to work again?  Definitely McDonald’s and Taco Bell. I am never going to work fast food again. · What goals do you have for your work? I hope to do really well with Lifebushido and stay with them indefinitely. I also hope to finish college to become a psychiatrist. · What job have you been procrastinating? I don’t think I have been procrastinating any job. · How much time would you spend to save $100? Hmm…a couple of hours. · What would be the very first thing you would do if you won the lottery? Get my and mom’s teeth fixed. · When was the last time you did volunteer work? I volunteered at my local PX wrapping Christmas gifts last year. · What Random Act of Kindness have you done recently? I bought a pregnant soldier lunch. · <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When was the last time you turned your mobile phone off (not just on silent)? <span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Yesterday · <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">How many e-mails are sitting in your inbox? <span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It depends on which inbox. I have about 6 different email addresses ranging from 2000 to 1 messages at any given time. · <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What is the best invention during your lifetime? <span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My kids and the Prius. · <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What technology bugs you when other people refuse to adopt it? <span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">None. To each his own. · <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What do you dislike most about modern life? <span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Not enough people care about each other. · <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Would you rather have a boring repetitive job that paid $90,000/year or an engaging job that you really enjoy but it pays $45,000/year? <span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Definitely the latter. Money can’t buy happiness and 45k is a good amount to live on. · <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If you had an extra hour every day what would you do with it? <span style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What every mother would: sleep
 * Emalia Bevil **

I get bored having down time at work. I am constantly looking for tasks to fill my time, such as cleaning, re-organizing, etc. Driving for long periods of time bores me too. I need to have my iPod with me on long car rides to keep me entertained. My very first job at 16 years old was as a retail clerk in a clothing store, specializing in private school uniforms. It was tons of crying, screaming children that didn’t want to waste precious summer hours trying on their school uniform. I had to chase around middle schoolers to pin their pants to be hemmed. The store was in a mall, and the stockrooms to the store were in a ‘back alley-style’ hallway. The stockrooms themselves were dark and creepy and at least ¼ mile away from the store. Definitely my least favorite job of my working career! My goals for work are to be happy. I want to be able to make an impact with my work, like making someone else’s day easier. I want to be the best I can be and succeed in my work. I’ve been procrastinating packing. I can’t even begin to imagine bringing all of my possessions halfway around the world. I want to move to Wales, UK by the end of March so I really need to get started. I’ve contacted moving agencies that specialize in international moves, I suppose that’s a step in the right direction? I should probably start finding boxes too though. To save $100, I would try to spend as little time as possible. I would cut out unnecessary purchases for a few weeks to a month. I suppose the time would depend on what I needed the $100 for. First serious thing I’d do is start a bank account with a good interest rate & devote it solely to my student loans. First ‘yay I won the lottery’ thing would be a month long vacation traveling all over Asia. I volunteered for the Michael J Fox Foundation last year. I ran the NYC half marathon for the charity and did some fundraising for them. I set up a local fundraiser at a restaurant. I raised money selling raffles, and asked people to donate a portion of their check to the foundation. I recently made flashcards to help a co-worker study for her college class. She has been struggling to keep up with the course due to family issues and has a lot on her plate at the moment. I remembered that flashcards always helped me in school and were easy to pull out whenever I had a spare minute. It saved her the time of making them herself, and gave her a quick study option. I turned my phone off on Thursday, though not by choice! I was having electricity problems in my house and couldn’t charge it. The last time before that was probably on the plane coming home from Texas. Since that’s my main communication between me and my boyfriend, my mobile phone is normally glued to my side. A long distance relationship relies on texts and calls. I have loads of e-mails sitting in my inbox, mostly read but saving for important info. I get groupon emails daily – I’m signed up for Long Island, NYC, London & Cardiff, Wales. I also get daily emails from websites like Amazon & ebates. I always go to unsubscribe, but then I think maybe then I’ll miss a great deal. I’m subscribed to a bunch of pharmacy news emails too, I save them to read at work when it’s slow. This is a hard one. Based on my current situation, I have to say that webcam and web chats are the best invention. I use facetime nearly daily to talk to my boyfriend overseas. It allows me to talk to him when he’s home in Wales or when he’s deployed. Once I move in with him, web chats like Skype or Oovoo will allow me to keep in contact with my family and friends. It’s nice to be able to see the other person when you’re speaking to them; makes you feel closer and more personal. Working in a pharmacy, many customers are elderly. It always surprises me how many of them do not carry a cell phone. My own grandfather doesn’t carry his around all the time either. To me, a cell phone is important to have in case of emergency when you can’t get to a landline. If you’re in a car accident or having a medical emergency, you’re able to quickly pull out a cell phone and dial for help. Without this, you could be waiting hours before someone finds you. To an elderly person, hours might be too long. It bugs me when people don’t take advantage of the convenience of a cell phone. I’m not saying they need to use it 24/7, but know how to use it and carry it with you. I dislike the dependence young children have on technology for hobbies or games. I think that this is a disadvantage to them; they miss out on ‘the great outdoors.’ My favorite parts of childhood were riding my bike around the neighborhood or going to the beach or park with my friends. Today, my young cousins spend nearly all of their free time with their eyes locked on a computer screen or TV. One of the girls I work with just bought her 3 year old an iPad for his birthday. I agree that computers are a great learning tool for kids, but I think that ‘old-fashioned playtime’ is important for social development and overall health. I would rather have an engaging job that pays $45,000/year. I enjoy challenges, and a boring repetitive job just wouldn’t provide me that. I like to be learning new things and increasing my skills and talents. A job that engages my mind would help me to expand my horizons. I would LOVE an extra hour every day! I would use the hour to do everything that I don’t have time to do! I would spend more time at the gym, I would actually spend time doing my hair and makeup, I would clean up my room more often… the possibilities are endless!
 * Heather Clarke **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">What daily activity bores you?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">What job did you have that you would never want to work again?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">What goals do you have for your work?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">What job have you been procrastinating?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">How much time would you spend to save $100?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">What would be the very first thing you would do if you won the lottery?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">When was the last time you did volunteer work?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">What Random Act of Kindness have you done recently?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">When was the last time you turned your mobile phone off (not just on silent)?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">How many e-mails are sitting in your inbox?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">What is the best invention during your lifetime?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">What technology bugs you when other people refuse to adopt it?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">What do you dislike most about modern life?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Would you rather have a boring repetitive job that paid $90,000/year or an engaging job that you really enjoy but it pays $45,000/year?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">If you had an extra hour every day what would you do with it?

