Courtney Miller's Blog (29)

Something I use (or SHOULD use) everyday is a vacuum cleaner in my room and if my vacuum was solar powered I could charge it in the sun and then more easily move it around my room without having to deal with a cord and plugging it in around my room and having to change the outlet that I'm connected to. The only downside would be having to charge my vacuum in the sun but I could create an electronic "charging port" of some sort instead.

I found the amazing website called Stanford Social Innovation Review and have loved reading many stories of empowering leaders. One in particular is Eve Ensler, founder of "V-day" and great activist for women's rights. Her story can be found here: http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/partnering_for_peace_through_education

In 2020 I hope that I am eating healthier, more natural or organic food that is a sustainable lifestyle and that also provides great jobs for farmers, etc.

I will make a very deliberate effort to buy two less starbucks drinks a week and donate the money that I would have spent on chai tea lattes to help out a local homeless shelter - that will probably be meals for one person for a week!

I work twice a week in downtown Gainesville and it is extremely common to see homeless men and women all over the area. It is not often that I stop and think about how different their lives are from mine and that I have plenty of food to eat on a daily basis but that they probably don't know when they'll eat their next meal. It really makes me stop and think about the amount of money I spend on needless snacks and starbucks drinks each week instead of helping the hungry all around me. In the…

#5 from Paul Polak says to "think like a child" and when we are able to do this we can take a lot of the confusion out of life and our decisions. Children have the ability to see past reason and focus soley on what they want, simple as that. If we really want something we will be able to imagine many different ways of accomplishing our goals and dreams and can then help others to do the same.

In the year 2020, I will be six years older making me 28 years old. By that time in my life I hope to be happily married and starting my family. I hope to be working somewhere in the Higher Education system to help those attending college succeed and find the most meaningful paths that they possibly can for themselves and their peers through social awareness and outside of the classroom learning. Things will have undoubtedly changed in the next six years but I hope to remain loyal to my…

Ben Rector is an unbelievable role model because he is sharing his talent (his wonderful voice and songwriting abilities) to share his love of God and his spirituality!

I really love the #5 that reads "think like a child because children have no limit to their thinking". Our imaginations are much more useful that we often realize and it sometimes seems very "cliche" to say that if you can dream it, you can do it, but in reality we need to accept that our goals and dreams need to be big in order to make real social changes that are lasting and can impact great numbers of people! I am going to look at problems differently from here on out and try to think…