Cleaning my apartment really bores me, although my apartment never gets that dirty with just me and my girls here most of the time. I would never want to run my own business again! There is so much more involved with running your own business, rather than working in a company that already has everything set up, and in working order. My goals for work are to be able to increase my current income so I can qualify for a better apartment, and also to save up for a car in the near future. I have been procrastinating working out in my garden-over the past few months I have let things get overgrown and unkept. I need to get plants repotted, and tidy up my small yard. With my current income it would take me about 2 months to save $100. The first thing I would do after winning the lottery would be to buy a house and a car. The last time I did volunteer work was last Sunday at my church. I recently picked up a few groceries for my neighbor, who in turn does the same for me at times. I never turn off my cell phone-it is always on. It is my main way of communicating with my family-so I always have it on in case one of them needs to reach me. I check both my personal, and work e-mail several times a day-so at the moment, there are no e-mails in either of my inboxes. During my lifetime the best invention has been the mobile phone. I currently do not have a car, and spend a lot of time on the buses-having a cellphone has made things a lot easier on many ocassions. It really bugs me when I come across someone who dosen't have a cell phone. There hae been numerous times when someone has asked me if they could use my phone to make a call because they cannot find a payphone, and they don't have a cell. Even though technologies like cellphones and computers have made life much easier, and have made it much easier to communicate with others, they have also made life more hectic. I would much rather have a job that was engaging and interesting, even if it paid less, rather than having a job that paid more but was repetitive and boring. I need to have variety in my tasks-If I get bored I end up hating what I am doing ,and resenting the fact that I feel stuck doing it. If I had an extra hour every day I would spend it relaxing and either reading a good book, or playing with my 2 adorable bunnies. My days are generally busy with work and other things that need to be done, and I am tired by the end of the day, so I rarely take time to just relax, giving my bunnies the attention they really want from me, or reading.
 * Shannon Jiacoma **
 * What daily activity bores you?
 * What job did you have that you would never want to work again?
 * What goals do you have for your work?
 * What job have you been procrastinating?
 * How much time would you spend to save $100?
 * What would be the very first thing you would do if you won the lottery?
 * When was the last time you did volunteer work?
 * What Random Act of Kindness have you done recently?
 * When was the last time you turned your mobile phone off (not just on silent)?
 * How many e-mails are sitting in your inbox?
 * What is the best invention during your lifetime?
 * What technology bugs you when other people refuse to adopt it?
 * What do you dislike most about modern life?
 * Would you rather have a boring repetitive job that paid $90,000/year or an engaging job that you really enjoy but it pays $45,000/year?
 * If you had an extra hour every day what would you do with it?

Having to do the same type of work over and over again I was a receptionist, I would never want to do this type of work a again, I didn’t have freedom, I used to work Monday to Saturday 7.30 am to 6.00pm, no break not even lunch break. A flexible job that lets me be me It really depends on what type of work I am doing. I start a real estate business. Last week. I visited an orphanage and helped the kids with work. No, my phone is always on. 1 or 2 I designed a course at the University where I lecture part time It is very competitive I would rather have an engaging job that pays me $45,000 I would read an extra novel
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Barbara Kayondo **
 * What daily activity bores you?
 * What job did you have that you would never want to work again?
 * What goals do you have for your work?
 * How much time would you spend to save $100?
 * What would be the very first thing you would do if you won the lottery?
 * When was the last time you did volunteer work?
 * What Random Act of Kindness have you done recently?
 * When was the last time you turned your mobile phone off (not just on silent)?
 * How many e-mails are sitting in your inbox?
 * What is the best invention during your lifetime?
 * What technology bugs you when other people refuse to adopt it?
 * What do you dislike most about modern life?
 * Would you rather have a boring repetitive job that paid $90,000/year or an engaging job that you really enjoy but it pays $45,000/year?
 * If you had an extra hour every day what would you do with it?Hey

__** Color Quiz: **__

Here are the results for my color quiz. I'm not sure I agree with the results but they are interesting.
 * Emalia Bevil **

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your Existing Situation // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Working to build a strong foundation based on security, comfort, and low drama; in return she hopes to gain respect and recognition from her peers." //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your Stress Sources // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Current problems are seen as dangerous and threatening. Upset that everything she has worked hard for is being threatened and distant because she is powerless to stop it. Fears she is missing out on so many other things. Cannot view the situation with an open mind, but agitated and unable to stop attempting to remove the threat. Overwhelmed and overworked, the strain is breaking down her mental stability." //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your Restrained Characteristics // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"His desire to avoid open conflict and tension forces her to put her desires on hold, even though she is feeling restrained and uneasy." <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Is emotionally demanding, especially during intimate moments, which leaves her feeling frustrated because she is unable to find a perfect union." <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Although she is able to find contentment through sexual activity, she feels hopeless to change her problems and difficulties and continues to make the best of what she has." //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your Desired Objective // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Believes that ideas and emotions should come together and unite perfectly. Refuses to make compromises or negotiate. //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your Actual Problem // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Fear of being prevented from achieving the things she wants causes her to take advantage of all types of other experiences, but then denies any of them have value to her. her destructive behavior is her way of escaping and hiding the helplessness she feels." //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your Actual Problem #2 // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Feeling a lack of energy, she does not wish to be involved in further activity or give in to demands. she is feeling powerless causing her stress, agitation, and irritation. she reacts by becoming the victim and feeling as if everyone is out to get her. Demands with annoyance that she needs to get her own way

These are my color quiz results. I'm curious to understand how they come up with these from picking colors. I do enjoy doing things on my own and not depending on others for help. I find myself to be well-rounded, and I do enjoy learning new things. I don't appreciate negative thoughts and always try to better myself.
 * Heather Clarke **

//Your Existing Situation// "Searching for a close bond with others which are accepting and kind. Needs a safe, peaceful atmosphere." //Your Stress Sources// "Wishes for freedom and independence, free from limitations and restrictions except for the ones she choices to give himself." //Your Restrained Characteristics// Open and emotionally involved in relationships and easily finds satisfaction through sexual activity. "Current situation makes her feel unable to prove himself, but tries to make the best of things." //Your Desired Objective// "Highly optimistic and outgoing personality. Loves to learn new and exciting things, and craves new interests. Looking for a well-rounded life full of success and new experiences. Does not allow herself to be overcome with negative thoughts or self-doubt. Takes life head on, with enthusiasm. " //Your Actual Problem// "Fights resistance or limitations, and insists she is free to develop in her own way. Rewarded by accomplishing things on her own, with little to no help from others

Here are my Color Quiz Test results. I am split as to whether these are correct for me. I feel some are right, but the "stress sources" and the 2nd and 3rd parts of the "restrained characteristics" are not me at all!
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Shannon Jiacoma ​**

//Your Existing Situation// "Inclined to choose luxurious things, which are gratifying to the senses. Turned off by things which are tacky and tasteless." //Your Stress Sources// "Not a team player and is unwilling to be involved in most activities. In the past she was over involved and now emotionally drained. Due to her fear of over involvement, she now chooses to remain uninvolved with the activities around her. " //Your Restrained Characteristics// "Feels she is carry more than her share of problems. she is flexible and laid back, sticking to her goals and working to overcome any difficulty." Conceited and is easily insulted. Holds back emotionally but is able to find satisfaction through sexual activity. Feels as if too many walls and obstacles are standing in her way and that she is being forced to make compromises. she needs to put her own needs on hold for the time being. //Your Desired Objective// "Strives for full life which includes activities and experiences, as well as, a close relationship offering sexual and emotional satisfaction." //Your Actual Problem// Is afraid she will be held back from obtaining the things she wants leading her to act out with a hectic intensity.

//Your Existing Situation// "Works well with others, as long as she doesn't have to take the lead. Longs for relationships which are understanding and relatively conflict-free." //Your Stress Sources// "Delights in the finer things in life and things that appeal to the senses, but can be critical. Is careful and cautious and must believe she is not being manipulated or tricked. Keeps her emotions in check and is always analyzing her relationships in order to know exactly where she stands at all times. Demands complete honesty as a protection against her naturally trusting nature." //Your Restrained Characteristics// "Feels she is getting less than she deserves for all her hard work; however, she makes no effort to change things and tries to make the best of the situation." His confidence is low but she is unable to admit that is the reason for her avoidance of conflict. Feels it is a situation out of her control and she is making the best of it. //Your Desired Objective// "Makes spontaneous, irrational, and sudden decisions in order to escape her current problems and difficulties." //Your Actual Problem// Harshly critical of the existing situation which she believes is disorganized and unclear. Seeking some sort of solution which will make the situation more clear and with some sort of organization
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Barbara Kayondo **